Homeland Security Presidential Directive (HSPD) – 12 1. Why not continue with the standard form of identification?
• A Federal identification standard eliminates differing identification systems amongst Federal agencies, which increases security personnels ability to validate Federal employees identification; • Provides security personnel with one easy to recognize, yet hard to duplicate/counterfeit identification card; • Before HSPD-12 each Government agency maintained its own system of identification, making it more difficult for Federal employees to transfer or visit other agencies; and • The new system will streamline the Federal identification system and increase security.
