HSPD-12 Compliance Update

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HSPD-12 Compliance Update

Only 29 percent of more than 4 million federal employees and contractors have secure identification cards. The goal of issuing Homeland Security Presidential...

Federal News Network Staff

October 31, 2008 2:26 pm

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Only 29 percent of more than 4 million federal employees and contractors have secure identification cards.

The goal of issuing Homeland Security Presidential Directive-12 cards to every employee and vendor who needs access fell short as of the Oct. 27 deadline.

And at two of the agencies that play a big role in securing the homeland, the Justice and Homeland Security departments, made minimal progress under HSPD-12.

FederalNewsRadio’s Jason Miller has the latest on the governmentwide initiative. Click to hear the interview.