# Personal Identity Verification Personal Identity Verification (PIV) is the U.S. federal framework for interoperable identity credentials used by federal employees and contractors. ## Notebook evidence PIV appears with CAC and ECA on PDF page 12 of [[Scanned_20260730-1845]]. The grouping shows the notebook moving from consumer account identity toward credentials whose trust depends on formal issuance, certificate chains, and institutional policy. ## Boundary The page does not prove that any PIV credential was applied for, issued, possessed, or used. It records comparative identity-infrastructure research. ## Relationships [[Common Access Card]] · [[External Certification Authority]] · [[Public-Key Infrastructure]] · [[Digital Identity]] ## Source - [[Scanned_20260730-1845]], PDF page 12.