USAccess Service

With the USAccess Program, the GSA Managed Services Office (MSO) offers participating agencies a managed, shared service that simplifies the process of procuring and maintaining PIV compliant credentials.

The USAccess Program is a managed service that provides agencies with all the key components necessary to manage the full lifecycle of a PIV credential. The service provides a single system to sponsor, enroll, issue and maintain a common identity credential for each applicant, and includes built-in workflow processes at every stage of the credentialing process to ensure credentials are issued according to HSPD-12 requirements.

With USAccess, participating agencies receive the following components:

• Web-based portals for sponsoring, enrolling, and adjudicating Applicants, as well as activating credentials and conducting post-issuance credential updates.
• Web-based portals where authorized personnel can generate reports from the USAccess system as well as grant access to key agency personnel who have credentialing responsibilities.
• A complete managed system infrastructure that provides a secure, standards-based enterprise identity management capability with various PIV related components, implemented with high availability and disaster recovery capabilities. 
• Light Activation service, accessible using the Light Activation Kit and available for credential holders to more easily activate and update their credentials.

Policy Compliant Secure System

A foundational component of the USAccess program is trust. Whether you are a system user or a recipient of a USAccess PIV Credential, you have entrusted us to deliver a secure system that applies and achieves the federally required security controls. The following documents provide evidence that the USAccess program has performed the applicable security assessments, reliably adheres to the standards and implementation directives, and properly operates under the applicable National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and Federal Information Security Management Act (FISMA) guidelines and standards. 

• HSPD-12 Process Accreditation Letter 
  Letter issuing PCI Service Authority to Operate (ATO)
• HSPD-12 Process Certification Letter 
  Letter certifying that USAccess service has the required attributes of a capable and reliable PCI Organization
• HSPD-12 SSS System Security Accreditation Letter  
  Authority to Operate (ATO) letter for USAccess system level components in the existing configuration and operating environments
• HSPD-12 SSS System Security Certification Letter 
  Letter certifying USAccess system has completed the assessment

HP Selected as USAccess Program Vendor

GSA selected HP Enterprise Services, LLC (formerly EDS), in 2007 as the prime contractor to provide technology and services in support of the USAccess program. By selecting HP as its vendor, GSA acquired innovative, yet standardized, end-to-end contractor managed services.

To help produce PIV-compliant credentials, HP coupled its acclaimed HP Assured Identity™ solution with many years of proven smart card capabilities to deliver a complete end-to-end solution to meet USAccess program requirements.