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2.8.2 Grace Period

NIST PIV and digital identity FIPS 201-3 against FIPS 201-2
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modified 2 Common Identification, Security, and Privacy Requirements part of 2.8

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Grace Period

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Before · FIPS 201-2

In some instances an individual's status as a Federal employee or contractor will lapse for a brief time period. For example, a Federal employee may leave one Federal agency for another Federal agency and thus occur a short employment lapse period, or an individual who was under contract to a Federal agency may receive a new contract from that agency shortly after the previous contract expired. In these instances, the card issuer may issue a new PIV Card without repeating the identity proofing and

11 See, for example, Section 10.5.7 of the Internal Revenue Service Manual (http://www.irs.gov/irm/index.html), which authorizes approval by an employee's supervisor of the use of a pseudonym to protect the employee's personal safety. registration process if the issuer has access to the applicant’s chain-of-trust record and the applicant can be reconnected to the chain-of-trust record. 12

When issuing a PIV Card under the grace period, the card issuer shall verify that PIV Card issuance has been authorized by a proper authority and that the employee’s or contractor’s background investigation is valid. Re-investigations shall be performed if required, in accordance with OPM guidance. At the time of issuance, the card issuer shall perform a 1:1 biometric match of the applicant to reconnect to the chain- of-trust. The 1:1 biometric match requires either a match of fingerprint(s) or, if unavailable, other optional biometric data that are available. On successful match, the new PIV Card shall be released to the applicant. If the match is unsuccessful, or if no biometric data is available, the cardholder shall provide two identity source documents (as specified in Section 2.7), and an attending operator shall inspect these and compare the cardholder with the facial image retrieved from the enrollment data record and the facial image printed on the new PIV Card.

After · FIPS 201-3

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13 An example can be seen in Section 10.5.7 of the Internal Revenue Service Manual (https://www.irs.gov/ irm/part10/irm_10-005-007), which authorizes approval by an employee’s supervisor of the use of a pseudonym to protect the employee’s personal safety. 14 For the purposes of this section, a lapse is considered to be brief if it is not long enough to require that a new or updated background investigation be performed consistent with Executive Agents’ guidance.