The MSO has finalized its USAccess Duplicate Record Deletion policy to outline when the MSO’s System Security Officer (SSO) will need to take action to remove duplicate applicant records from USAccess. When a duplicate is flagged by the system, the Agency’s assigned Agency Security Officer (ASO) must take action to identify the duplicate records, clear/confirm the record or mark the record for deletion. There are two instances in which the ASO will not be able to mark records for deletion:

To meet NIST, OMB and GSA OGP deadlines in ensuring agencies have the approved PIV card, the MSO will be establishing an opt-in deadline. Agencies can now opt-in to use both Idemia V7 and V8.1 PIV card types using the USAccess Card Profile Type Opt-In Form.

Over the weekend of Oct. 10, 2020, the supplier side of GSA’s eBuy platform was updated for security purposes to a two-step, multi-factor authentication (MFA) process using GSA FAS ID - a secure, centralized identity management system that lets users access many GSA applications with one email and password. GSA FAS ID was created as part of our overall IT modernization effort and has already been implemented on the FAS Sales Reporting Portal (SRP), GSA Advantage Purchase Order Portal, GSA Vendor Portal, and the Mass Mod Portal.

The Catalog Management team recently briefed members of industry at the National Industries for the Blind (NIB) Distributor Forum. We are sharing our presentation materials with all of you (attached). In this deck you will find updates on the three main components of our work: