Although the National Security Presidential Directive-12 standards were established 5 years ago, the actual implementation is still ongoing. The HSPD-12 is designed to provide a high level of certainty about the identity of a person before allowing access to sites and information. As the name suggests, the Directive, the Government is very concerned about this problem and how it affects the security of the United States this Regulation requires an amendment to the identification of all federal employees and contractors (more than 5 million people). This major change will take time and coordination efforts extraordinary. Since 2008, only a small portion of these new cards had actually left to employees. The first attempts to implement the technology has undergone a series of setbacks. Incompatibilities with existing software and other issues that still affect the total cost of the program. Every little change in the format ID card rules adopted earlier has the potential for further progress slowing. Besides this, the accumulation of precedents that must be completed before the cards can be issued to all recipients is enormous. To make matters worse, some contract workers oppose what they see as the intrusive nature of the HSPD-12 review process. Concerns about the privacy of data collected to raise serious doubts in the minds of many workers. Contactless smart cards that use wireless communication, but it is encrypted. Lack of understanding about how these devices has left many people feeling that their private data is only to be sent to anyone to intercept. The government has tried to allay these concerns by requiring that the cards are kept in protective sleeves. Needless to say that this boss in tin foil “approach does not inspire confidence in those prone to paranoia. The cost and time needed to really put the HSPD-12 program cards in circulation has left many agencies frustrated. Progressive implementation of priority as determined by a security certificate is the answer for many applications. Other agencies are choosing to issue cards to employees at their first service stations and concern about more distant branches. Many are turning to consulting firms authorized to expedite the process. The purchase of compatible printers FIPS ID card is an important step. Official sponsor of the appointments, which are responsible for the issuance of each Personal Identity Verification (PIV) is another dish. As with any program chosen by the bureaucracy, there are many rules that bog down all but the most certain organizations. However, this does not mean that the ideal presented by HSPD-12 is the wrong way in general. As a matter of fact, private industries are leading chip encoding of smart cards on-line to an extraordinarily rapid pace. It seems that the federal government is in fact be playing catch with the civilized world at this point. The technology is not prohibitive. And since the media companies should not go through a lot of tries to get the recording started, is becoming a popular choice. The addition of biometrics and access control functionality is possible with many mid-high volume printers. Rolling and provide additional security holographic materials without significantly increasing the cost per unit. Contact and contactless smart cards are definitely proving to be the wave of the future.