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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">I’m submitting this to the group on behalf of the U.S. General Services Administration<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">The US Government General Services Administration (GSA) is considering enhancements to the Identity, Credential and Access Management (ICAM)
 and Public Key Infrastructure (PKI) products and services Special Item Numbers (SINs) 132-6X series under the GSA IT Schedule 70 Program. This series encompasses SINs 132-60A through 132-60F, 132-61 and 132-62 which are described on the GSA web page: </span><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#222222"><a href="https://www.gsaelibrary.gsa.gov/ElibMain/scheduleSummary.do?scheduleNumber=70" target="_blank"><span style="color:#1155CC">https://www.gsaelibrary.gsa.gov/ElibMain/scheduleSummary.do?scheduleNumber=70</span></a></span><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"> .</span><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#222222"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span class="m6353008473951963596m7195524934671972347gmail-im">The purpose of the potential enhancements will be to improve the way GSA offers ICAM and PKI products and services to make the customer procurement process easier, enable vendors to offer more comprehensive
 solutions, enhance oversight and compliance, and increase alignment with advancements in ICAM related government-wide policy, guidance, and regulations. The GSA Federal PKI (FPKI) leadership determined it necessary, and with Office of Management and Budget
 approval, to evaluate the current state of the PKI Shared Services Provider (SSP) Program and as needed, make necessary changes to better enable Federal agencies to have the means to acquire a total solution to meet today’s needs, </span><span class="m6353008473951963596m7195524934671972347gmail-aqj">tomorrow’s</span><span class="m6353008473951963596m7195524934671972347gmail-im"> challenges,
 and to enhance the oversight and compliance of current and future SSPs.</span></span><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#222222"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Please review the RFI that can be downloaded from FBO.gov (<a href="https://www.fbo.gov/notices/d813a5cb62a6f87219856b6b55900752" target="_blank"><span style="color:#1155CC">https://www.fbo.gov/notices/d813a5cb62a6f87219856b6b55900752</span></a>)</span><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#222222"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">INDUSTRY PARTNERS: Respond to the RFI submitted through the following hyperlink: </span><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#222222"><a href="https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSf5--GtaD5Eq3PJ3qY_HaSP955-9wabWDNOH24y8uEuQmGZmw/viewform?c=0&w=1" target="_blank"><span style="color:#1155CC">https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSf5--GtaD5Eq3PJ3qY_HaSP955-9wabWDNOH24y8uEuQmGZmw/viewform?c=0&w=1</span></a></span><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"> no
 later than <span class="m6353008473951963596m7195524934671972347gmail-aqj">October, 30, 2017</span> at <span class="m6353008473951963596m7195524934671972347gmail-aqj">5:00 pm EST</span>. It is recommended that you save your RFI Response Form for your record.
 This RFI document contains all the questions being asked in the RFI Response Form to assist you in preparing.</span><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#222222"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Thank you for providing insights from industry.</span><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#222222"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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