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| − | * [https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/senate-bill/4528 Senate bill 4528 - Improving Digital Identity Act of 2022] Sine it was first introduced is included requirement for inclusion or equitable access. <blockquote>This bill establishes the Improving Digital Identity Task Force to establish a government-wide effort to develop secure methods for governmental agencies to protect the privacy and security of individuals and support reliable, interoperable digital identity verification in the public and private sectors. The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) shall award grants to states, local, tribal, and territorial governments to upgrade systems that provide drivers' licenses or other types of identity credentials to support the development of highly secure, interoperable systems that enable digital identity verification. The Government Accountability Office shall submit to Congress a report on the estimated potential savings, due to the increased adoption and widespread use of digital identification, of (1) the federal government from averted benefit fraud, and (2) the U.S. economy and consumers from averted identity theft.<blockquote> | + | * Support for adoption of the |
| + | * [https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/senate-bill/4528 Senate bill 4528 - Improving Digital Identity Act of 2022] Sine it was first introduced is included requirement for inclusion or equitable access through the action of a task force that would report back to the US Congress. <blockquote>This bill establishes the Improving Digital Identity Task Force to establish a government-wide effort to develop secure methods for governmental agencies to protect the privacy and security of individuals and support reliable, interoperable digital identity verification in the public and private sectors. The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) shall award grants to states, local, tribal, and territorial governments to upgrade systems that provide drivers' licenses or other types of identity credentials to support the development of highly secure, interoperable systems that enable digital identity verification. The Government Accountability Office shall submit to Congress a report on the estimated potential savings, due to the increased adoption and widespread use of digital identification, of (1) the federal government from averted benefit fraud, and (2) the U.S. economy and consumers from averted identity theft.<blockquote> | ||
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Revision as of 15:29, 4 April 2023
Full Title or Meme
Digital Identity is a label that has come to stand for a US government process of identifying natural persons. That is what this page addresses.
Context
A person's Digital Identity should apply to every piece of that person that has been digitized, but the actual use of the term has been confused in the US with the process of associating a digital connection with a person, either natural or other.
History of actions by government
- Support for adoption of the
- Senate bill 4528 - Improving Digital Identity Act of 2022 Sine it was first introduced is included requirement for inclusion or equitable access through the action of a task force that would report back to the US Congress.
This bill establishes the Improving Digital Identity Task Force to establish a government-wide effort to develop secure methods for governmental agencies to protect the privacy and security of individuals and support reliable, interoperable digital identity verification in the public and private sectors. The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) shall award grants to states, local, tribal, and territorial governments to upgrade systems that provide drivers' licenses or other types of identity credentials to support the development of highly secure, interoperable systems that enable digital identity verification. The Government Accountability Office shall submit to Congress a report on the estimated potential savings, due to the increased adoption and widespread use of digital identification, of (1) the federal government from averted benefit fraud, and (2) the U.S. economy and consumers from averted identity theft.
