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Treasury Publishes Electronic Authentication Policy
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (R. A. Hettinga)
Thu Jan 4 19:24:07 2001
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From: "Stephen T. Middlebrook" <Stephen.Middlebrook@FMS.TREAS.GOV>
Subject: Treasury Publishes Electronic Authentication Policy
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Pursuant to GPEA, the Treasury Dept. has published an Electronic Authentication
Policy. The policy appeared in yesterday's Federal Register and may be viewed
online at
(in PDF)
http://frwebgate.access.gpo.gov/cgi-bin/getdoc.cgi?dbname=2001_register&docid=01-79-filed.pdf
(in text)
http://frwebgate.access.gpo.gov/cgi-bin/getdoc.cgi?dbname=2001_register&docid=01-79-filed
Some background info:
Purpose: This policy sets forth principles on the use of electronic
authentication techniques, including digital signatures, for Federal
payment, collection, and collateral transactions conducted over open
networks such as the Internet. Federal payment and collection
transactions include all transactions intended to effect a credit or a
debit to an account, including transactions executed by Non-Treasury
Disbursing Offices. Federal collateral transactions include all
electronic messages or instructions to pledge, deposit, release, or
claim collateral used to secure public funds. These payment,
collection, and collateral transactions may be between the Federal
Government and non-Federal entities, as well as transactions between
Federal entities.
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