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Electronic Government: Smart Card Usage is Advancing Among Federal Agencies, Including the Department of Veterans Affairs.

Publication: General Accounting Office Reports & Testimony
Publication Date: 01-NOV-04
Format: Online
Delivery: Immediate Online Access

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GAO-05-84T October 6, 2004

The federal government is interested in the use of smart cards--credit card-like devices that use integrated circuit chips to store and process data--for improving the security of its many physical and information assets. Besides providing better authentication...

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...of the identities of people accessing buildings and computer systems, smart cards offer a number of other potential benefits and uses, such as...

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