And if you think it's a drag having a national ID card....

...imagine yourself as a hapless Fed having to carry

around this "Total ID One" gizmo. Does

Jeff Gannon get a "Total ID One"? How about

Monica Lewinsky? Maybe "Wonkette" has one

already!

http://www.smartcardalliance.org/industry_news/industry_news_item.cfm?itemID=1430

OBERTHUR CARD SYSTEMS SHOWCASES ITS “TOTAL ID ONE” SMART CARD SOLUTION AT CARDTECH/SECURTECH 2005

PROVIDES U.S. GOVERNMENT MARKET WITH COMPLETE IDENTITY VERIFICATION TECHNOLOGY:††4/12/2005

In addition to the manufacturing and personalization services that are critical to TotalIDOne, Oberthur Card Systems provides carrier attachment, PIN activation services, and back-up personalization facilities that are ISO 9000 compliant. All Oberthur Card Systems smart card products for Government markets including the latest FIPS 140-2 Level 3 certified ID-One Cosmo, a dual interface contactless card with 64K of memory include a Personal Identify Verification (PIV) compliant application.

Oberthur Card Systems is steadily increasing its share of the public sector ID card programs, which include security and access contracts with a number of U.S. Government agencies such as the U.S. Department of Defense, The Department of State, TSA and the U.S. Treasury.