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About USAccess

USAccess is a shared service that provides Personal Identity Verification credentialing services and support for over 100 federal agencies. Employees and contractors can securely update PIV credentials at established locations throughout the country.

Our credentials are more than an ID card to verify identity. They can be used to:

  • Sign in to computers and local area networks.
  • Enter federally controlled facilities and secure areas.
  • Encrypt email, documents, and laptop hard drives.
  • Digitally sign documents.

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Participating agencies can:

  • Enroll applicants; activate, manage, suspend, reprint, or revoke cards; and manage appointments and sponsorship.
  • Confirm identity using biometric verification and combine applicants’ biographic information, fingerprint templates, and PINs.
  • Use digital certificates for credential authentication, identity, email signing and encryption.
  • Access NIST-compliant secure system with high availability and disaster recovery capabilities.
  • Generate reports to track the progress on credentialing applicants or shipments of credentials.
  • Get simplified, affordable, per-credential support to help you manage the full lifecycle.
  • Reduce costs and effort by leveraging the collective buying power of the government and spreading infrastructure costs among all USAccess Program shareholders.

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Last updated: Mar 19, 2026
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