Report Card on Government's Compliance With Secure ID Mandate

The president called on all federal agencies to issue secure, smart ID cards to federal workers and contractors. So far, few of the cards have been issued, according to an analysis of published data.

Wed, June 13, 2007CSO Starting March 1, 2007, the White House Office of Management and Budget required that federal agencies post quarterly updates on their public websites reporting how far along they are in issuing the Personal Identity Verification (PIV) cards that allow them to comply with Homeland Security Presidential Directive 12, known as HSPD-12. (The PDF for this order is located here.) These smart cards are intended to provide employees and contractors both logical and physical access to government facilities.

There is no central clearinghouse for this information spread across the federal government. Below is our best attempt to locate the websites for those agencies and departments that have posted their latest updates. Those numbers indicate that while the number of PIV cards issued has more than doubled in the past three months, the government as a whole has issued only a small fraction of the cards required under the presidential mandate.

The table includes both March and June 2007 status reports and adds up the numbers.

Report Card on HSPD-12 Compliance


A Status Check on Federal Agencies' Issuance of Personal Identity Verification (PIV) Cards.
The following table shows the number of employees at each federal agency and department who require a PIV card and how many of them so far have received a card, according to reports posted by June 5, 2007.

DEPARTMENTS EMPLOYEES REQUIRING PIV CARDS CARDS ISSUED AS OF MARCH 1, 2007 CARDS ISSUED AS OF JUNE 1, 2007
Department of Agriculture 107,000 7 7
Department of Commerce 44,252 4 4**
Department of Defense (Has posted information on internal site, not publicly) n/a n/a n/a
Department of Education 4,341 n/a 0
Department of Energy 13,618 5 5**
Department of Health and Human Services n/a n/a n/a
Department of Housing and Urban Development n/a n/a n/a
Department of Homeland Security n/a n/a n/a
Department of Interior* 64,338 17 17**
Department of Justice n/a n/a 9
Department of Labor 15,473 11 382
Department of State 19,865 915 1,373
Department of Transportation 52,979 6 6**
Department of Treasury 122,292 5 6
Department of Veterans Affairs 241,000 430 763
Commission on Civil Rights 42 2 2**
Commodity Futures Trading Commission 454 5 5**
Consumer Product Safety Commission 401 401 4**
Environmental Protection Agency 17,000 14 856
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission 2,200 1 1**
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission 1,400 1 2**
Federal Communications Commission 1,800 11 11**
Federal Reserve Bank 1,935 2 5
Federal Maritime Commission 121 2 2**
Federal Trade Commission 1,089 3 3**
General Services Administration* 4,110 5 5**
Merit Systems Protection Board 230 4 4**
National Aeronautics and Space Administration 18,750 0 0
National Archives 3,051 3 3
National Credit Union Administration 949 1 1**
National Science Foundation 1,390 31 84
Nuclear Regulatory Commission 3,500 1 1**
Office of Federal Housing Enterprise Oversight 224 3 3**
Office of Personnel Management 5,568 2 2**
TOTAL (for both departments and independent agencies) 749,372 1,495 3,564
REFERENCE NOTES: Last updated June 5, 2007.
* Both the Department of Interior and the General Services Administration are acting as shared service providers and issuing cards for other agencies. The numbers listed above do not include cards those agencies have issued to other agencies. In all, as of March 1, 2007, the Department of Interior National Business Center reported that it had issued 46 of the 73,761 cards it is required to issue; since then the report has been taken down from its website and not been replaced with a newer one.
** The required June 1, 2007, status report was not posted as of June 5, 2007.
This chart is a work in progress. If you know of a public report that we have not yet located, please send us the URL so that we can include it. You can post feedback here.

HSPD-12

Loading...
Security MarketSpace
8 Tactics to Combat Vulnerabilities
This white paper reviews 8 key elements of vulnerability management and provides advice on combating known vs. unknown vulnerabilities. Learn more »
Email and Web Threats Require a Layered Defense
Learn how web threats are changing and how using a layered defense strategy can give you the security you need. Learn more »
Take Fraudsters Out of the Game
Easily identify account-device relationships and get data for in-depth forensic analysis. Learn more »
Mobile Security Landscape
This paper examines the current mobile security landscape, including myths surrounding the risks and threats, and how organizations can establish a solid mobile security strategy. Learn more »
Reducing Energy Costs in Your Data Center
This white paper examines the most common roadblocks to improving data center efficiency. Learn more »
Security convergence equals network security cost savings
Security convergence equals network security cost savings Learn more »
IBM ISS X-Force Threat and Risk Report
Read this Trend and Risk report from IBM® ISS X-Force® to learn statistical information about all aspects of threats that affect Internet security, including software vulnerabilities and public exploitation, malware, spam, phishing, web-based threats, and general cyber criminal activity. Learn more »
 
SPONSORED LINKS
 

Mobile Security: The Essential Ingredient for Today's Enterprise

IDC White Paper: CCM for IT Compliance and Risk Management

Keeping Your Members Safe from Online Scams and Predators

Learn about the growing threat of insider data theft.

Cut Costs & Green Your IT Operations with PC Power Management

White Paper: 4 Customer Service Myths

White Paper: Improve Agility with Operational Responsiveness

White Paper: Legacy Tools: Not Built for the Helpdesk

Taking a Seat at the Executive Table: The Reality of Virtualization

White Paper: Next Generation Remote Infrastructure Management

Seven Design Requirements for Web 2.0 Threat Protection

Generation Remote Infrastructure Management - Changing the Paradigm

Cloud-Based Email Management: Opinion Shifts In Favor

eBook: How Can You Make Your People Productive Anywhere?

Achieving Business Agility with Application Grid

Ready to virtualize tier one applications? Check your virtualization maturity.

Seven Ways ITIL Can Help You in an Economic Downturn

Tips for successful virtualization management.

Unified Communications: Thoughts, Strategies and Predictions. Join the discussion

Read the RSA report: Security for Business Innovation

Webcast: Looking to the Cloud for Email and Collaboration Services

64-page prescriptive guide to security, compliance, and IT operations.

Keep your IT expertise up to date. Join the Intel Premier IT Professionals.

A Clear View Toward Virtualization

Virtualization Technology as a Business Solution

White Paper: Managed Security for a Not-So-Secure World

Secure Email and Web-Based Communication from Evolving Attacks

WagerWorks Takes Fraudsters Out of the Game using iovation

White Paper: A Security Blueprint Delivered From within the Network

See how AT&T can help protect your network.

Webcast: Unleashing the Power of Customer Data

White Paper: 5 Best Practices for Smartphone Support

Global Research: CIOs Weigh In On Virtualization

5 Key Virtualization Management Challenges

The Total Economic Impact of Network Security Intrusion Prevention

Join us at the US-Brazil IT-BPO Summit, on November 10th in New York.

Increase UPS efficiency without sacrificing protection.

Learn how advanced forecasting tools can deliver significant business results for global corporations.

Lower IT Costs with Oracle Database 11g Release 2

White Paper: Visibility and the New Normal of Mobile Work

Taking the Service Desk to the Next Level

Learn about The Information Technology Infrastructure Library.

Top Five CIO Challenges

Streamline IT Costs. Boost Performance with WAN Optimization.

Want to know how you can maximize employee productivity?

Build your 1st app FREE with Force.com

TDWI checklist helps define data readiness for analytics. Download report.

A new fleet of PCs with a total ROI in 10 months. Find your ROI.

eZine: A Roadmap to Reducing IT Complexity

Reduce risk, gain agility. See how Progress can help your business.

 
 
RESOURCE CENTER