--- begin forwarded text From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Fri, 24 Sep 1999 17:20:44 -0500 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: IP: DoD selects vendors for public key infrastructure pilot Sender: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Source: Department of Defense http://www.defenselink.mil/news/Sep1999/b09211999_bt432-99.html DOD SELECTS VENDORS FOR PUBLIC KEY INFRASTRUCTURE PILOT The Department of Defense has made its initial selection of vendors to enable secure, electronic business services with private industry. Operational Research Consultants Inc. and Digital Signature Trust Co. are the first two candidates selected to supply the Department with Class Three Interim External Certification Authorities (IECAs) for its public key infrastructure. This capability will allow DoD to electronically communicate with industry by enabling secure, private electronic business and paperless contracting. IECAs will be used to provide non-DoD personnel with certificate services compatible with the Department's public key infrastructure. In May 1999 the Department released a solicitation for IECAs to support vendors conducting business with the Paperless Contracting Wide-Area Work Flow, Electronic Document Access and Defense Travel System applications. Operational Research Consultants Inc. and Digital Signature Trust Co. are the first two candidates to successfully complete the testing, policy and procedural requirements for IECAs. More IECA selections will be announced as available. Selection of these two vendors is a significant milestone in the rollout of the Department's public key infrastructure since it promotes broader industry participation. In addition, this pilot should provide additional data to refine the Department's requirements and procedures for use of future external certificate authorities. ********************************************** To subscribe or unsubscribe, email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: (un)subscribe ignition-point email@address ********************************************** <www.telepath.com/believer> ********************************************** --- end forwarded text ----------------- Robert A. Hettinga <mailto: [EMAIL PROTECTED]> The Internet Bearer Underwriting Corporation <http://www.ibuc.com/> 44 Farquhar Street, Boston, MA 02131 USA "... however it may deserve respect for its usefulness and antiquity, [predicting the end of the world] has not been found agreeable to experience." -- Edward Gibbon, 'Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire'
