Government

Related Areas: Police, Fire, Driver's License, Military, Employees, Municipalities; Federal, State, Local; Embassy, Consulate, National ID and Governmental Passports

Government ID cards have become part of our everyday life. An increasing number of state and municipal programs turn to card technologies as an efficient way to manage identification and access to a wide variety of programs. From security to entitlements, citizens expect to use card infrastructure.

At the smallest level, villages and townships issue cards to residents for access to recreational services such as pools and gymnasiums. Security increases at local courthouses and other local facilities expand the deployments of identification cards. The expansion of cards for employees has local governments exploring ways to leverage cards to delivery services to citizens. Many states use card technologies for entitlements access to Medicaid, WIC and food assistance programs. At all levels, cards are used for government employee identification and building access. For timely assistance with all your card production supplies ñ turn to InfinaCard to properly support your program.

The federal government is the most active on personal identity and card technology. FIPS-201, or the Federal Information Protection Standard 201 was issued by the National Institute for Standards & Technology in February 2005. FIPS-201 is an outgrowth of last year's Homeland Security Presidential Directive ñ 12, HSPD-12, which mandated that every federal employee or contractor have a standardized identity card. I

nfinaCard can help you meet the deadlines built into HSPD-12 for implementing your PIV (Personal Identity Verification) projects. With quick turnaround on card printers, consumables and marketing services, InfinaCard is a valuable resource during implementation and beyond for your successful identity card program.