Topic: Digital Identity
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Digital Identity 
Better Identity in America: A Blueprint for State Policymakers
In December 2022, the Better Identity Coalition released a set of policy recommendations for State government officials, focused on ways governments can improve the privacy and security of digital identity solutions.
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Digital Identity 
Digital Benefits Network Quarterly Call: What’s Next for Digital Identity in Public Benefits?
Identity proofing, authentication, and online access to benefits applications have been increasingly important issues for benefits agencies since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic. During the call, we heard from two speakers: April Dunlap, Policy Administrator for Arizona’s Department of Economic Security and Professor Michele Gilman, Venable Professor of Law and Associate Dean for Faculty Research and Development at the University of Baltimore School of Law.
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Digital Identity 
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 
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 
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 
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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Digital Identity 
Me, Myself, and My Digital Double: Extending Sara Greene’s Stealing (Identity) From the Poor to the Challenges of Identity Verification
This essay explores the challenges of identity verification and suggests several paths forward for more equitable systems.
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Digital Identity 
Digital Identity and Public Benefits: Announcing a New Research Agenda
An announcement about the Digital Benefits Network's new research agenda on digital identity in public benefits.
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Digital Identity 
Digital Identity and the Federal Government: Recent Actions and Interest
In recent years, the federal government has taken notice of cybersecurity, identity management, authentication, and identity proofing issues. This short resource guide highlights some key actions at the federal level around digital identity topics in 2022.
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Digital Identity 
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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Digital Identity 
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.
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Digital Identity 
How Government and Industry are Rethinking Authentication
In this panel conversation from the Better Identity Coalition’s 2022 policy forum, “Identity, Authentication, and the Road Ahead," representatives from industry and government discuss priorities for authentication and identity management.