WidePoint’s ORC Subsidiary’s PIVotal ID System to Deploy 11,000 Seats for the United Space Alliance
Operational Research Consultants, Inc. (ORC), a wholly owned subsidiary of WidePoint Corporation (AMEX: WYY), today announced that the United Space Alliance, LLC (USA) has selected ORC’s PIVotal IDCopyright solution to implement an enterprise-wide Smart ID Badge solution. The scope includes a cradle-to-grave turnkey solution from card request to card termination. The potential target population numbers 15,000 personnel.
USA selected ORC to provide and manage its PIV credentialing system to achieve HSPD-12 compliance in support of NASA contracts. The chosen solution complies with Homeland Security Presidential Directive (HSPD-12), Federal Information Processing Standards Publication Series 201 (FIPS 201) and Personal Identification Verification (PIV II) requirements and regulations.
Providing managed services for over a decade, ORC is qualified by the General Services Administration (GSA) as an HSPD-12 Systems Integration Service Provider and is approved on three GSA Special Item Numbers (SINs), 132.60, 132.61 and 132.62. ORC’s certifications prove the company’s ability to meet critical federal requirements essential to complying with HSPD-12.
“This award validates the growing interest within the commercial sector in leveraging the government’s PIV program,” said Daniel E. Turissini, CEO of ORC. “With this implementation, USA has leveraged the FIPS-201 specification to comply with federal acquisition requirements and establish a strong identity assurance system necessary to meet internal information assurance requirements. This award further underscores ORC’s credibility as the premier provider of information identity services to the federal government and its trading partners.”
The terms of this agreement include a base year for the installation of a USA PIVotal IDCopyright system at USA secure facilities that will communicate to the Certificate Manufacturing Authority hosted at ORC. Also included is an annual maintenance agreement based on a five year period.
United Space Alliance issued the following statement, “USA is committed to providing outstanding capabilities and performance to meet our mission critical objectives. The award of this contract to ORC is consistent with our goal to ensure the protection and security of national assets as we work with our government and industry partners to provide the latest information technology services to space operations customers in all space market sectors.”
About USA, LLC
United Space Alliance is a world leader in space operations with extensive experience in all aspects of the field. Headquartered in Houston and employing 10,000 people in Texas, Florida and Alabama, USA is applying its broad range of capabilities to NASA’s Space Shuttle, International Space Station and Constellation programs as well as to space operations customers in the commercial and international space industry sectors.
About WidePoint
WidePoint is a technology-based provider of products and services to the government sector and commercial markets. WidePoint specializes in providing systems engineering, integration and information technology services. WidePoint’s wholly owned subsidiary, ORC, is at the forefront of implementing government-compliant eAuthentication identity management managed services and associated systems engineering/integration. ORC has earned four major U.S. federal government certifications offering the highest levels of assurance for transactions over the Internet.
WidePoint’s profile of customers encompasses U.S. Federal Government agencies, including the Department of Defense, the Department of Homeland Security and the Department of Justice as well as major U.S. defense contractors and several major pharmaceutical companies. For more information, visit http://www.widepoint.com.
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