“E-signature, or digital signature, is a concept that allows for using
electronically signed documents to perform either exchange of documents
officially in circles related to government, or with the private sector
performing electronic commerce or electronic business at large,” says
Sherif Hashim, vice president of the Information Technology Industry
Development Agency (ITIDA). “With this need emerging, technology
stepped in to introduce technologies related to authenticated
signatures on documents.”

ASRC has an opportunity in Sterling, VA for a Systems Administrator.  Successful candidates will be able go through the clearance process.   This position will be responsible for PKI certificate generation, revocation and maintenance.  Data integrity checks along with minor databse administration and maintenance are also a part of the responsibilties.  This position will take part in Certificate Authority root management, subordinate management, backup of the CA system, contingency planning and end user certificate management.

The Obama administration is poised to issue a long-awaited open
government directive as soon as two weeks from now that strikes a
balance between new information technology and new policies, White
House officials said.

My Sun Microsystems colleague Dave Edstrom asked me recently to prepare a webinar entitled “Identity Management in 2010: Trends and Predictions” and present it on the weekly “Software Technical Roundtable” he co-hosts for Sun Microsystems employees and partners.