Report: Synthetic identity fraud is growing
A new U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) report on its recent audit of the US Social Security Administration’s (SSA) Electronic…
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Login.gov certified for IAL2 by Kantara with selfie biometrics addition
An identity verification system with selfie biometrics for the U.S. General Services Administration’s Login.gov single-sign on service has been certified…
Privacy safeguards lacking in US Health and Human Services IT systems
The US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and its component agencies that support pandemic public health preparedness and…
US workers concerned about employers’ digital snooping: GAO
The U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO), the research arm of the U.S. Congress, this week released a report on the…
DHS’s beleaguered HART still hasn’t addressed privacy ‘gaps’
The US Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS) repeatedly delayed and now estimated $3.1 billion Homeland Advanced Recognition Technology (HART) program…
NIST data protection guidance, international standards follow Biden executive order
Following Joe Biden’s executive order for data protection at the end of February, the Department of Commerce has announced three…
US oversight body calls for more real-world biometrics testing, bias protections
A federal U.S. agency wants more testing of biometrics applications in the real world, stronger protections against bias and more…
US agencies not complying with AI laws and rules; maybe a bot would help
An audit of AI implementations by major departments of the U.S. government has found that not all planned, in-production or…
US agencies expand Login.gov partnership to combat unemployment insurance fraud
The GSA and DOL of the United States announced that they are now offering all states the opportunity to use…
US pandemic fraud loss estimates keep rising as Congress dithers on digital identity
The wave of fraud suffered by the U.S. during the pandemic through unemployment insurance programs is even higher than previously…
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