Alaska seeks major AI overhaul of state services through myAlaska mobile app
Alaska is exploring a sweeping redesign of its statewide digital services platform, issuing a Request for Information (RFI) that signals…
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France’s national digital ID scaling up after graduating from pilot
France’s national digital identity app, France Identité, has enabled the creation of more than 3.2 million digital IDs, according to…
Congress moves to confront the rise of deepfake fraud
The newly introduced AI Fraud Deterrence Act, a bipartisan bill introduced by Reps. Ted Lieu and Neal Dunn, seeks to…
UK gov’t clarifies benefits from digital ID prioritized above particular form or issuer
The UK government and its domestic digital identity industry attempted to rise above the overheated rhetoric based on assumptions that…
Social Security Administration’s digital wall will deny access to beneficiaries
The Social Security Administration (SSA) is remaking itself around a digital identity system that tens of millions of its beneficiaries…
UK plans observability tool contract in 2026 to keep scaled-up One Login resilient
The UK government is expecting a lot from its One Login system over the coming years, as it transitions from…
Dialogue between UK government, digital identity providers gets restart next week
Chief Secretary to the Prime Minister Darren Jones will meet with UK digital identity providers next Tuesday, December 2 for…
New Zealand simplifying digital ID procurement
New Zealand’s government is planning to make digital identity services procurement easier. The Department of Internal Affairs (DIA) is opening…
Rwanda eyes $1B digital foreign direct investment to boost economy, innovation
The Rwandan government attracted about $819 million in digital Direct Foreign Investment (DFI) between 2013 and 2023, but it hopes…
Brunei soft launches digital identity system with BruneiID app
Brunei has soft launched its national digital identity system BruneiID. BruneiID is available for download on Apple’s App Store and…
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