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The Federal Government Gets "Smart"
Over the next few months, a large group of General Services Administration employees will be handing in their government identification cards for a new smart card the government is testing.
The card will grant them access to the buildings they are authorized to enter, as well as allow them to purchase goods they formerly bought by government credit cards, log on to their computers, and even use the cards for digital signatures on e-mail.
The project runs on the Java operating system and uses Citibank to issue the smart cards and serve as the credit card bank. One side of the card will have a magnetic swipe for credit card transactions, while the other will have the chip that allows it to operate as a smart card.
An initial test with 50 employees at GSA headquarters will be expanded to about 450 employees over the next few months. You can be sure this is a sign of things to come.
Copyright © 1999 Bankers' Hotline. Originally appeared in Bankers' Hotline, Vol. 9, No. 6, 7/99
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