RockWest Technology Group, Intercede and Salamander Technologies created the “first accountability software compatible PIV Card for first responders” at the Summer Breeze exercise for the Federal Homeland Security Department’s National Capital Region Coordination (NCRC) Office. The new system included both smart card technology with FIPS 201 standards and an accountability compliant barcode. The PIV cards issued at the exercise utilized both technologies to ensure compatibility and interoperability of the PIV card with incident management software.

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