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## Purpose, With a Sense of Urgency

[![](https://www.securetechalliance.org/newsletter/0912/0912_cover.png)](https://www.securetechalliance.org/newsletter-201209)It was just a few months after September 11, 2001 that I began my career with the Smart Card Alliance. At that time we were headquartered in New York City, less than a half mile from the World Trade Center.  Traveling into work each day, surrounded by debris and smoldering steel, I struggled to find meaning in something that is still senseless.  Now, 11 years later, I’ve not found answers but I have found value and purpose in the work that the Smart Card Alliance does each day, especially as it relates to security and identity measures. I expand more about this in the September issue of Smart Card Talk.  As always, thank you for your support of the Alliance.

Sincerely,

Randy Vanderhoof

Executive Director, Smart Card Alliance

**[View past issues of the monthly Smart Card Talk newsletter »](https://www.securetechalliance.org/newsletters)**

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