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Successful Testing of the GSA E-Authentication Gateway Prototype

Calendar Oct 04, 2002 • User Avatar Anthony Pell
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GSA digital identity government services e-authentication prototype testing
The General Services Administration's prototype of the E-Authentication gateway last week passed its initial test and is being geared up to handle transactions for five or six other projects by Dec. 31. . . The General Services Administration's prototype of the E-Authentication gateway last week passed its initial test and is being geared up to handle transactions for five or six other projects by Dec. 31.

Stephen Timchak, the E-Authentication program manager, said his group tested the model gateway with the time and attendance application of the Agriculture Department's National Finance Center.

GSA is the managing partner of E-Authentication, one of the Office of Management and Budget's 25 e-government initiatives.

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