Ten percent of government employees had personal identity verification cards as called for in HSPD-12 on June 1, according to a quarterly report from the White House Office of Management and Budget. This is quite the improvement from the 3% who had PIV credentials as of March 1.
The latest OMB report also shows that 10% of government contractors have received their credentials, an upgrade from the 3% who had them in the previous quarter.
The report also states that 56% of government employees have had background checks completed, while 40% of government employees have completed background checks.
All told more than 455,000 credentials have been issues to government employees. More than 4.6 million credentials are expected to be issued to government employees overall. Some 1.3 million government contractors will have credentials issued as well.
HSPD-12 calls for all government employees to have background checks completed and credentials issues by Oct. 27.
The OMB report can be downloaded here. ![[end]](/resources/bullet/archive-4.gif)
