Codes for Identification of Federal and Federally-assisted Organizations

Download or read book Codes for Identification of Federal and Federally-assisted Organizations written by National Institute National Institute of Standards and Technology and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2008-04-30 with total page 104 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Homeland Security Presidential Directive HSPD-12 called for new standards to be adopted governing the interoperable use of identity credentials to allow physical and logical access to Federal government locations and systems. The Personal Identity Verification (PIV) for Federal Employees and Contractors, (Federal Information Processing Standard 201 (FIPS 201)) was developed to establish standards for identity credentials. This document, Special Publication 800-87 (SP 800-87), provides the organizational codes necessary to establish the PIV Federal Agency Smart Credential Number (PIV FASC-N) that is required to be included in the FIPS 201 Card Holder Unique Identifier (CHUID) and is a companion document to FIPS 201.