Entrust Selected to Provide E-Government Security for Labor Department

Entrust solution enables the Department to comply with Government Paperwork Elimination Act and meet strict directives of its E-Government Strategic Plan

24 Apr 2003

WASHINGTON, DC - Entrust, Inc. [NASDAQ: ENTU], a leader in securing digital identities and information, today announced that the U.S. Department of Labor has selected the company's digital identity and information security solutions to help fulfill many of the Department's electronic service delivery objectives. The Department's objectives include initiatives that drive cost savings and increased efficiencies that are also mandated by the 1998 Government Paperwork Elimination Act (GPEA) and more recently established under the Department's E-Government Strategic Plan.

In particular, the Department required a security solution that can be certified with the U.S. Federal Bridge Certification Authority (FBCA) and meets General Accounting Office (GAO) requirements for financial disbursements. The Department was also motivated by the GPEA requirement for Federal agencies to enable the use and acceptance of electronic documents, signatures and record keeping by fiscal year-end, September 30, 2003. To meet these requirements, Department officials will use digital signatures from Entrust that can be easily deployed and administered by government personnel.

"The U.S. Department of Labor is making enormous strides in transforming the agency into a true 'digital department' as outlined in their E-Government Strategic Plan," said Bill Conner, chairman, president and chief executive officer of Entrust. "In the process, they have set an aggressive timetable aimed at garnering the enormous productivity gains and cost reductions that can be realized through the use of digital signatures and information security."

Entrust is a leading security solution provider for more than 320 global government customers, including the U.S. Federal Government which has deployed cyber security solutions in more than 50 Federal departments and agencies, including Department of Energy, Department of Agriculture National Finance Center (USDA/NFC), Treasury Department, Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC), NASA, U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) and more.

Additionally, Entrust solutions power the Federal Bridge Certification Authority, which enables Federal agencies to securely communicate and share information. In fact, Entrust serves as the security technology provider to three out of the four agencies that are currently up and running and connected via the Federal Bridge (Treasury, USDA and NASA).

About Digital Signatures

Digital signatures provide unique capabilities for securing digital information; for example, they enable the recipient to verify the authenticity of the information's originator. In addition, a verified digital signature assures the recipient that the information has not been tampered with since it was originally signed. These two benefits of digital signatures are essential for enabling secure online transactions and information distribution.

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