1. Retailer Certifications

2. Texas EBT Operations Pilot started in 2004 Statewide in 2009
2,100 Retailers
600,000 cards serving 1 million clients
21 certified POS systems
Pilots with SEBTC and Farmer’s Market

3. Texas EBT Operations POS Lab Certifications
New Store System Certifications
Client Disputes
Card Management
EBT Production Issues
Specification Workgroups

4. Certification Categories
Development Evaluation – for new developers.
Level 1 – certification of base code
Level 2 – retailer specific code testing
Level 3 – in store test for new installs

5. Enhancements to Process
Pre-certification requirement
Test team to perform certifications
Integrated Certification Utility and Cloud
Smartcard Utility for Developers

6. Enhancements to Process
Smartcard WIC State Agencies work together to create unified specifications and certification test scripts.
Certification process enhancements.

7. Questions…