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About FiXsFounded
in 2004 and headquartered in Fairfax, Virginia. The Federation for Identity
and Cross-Credentialing Systems (FiXs) is a coalition of government
contractors, commercial companies and not-for-profit organizations whose
mission is to establish and maintain a worldwide, interoperable identity and
cross-credentialing network built on security, privacy, trust, standard
operating rules, policies and technical standards. The FiXs network verifies and
authenticates the identity of personnel seeking to enter military
installations, government-controlled areas and commercial sites tied to the
network, providing a trusted mechanism for federated identity infrastructure
within and between public and private sector organizations. The
coalition currently has 23 member companies, including systems integrators,
financial institutions and other organizations that want to promote improved
workforce protection and systems security for critical infrastructure markets.
The U.S. Department of Defense and the General Services Administration are
participating government organizations. The
FiXs Network is an authorized link to the U.S. Department of Defense
Cross-Credentialing Identification System (DCCIS) and a joint recipient of
the 2005 FCW Events Government Solution Center Pioneer Award for
"Successful Public/Private Sector Partnership", representing a
premier example of a program managed collaboratively by government and
non-government partners that tangibly improved government operations.
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