We are proud to announce that Electrosoft has been awarded a $11.7 million prime contract from the General Services Administration (GSA) Office of Government-wide Policy (OGP), Identity Assurance and Trusted Access Division (IATAD).

The IATAD coordinates the government-wide civilian agency execution of ICAM policies and standards to align with the Federal ICAM (FICAM) Architecture. Electrosoft will support IATAD programs to assure the availability of a consistent and effective set of ICAM policies, standards and governance practices and compliant, interoperable and secure ICAM products and solutions in the marketplace.

Under the newly awarded Federal Public Key Infrastructure (FPKI) Subject Matter Expert (SME) Support Services contract, Electrosoft will assist IATAD with development, management and execution of the division’s responsibilities from an innovative and strategic perspective, including:

• FPKI policy and operational governance including support to the FPKI Policy Authority (FPKIPA) and associated working groups;
• Strategy development for test and evaluation of shared ICAM solutions under the FIPS 201 Evaluation Program, including operating the Physical Access Control Systems (PACS) test laboratory; and
• Guidance and playbook creation based on the FICAM Architecture and identity management policies, standards and initiatives.

“GSA leads the field in delivering government-wide trust services and ICAM solutions that enable agencies to better achieve their mission goals,” said Dr. Sarbari Gupta, Electrosoft CEO. “Under this contract, Electrosoft will leverage more than 16 years of FPKI and ICAM thought leadership to provide the GSA OGP IATAD with support and subject matter expertise to meet their mission objectives.”

The five-year contract has a one-year base period and four option years.