digital identity
What Minnesota reveals about the future of fraud prevention
COMMENTARY | States must act early to invest in modern identity and fraud controls and clearly explain how they are protecting taxpayer dollars. Doing nothing is not an option.
Illinois licenses, IDs to enter digital realm
Driver’s licenses and state IDs can be added to Apple Wallet starting Wednesday.
Virginia rolls out Mobile ID, plans to expand use of program across commonwealth
Virginia State Police, all DMV customer service centers, and nine Virginia ABC stores in the Richmond area will also accept the ID.
Guardrails must come before digital ID, says state privacy leader
Utah Chief Privacy Officer Christopher Bramwell said some governments have not yet done enough work to build trust and policy before launching themselves into tech solutions.
US needs an agency to call ‘balls and strikes’ on digital IDs, lawmaker says
Rep. Bill Foster, D-Ill., said Congress needs to create a federal body capable of auditing identity verification technologies to lay the groundwork for a broad embrace of digital IDs.
Accessible identity verification and benefits enrollment is ‘more important than ever,’ expert says
Millions of Americans are at risk of losing coverage for public benefit programs, but a new report offers officials recommendations to make it easier for residents to enroll and access critical services.
NIST releases final digital identity guidelines after years of drafts
The new guidelines remove mentions of equity that NIST had included in previous draft updates.
Government is making moves on mobile drivers licenses, GSA administrator says
Login.gov is planning on adding mDLs by March of next year.
The future of identity: Preparing for mobile driver licenses
COMMENTARY | The long-delayed implementation of REAL ID will help the U.S. play catch-up on efficiency, but identity verification in this country remains complex.
New bill seeks to allow Idaho to create optional electronic driver’s licenses
The Transportation Security Administration already accepts digital driver’s licenses issued by 14 states, including Utah.
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Coming federal cyber executive order includes a push to mobile drivers licenses
The draft order does not, however, tackle the full breadth of actions that were expected from a promised identity executive order that has yet to materialize.
TSA to allow mobile driver’s licenses after REAL ID goes into effect
The final rule will allow states that have issued mobile driver’s licenses to apply for TSA-issued waivers of certain REAL ID requirements.
As mobile IDs proliferate, concerns about cybersecurity and data privacy mount
New York is the latest state to adopt a mobile driver’s license. But while the technology holds promise and is convenient for users, there remain concerns.
4 considerations for launching an effective digital ID system
COMMENTARY | Successful digital identification programs need to provide equal access, security, interoperability and user convenience.
How to unlock a better user experience for constituents
COMMENTARY | People today expect smarter, simpler customer service thanks to the likes of Apple, Amazon and Microsoft. States can deliver on that expectation by creating a single data source spanning all systems of record.
Real ID requirements temporarily waived for states' mobile IDs
The coming rulemaking would waive REAL ID Act requirements so that federal agencies can still accept mobile driver's licenses when the law’s implementation starts in 2025.
Louisiana driver’s licenses, auto registrations targeted in massive data breach
The attack targeted a vulnerability in the popular MOVEit file transfer tool.
How government can build secure and frictionless digital identity programs
States that lost millions to fraud during the pandemic have plenty of ways to tighten their ID management programs, a new playbook suggests.
As Utah’s porn law kicks in, adult site blocks access in the state
Legislation requiring adult websites to verify users’ ages every time they visit took effect this week, an effort that advocacy groups said is flawed and ambiguous.
