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Secure Federal Credentials from GPO

GPO creates end-to-end secure card programs in concert with our customers. These programs produce cards that are complex enough to be fraud-resistant, but simple enough for quick validation by visual and electronic means.

Our comprehensive secure card service to our customers comprises:

Design
GPO designers are certified in the use of proprietary security software. They create overt and covert features, combining them in secure, multilayered designs - designs that may define up to ten layers of card material.

Manufacturing
GPO materials experts are masters of security printing and electronics, polymers, and adhesives. Lawyers of material are combined in unique ways to maximize the fraud-resistant characteristics of the design.

Data Transformation
Personal information is encrypted at the customer's location, then transmitted by secure means, beginning the transformation of cards into secure credentials.

Personalization
Secure cards are made unique when personal information is printed or laser-engraved. The information is written to an embedded chip and locked to prevent tampering.

Fulfillment
Personalized cards are affixed to pre-printed or demand-printed letters. Next, they are inserted into envelopes and shipped to the customer or mailed directly to end-users.

 
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Multi-layered Security
Card architecture and features.
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Security Glossary
Frequently used secure credential terms. pdf


Creative Services
Security Design - ID cards, tickets, checks, & travel documents.

National Account Managers
GPO's sales force.

Select Forms & Standards
Instructions & fillable forms for working with GPO.

Public Key Infrastructure (PKI)
Information about authorizing documents and the requirements.

Contact
Gerry Egan
Director of Business Development
ph202.512.2285
gegan@gpo.gov