DOD begins cross-credentialing pilot
The Defense Department is sponsoring a pilot program to test interoperability of government and private-sector identification credentials. The Defense Manpower Data Center and six defense contractors participating in the summer-long pilot will use a central DOD broker to authenticate each other’s credentials. The program is an effort of the Defense Cross-credentialing Identification System and the Federated Electronic Government Coalition, a private-sector organization promoting electronic transactions with the government. Full Story