Five federal agencies have agreed to pool their smart card needs into a large contract buy of up to 40 million cards during the next three years. The agencies — the Defense Department, Homeland Security Department, Interior Department, NASA, and Department of Veterans Affairs — will initiate the procurement, but other federal agencies could buy cards under the contract, said Bob Donelson, a senior property management specialist in Interior's Bureau of Land Management. He spoke today in Washington, D.C., at a Federal Public Key Infrastructure Deployment Workshop. By combining their requirements, the five agencies will reduce their card costs, which...