Produced By: Federal/National Government: Agency
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Public Benefits Delivery & Consumer Protection
This Issue Spotlight explores the challenges that recipients of public benefits programs offering cash assistance encounter in accessing funds through financial products or services, with a specific focus on assistance provided on prepaid cards.
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Improving Outcomes for Families through Better Use of Data: The TANF Data Collaborative
This video, produced after the completion of the TDC Pilot, features staff members from the California, Colorado, Minnesota, and Virginia TANF agencies reflecting on their challenges, accomplishments, and general experiences during the pilot.
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Collaborate with the TTS Public Benefits Studio
The Technology Transformation Service at GSA recently created a new Public Benefits Studio to focus on fostering a more cohesive, coordinated experience for the public, across programs.
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Open Data Specialist
This is a job description for the role of Open Data Specialist from the Technology Transformation Services (TTS).
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Roadmap: NIST Special Publication 800-63-4 Digital Identity Guidelines
Revision 4 of the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) Special Publication 800-63, Digital Identity Guidelines, responds to the changing digital landscape that has emerged since the last major revision of this suite was published in 2017.
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USDA Equity Action Plan in Support of Executive Order (EO) 13985 Advancing Racial Equity and Support for Underserved Communities through the Federal Government
On January 20, 2021, the President issued EO 13985, which established that the Federal Government should pursue a comprehensive approach to advancing equity for all. USDA's Equity Action Plain details a subset of USDA actions to achieve this goal.
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Identity Verification for Unemployment Insurance (UI) Claims
This program letter from the Employment and Training Administration Advisory System, U.S. Department of Labor to State Workforce Agencies highlights the importance of identity verification in ensuring the proper payment of unemployment benefits and provide guidance to states on required administrative procedures.
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Digital Identity Guidelines: Federation and Assertions, Special Publication 800-63C, Revision 3
These guidelines provide technical requirements for federal agencies implementing digital identity services and are not intended to constrain the development or use of standards outside of this purpose. This guideline focuses on the use of federated identity and the use of assertions to implement identity federations. Federation allows a given credential service provider to provide authentication and (optionally) subscriber attributes to a number of separately-administered relying parties.
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Digital Identity Guidelines: Enrollment and Identity Proofing, Special Publication 800-63A, Revision 3
These guidelines provide technical requirements for federal agencies implementing digital identity services and are not intended to constrain the development or use of standards outside of this purpose. This guideline focuses on the enrollment and verification of an identity for use in digital authentication.
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Digital Identity Guidelines: Authentication and Lifecycle Management, Special Publication 800-63B, Revision 3
These guidelines provide technical requirements for federal agencies implementing digital identity services and are not intended to constrain the development or use of standards outside of this purpose. These guidelines focus on the authentication of subjects interacting with government systems over open networks, establishing that a given claimant is a subscriber who has been previously authenticated.
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NIST Digital Identity Guidelines: Special Publication 800-63, Revision 3
These guidelines from the National Institutes of Standard and Technology provide technical requirements for federal agencies implementing digital identity services.
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Key Practices to Reduce Improper Payments through Identity Verification
This report from the Joint Financial Management Improvement Program outlines efforts to use identity verification to reduce improper payments in government programs, while mitigating bias and disparate impacts.