Section J Attachment 7 - Homeland Security Presidential Directive 12

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Homeland Security Presidential Directive 12 | Homeland Security

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Homeland Security Presidential
Directive 12: Policy for a Common
Identification Standard for Federal
Employees and Contractors
There are wide variations in the quality and security of identification used to gain access to secure facilities where there is potential for terrorist attacks. In order to eliminate these variations, U.S. policy is to enhance security, increase Government efficiency, reduce identity fraud, and protect personal privacy by establishing a mandatory, Government-wide standard for secure and reliable forms of identification issued by the Federal Government to its employees and contractors (including contractor employees). This directive mandates a federal standard for secure and reliable forms of identification.

HSPD 12 Full Text (#)
Homeland Security Presidential Directive-12
August 27, 2004
SUBJECT: Policies for a Common Identification Standard for Federal Employees and Contractors
1. Wide variations in the quality and security of forms of identification used to gain access to secure Federal and other facilities where there is potential for terrorist attacks need to be eliminated. Therefore, it is the policy of the United States to enhance security, increase Government efficiency, reduce identity fraud, and protect personal privacy by establishing a mandatory, Government-wide standard for secure and reliable forms of

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Homeland Security Presidential Directive 12 | Homeland Security

identification issued by the Federal Government to its employees and contractors (including contractor employees).
2. To implement the policy set forth in paragraph (1), the Secretary of Commerce shall promulgate in accordance with applicable law a Federal standard for secure and reliable forms of identification (the "Standard") not later than 6 months after the date of this directive in consultation with the Secretary of State, the Secretary of Defense, the Attorney General, the Secretary of Homeland Security, the Director of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB), and the Director of the Office of Science and Technology Policy. The Secretary of Commerce shall periodically review the Standard and update the Standard as appropriate in consultation with the affected agencies. 3. "Secure and reliable forms of identification" for purposes of this directive means