Tag: Personal Identity Verification

YARMOUTH, Maine—With Congress in recess in mid-August, security industry watchdogs geared up for two big events outside the Beltway: the Republican National Convention in Tampa, Fla., this week, and the Democratic National Convention in Charlotte, N.C., on Sept. 4-6.The Security Industry Association planned to send representatives to both conventions to closely monitor speeches by leading policymakers and legislators, particularly in regard to the Department of Homeland Security and how its...

IRVINE, Calif.—HID is spreading the word to government agencies and the integrators that serve them that it wants to help them comply with a new deadline for FIPS 201. The deadline, issued in February by the Office of Management and Budget, said that federal agencies that are not fully compliant with FIPS 201 by Oct. 31, 2011 would have other technology and refresh funds withheld. “HID can help them get where they need to be,” Kathleen Carroll, director of government relations for...