Defense Department turns attention to authenticating private-sector contractors who require access to DoD facilities and IT resources. The goal was to create a federated identity system over a secure network that would allow contractors to use their companys employee badges to access bases, labs, plants and other secure facilities. The effort reflects nearly two years work defining legal, auditing, privacy, operation and implementation rules with the help of FiXs, a network of 23 contractors, financial institutions, authentication vendors, system integrators.”]
Source: https://www.csoonline.com/article/2122437/pentagon-taps-contractors-for-id-card-help.html