GPO Honored by Homeland Security

The U.S. Government Printing Office (GPO) was recognized by the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) for strengthening the security of DHS HSPD-12 personal identification cards. DHS Undersecretary for Management Rafael Borras presented GPO with an award and praised GPO employees for their efforts in the nationwide deployment of the ID cards.

GPO is responsible for designing and printing security features for identification cards used by DHS employees and contractors at agencies such as the Federal Emergency Management Agency, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement and the Secret Service.

GPO employees use security design and printing techniques to add a layer of security to blank cards. The individual DHS agencies are responsible for personalizing the identification cards on-site.

GPO's employees perform the security printing at the agency's ISO-9001 secure card production facility in Washington, D.C. GPO also produces other secure credentials for the Federal Government including Trusted Traveler Program cards for DHS' Customs and Border Protection and the Nation's passports for the Department of State.