DOD, INDUSTRY COALITION EARN FIRST PARTNERSHIP AWARD

Jun 1, 2005 12:00 PM

The Department of Defense (DoD) Defense Manpower Data Center and the Federation for Identity and Cross-Credentialing Systems (FiXs) have won the Government Solution Center's first annual Successful Public/Private Partnership Award.

The organizations are being recognized for the results of a proof-of-concept project in which credentials issued by one employer were electronically accepted in other employers' work locations. This “cross-credentialing” is enabled by FiXs' interoperable infrastructure and operating rules.

“A federated credentialing system can improve security, protect privacy and reduce costs,” says Mary Dixon, deputy director of the Defense Manpower Data Center. “Serious consideration should be given within the government and by our commercial partners to a federated credentialing system such as this.”

“This system represents a model for private/public cooperation that leverages government technology and industry best practices to address an increasingly important national issue — secure and authoritative authentication of identity. DMDC is proud of the work it has done with the FiXs to successfully implement this capability,” adds Robert Brandewie, director of the Defense Manpower Data Center.

The FiXs Federation is a coalition of industry and not-for-profit organizations whose objective is to support efforts to create and deploy an interoperable identity cross-credentialing “network.”

Participating companies and organizations are: Anteon; BearingPoint Inc.; Data Systems Analysts Inc.; Electronic Data Systems Inc.; Intelli-Check; Lockheed Martin; NACHA - The Electronic Payments Association; Northrop Grumman; SRA Intl. Inc.; SafLink; and Wave Systems Corp.

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