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[{"type":"text","content":"\n Intercede Group PLC\n16 November 2006\n\n16 November 2006\n\n INTERCEDE GROUP plc\n ('Intercede' or 'the Company')\n\n\n US Government Department Selects Intercede's MyID Technology\n\n\nIntercede, in collaboration with Cybertrust and other partners, has been\nselected to deliver a solution to enable an executive US Government Department\nto meet the deadlines for Personal Identity Verification (PIV), as specified in\nHomeland Security Presidential Directive 12 (HSPD-12). The first fully compliant\nPIV card using this solution was successful produced by the Agency on October\n26, 2006.\n\n\nThe Department's decision to use Intercede's MyID technology in its HSPD-12\nsolution follows the similar selection by the US Environmental Protection\nAgency, announced on 9 October 2006. Intercede is currently working with a\nnumber of partners, including a large HSPD-12 service provider, for the\nprovision of additional PIV solutions to a range of other US Federal agencies.\n\n\n\n'We are delighted to be teaming with acknowledged market leaders to deliver one\nof the first, fully operational HSPD-12 deployments to a significant US Federal\nGovernment Agency. Along with our partners, Intercede is committed to making\nHSPD-12 a success across US Government,' said Richard Parris, Chairman & Chief\nExecutive of Intercede. He further added 'I was pleased to be in Washington last\nweek to celebrate with a number of Agencies who used Intercede's MyID technology\nto meet their HSPD-12 deadlines'\n\n\n\n'This is a perfect example of a federal agency that, by combining\ngovernment-approved products with leading solutions providers, has met its\ncompliance challenge head-on,' said Stijn Bijnens, senior vice president of\nidentity management, Cybertrust. 'We're pleased to work with partners like\nIntercede on this project.'\n\n\nAbout HSPD-12\n\nHSPD-12 is one of the most important and high profile security directives of\nrecent years. It required, firstly, the creation of an official federal\nstandard (FIPS-201) for Personal Identity Verification (PIV), which would\nprescribe technologies and processes for the effective vetting and access\ncontrol of all federal employees and contractors. The second requirement of\nHSPD-12 was for every US Federal Agency to have implemented a PIV solution by\nOctober 27, 2006, with all employees and contractor...