IRVINE, Calif. — HID Global Director of Government Relations Kathleen Carroll has been elected chair of TechAmerica’s identity management committee. Carroll, who served as vice chair of the committee for the past two years, will now perform as chair through 2012.
TechAmerica’s identity management committee provides the industry with a forum for working with federal and state governments to develop identity authentication and verification best practices. The group focuses on a variety of issues including the Homeland Security Presidential Elective (HSPD)-12, health identity authentication, biometrics, the Real ID Act, RFID and federated identity and government credentialing programs.
“I am extremely honored to be elected chair of this important committee,” Carroll says. “As the industry continues to innovate and develop new information technologies to improve our lives, it is imperative that we simultaneously protect the security of personal data. This is the goal of TechAmerica’s identity management committee, and I am committed to advancing the organization’s mission.”
