US Congressional investigator specifies Login.gov’s persistent technical issues
While most of the 24 Chief Financial Officers (CFO) of federal agencies that use Login.gov for identity proofing services identified…
IAL2
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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…
Pats on the back, questions and suggestions for NIST’s Digital Identity Guidelines
The U.S. National Institute of Standards and Technology should communicate clearly with Congress and continue to refine key concepts in…
GSA biometrics evaluation raises scope and purpose questions ahead of pilot
An evaluation of biometric identity verification technologies recently conducted by the U.S. General Services Administration assessed their accuracy, both overall…
Governments’ use of digital verification must ensure equal access to services
The Progressive Policy Institute (PPI) warns in a new report, Closing the Digital Verification Divide, that as “local governments increasingly…
Login.gov records state-level wins amid wider efforts to achieve IAL2 status
Amid struggles in meeting National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) identity verification standards, the Login.gov single-sign-on portal has expanded…
What are NIST IAL2 and IAL3 identity verification standards?
Today, in the digital economy, numerous online activities require identity verification to establish a connection with a real-life individual, especially…
ID.me reaches 130M digital wallet users, 60M verified to IAL2
There are now 130 million people in the United States with ID.me’s digital wallet, and 60 million of them have…
Login.gov deployment at US tax agency still on rocky ground
For more than a year between December 2022 and March 2023, the Personally Identifiable Information (PII) of more than 57,000…
Understanding digital identity acceptance, proofing, and assurance
Digital identity acceptance, identity proofing, and identity assurance are terms commonly used in the field of identity management and security….
