A growing number of states are turning to digital signature technology to solve these challenges and equip themselves to conduct some of government's most sensitive transactions electronically. If all goes well, Illinois companies will soon be the first in the nation to do business, electronically and simultaneously, with both the federal and state governments. The state s public-key infrastructure program, which uses digital certificates to authenticate users for electronic transactions, will be standardized on Entrust Technologies Inc. s system, said Brent Crossland, deputy technology officer for Illinois, speaking Monday at the Entrust SecureSummit 2001 conference in San Diego. The PKI Certificate Application in PDF format. Viewing PDF files require Adobe Acrobat Reader to retain font and formatting of the original document.
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