The Postal Service is bringing its strengths to the digital world. Our goal: to make sure customers can conduct secure digital communications and business transactions.
We’re developing a system that will help users establish secure digital identities, the foundation for privacy and trust in the digital realm. To achieve this, we’re drawing upon our reputation for trust: The Postal Service is the nation’s fifth most trusted company and the most trusted government agency, according to the Ponemon Institute, the nation’s leading researcher on privacy, data protection and security.
The Postal Service’s digital efforts will also leverage the expertise of the Postal Inspection Service, one of the nation’s oldest federal law enforcement agencies, as well as our own world-class computer network.
We’ve cut our facility energy use more than 30 percent since 2003.
One of our first initiatives will benefit individuals and one of our largest clients — the federal government. The Federal Cloud Credential Exchange is part of the federal government’s vision of making its online transactions safer, faster and more private. It’s a solution that will make it easy for individuals to use their credentials from an approved external service to log in to federal websites. The exchange will streamline digital authentication and reduce the costs to maintain user credentials — while providing a secure, easy-to-use way for individuals to access government websites. In fiscal 2013, the Postal Service was selected as the “Operating Entity” for the exchange and competitively awarded the technology contract. Fiscal 2014 is focused on implementing the technical solution, launching the program and evaluating the success. The exchange effort is a joint effort with the White House and federal agencies.
Additional products and services in development will support:
