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PUBLICATIONS

Overview: The Government Smart Card Interoperability Specification

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Author(s)

James F. Dray Jr., Teresa T. Schwarzhoff

Abstract

This ITL Bulletin summarizes the Government Smart Card Interoperability Specification, which provides solutions to a number of the interoperability problems associated with smart card technology.
Citation
ITL Bulletin -
NIST Pub Series
ITL Bulletin
Pub Type
NIST Pubs

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Keywords

government smart card program, smart access common id card contract, smart card, smart card interoperability
Cybersecurity and privacy

Citation

Dray, J. and Schwarzhoff, T. (2002), Overview: The Government Smart Card Interoperability Specification, ITL Bulletin, National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, MD, [online], https://tsapps.nist.gov/publication/get_pdf.cfm?pub_id=51029 (Accessed October 14, 2025)

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Created July 1, 2002, Updated February 19, 2017
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