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PUBLICATIONS

Personal Identity Verification (PIV) of Federal Employees and Contractors

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Author(s)

National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), William I. MacGregor, Ketan Mehta

Abstract

[Superseded by FIPS 201-2(August 2013): http://www.nist.gov/manuscript-publication-search.cfm?pub_id=914530] This document was developed to satisfy the requirements of HSPD-12, approved by the Secretary of Commerce, and issued on March 2006. This change notice provides changes to the graphics on the back of the PIV card and the ASN.1 encoding of NACI indicator. [Includes Change Notice 1 of June 23, 2006] [Supersedes FIPS 201 (March 2006): http://www.nist.gov/manuscript-publication-search.cfm?pub_id=150207]
Citation
Federal Inf. Process. Stds. (NIST FIPS) - 201-1
Report Number
201-1
NIST Pub Series
Federal Inf. Process. Stds. (NIST FIPS)
Pub Type
NIST Pubs
Supercedes Publication
Personal Identity Verification (PIV) of Federal Employees and Contractors
Superceded By Publication
Personal Identity Verification (PIV) of Federal Employees and Contractors

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Keywords

Personal Identity Verification, PIV Card, HSPD-12
Public safety, Federal information processing standards (FIPS), Cybersecurity and privacy and Biometrics

Citation

(NIST), N. , MacGregor, W. and Mehta, K. (2006), Personal Identity Verification (PIV) of Federal Employees and Contractors, Federal Inf. Process. Stds. (NIST FIPS), National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, MD, [online], https://tsapps.nist.gov/publication/get_pdf.cfm?pub_id=50836 (Accessed October 10, 2025)

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Created June 26, 2006, Updated September 29, 2025
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