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2020-01-11 United States Public Sector /government/usa/ https://decentralized-id.com/government/usa/
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USA
New York
Austin
Illinois
Wyoming
Utah
FATF
IRS
FTC
Data Privacy
Web3
Digital Immigration Credentials
Verifiable Credentials
2023-06-06
  • USPTO: CIO Jamie Holcombe 2021-01-04

    CIO Jamie Holcombe says identity verification with blockchain might be in the future for USPTO and talks about navigating changes in policy & law when considering a distributed ledger to store patents & trademarks. Among the interesting questions: do we start with patent #1 (applicant: George Washington)?

  • Foster Introduces Bipartisan Digital Identity Legislation 2020-08-11
    • Establish a task force made up of key federal agencies and state representatives.
    • Direct NIST to create a new framework of standards to guide agencies in implementing identity systems.
    • Establish a grant program within the DHS to support states in upgrading.

White House

  • The White Houses Future of the Internet is Available Today 2022-04-29 Indicio Tech

    The Biden administration, in coordination with 60 other countries, on Thursday unveiled a “Declaration for the Future of the Internet” that “reclaims the promise of the Internet in the face of the global opportunities and challenges presented by the 21st century.” 2022-04-28

  • A Collaborative Approach to Meeting the Challenges in President Bidens Executive Order on Improving US Cybersecurity 2021-06-14

    One key aspect outlined in Section 4 of the Executive Order (EO) is securing the software supply chain. At issue here is the reality that the U.S. federal government—like nearly any other organization on the planet that uses computer technology in any form—relies on not just one but numerous types of software to process data and run operational equipment.

  • Recognizing Digital Identity as a National Issue 2021-06-14

    we dove into creating a centralized and holistic approach to protecting and regulating identity in the United States and the specifics of why digital identity and cybersecurity are national issues that the private sectors simply cannot tackle on their own. Here are some of the key takeaways.

  • Industry Implications of Executive Order on Improving the Nations Cybersecurity 2021-06-03

    President Bidens recent issuance of the highly anticipated Executive Order on Improving the Nations Cybersecurity (EO or Order), in the midst of high-profile cyber-attacks on the Nation, brought new challenges to organizations looking to secure their cyber defenses. In this multipart podcast series, Wiley's Government Contracts, Telecom, Media & Technology (TMT), and Privacy, Cyber & Data Governance attorneys provide a high-level overview of the Order.

  • Zero Trust Architecture in the White House Executive Order on Cybersecurity 2021-05-14 Adrian Gropper

    Please read Section 3 in the EO […] It may be time for us to explain Zero-Trust Architecture relationship to VCs and DIDs. My not-so-hidden agenda includes priority for considering authorization and delegation in our protocol work but our diverse community of security experts will surely make this a much broader discussion.

  • Executive order on Improving the Nations Cybersecurity 2021-05-12

    Sec. 3.  Modernizing Federal Government Cybersecurity.

    (a)  To keep pace with todays dynamic and increasingly sophisticated cyber threat environment, the Federal Government must take decisive steps to modernize its approach to cybersecurity, including by increasing the Federal Governments visibility into threats, while protecting privacy and civil liberties.  The Federal Government must adopt security best practices; advance toward Zero Trust Architecture; accelerate movement to secure cloud services, including Software as a Service (SaaS), Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS), and Platform as a Service (PaaS); centralize and streamline access to cybersecurity data to drive analytics for identifying and managing cybersecurity risks; and invest in both technology and personnel to match these modernization goals.

Digital Immigration Credentials

  • Jeremy Grant @jgrantindc 2022-09-07

    USCIS make public announcement about their plants to use Verifiable Credentials for Immigration credentials

    Very interesting #FedID presentation on @USCIS plans for digital immigration credentials. Looking to use the @w3c Verifiable Credentials standard - this may be the first use of VCs at scale in the US government.

  • Great to see USCIS speaking publicly at the the #FedID Conference last week 2022-10

    (https://lnkd.in/eWSc3RYA) about how digital immigration credentials using W3C Verifiable Credentials and W3C Decentralized Identifiers are a critical part of their ongoing work on digitizing the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration processes!

  • US Digital Immigration Credentials Overview 2022-12-13

    USCIS Presentation at the 2022 Fed ID Conference on Using W3C VCs and W3C DIDs for Digital Immigration Credentials

Personal Data Privacy

FTC

  • FTC weighs new rules to protect Americans personal data 2022-08-11 Guardian

    The FTC is issuing an advanced notice of proposed rule-making to address commercial surveillance, the “business of collecting, analyzing, and profiting from information about people”. [...] The public can offer input on the FTC notice and the commission will hold a virtual public forum on 8 September.

  • FTC announces Ed Tech prohibited from common data collection and monetization 2022-05-26 Me2BA

    Specifically, the FTC will be more closely monitoring all companies covered by the Childrens Online Privacy Protection Act of 1998 (COPPA), with particular attention to ed tech, to ensure that children have access to educational tools without being subject to surveillance capitalism.

  • Senate Asks FTC to Investigate ID.me for Deceptive Business Practices 2022-05-20 FindBiometrics

    The Senators complaints stem from comments that ID.me and CEO Blake Hall made about the nature of its facial recognition system. More specifically, they call attention to statements and a blog post in which Hall claimed that his company only performs one-to-one matching to compare a new selfie to an image on a photo ID during the identity verification process. One-to-one matching is considered to be both more accurate and more secure than alternative one-to-many solutions, since the users image is never cross-referenced against a larger database.

  • FTC on Commercial Surveillance and Data Security Rulemaking 2022-02-08 IdentityWoman

    There is a very real risk that because two companies control the mobile handset operating systems Apple and Google the will work to limit access to the APIs within the phone preventing any wallets created by other companies working well.

    This doesnt have to happen and the risk of it happening will be reduced if the FTC gets involved to ensure a level playing field for wallet makers and ensuring consumers will have a choice of who they trust with the sensitive data about who they transact with across the digital world. Thank you.

  • We Applaud the Confirmation of New FTC Commissioner, Alvaro Bedoya 2022-05-13 Me2Ba

    Bedoyas research has shined a light on digital surveillance and its impact on people of color, immigrants, and the working class. He founded the Center on Privacy & Technology at Georgetown Law to focus on the importance of consumer privacy rights.

  • FTC proposed consent order prohibits perpetual retention of personal information 2023-03-26

    We had previously written about an FTC proposed consent order that would prohibit a company from perpetual retention of personal health information. On March 2, 2023, the FTC announced a complaint and proposed consent with BetterHelp, Inc. that would prohibit the company from perpetual retention of personal information—a broader category. Also unlike the previous matter, the FTC did not cite to the health breach notification requirements, but instead included claims only under Section 5 of the FTC Act. Under the proposed consent, BetterHelp would pay $7.8 million, which the FTC may use for consumer redress. In the Matter of BetterHelp, Inc., FTC File No. 2023169 (Mar. 2, 2023).

Crypto

  • Executive Order on Ensuring Responsible Development of Digital Assets 2022-03-09 White House - President Biden

    We must promote access to safe and affordable financial services.  Many Americans are underbanked and the costs of cross-border money transfers and payments are high.  The United States has a strong interest in promoting responsible innovation that expands equitable access to financial services, particularly for those Americans underserved by the traditional banking system, including by making investments and domestic and cross-border funds transfers and payments cheaper, faster, and safer, and by promoting greater and more cost-efficient access to financial products and services.  The United States also has an interest in ensuring that the benefits of financial innovation are enjoyed equitably by all Americans and that any disparate impacts of financial innovation are mitigated.

  • The Infrastructure Bill and What it Holds for Crypto 2021-08-30 SelfKey Foundation

    Reports state that an amendment to the bill is unlikely when it is discussed during the autumn session. Moreover, the treasury has reportedly said it would provide clarifying guidance after the bill is passed to allow exemptions to firms that do not actually operate as brokers. The reported clarification from the Treasury is potentially a welcome sign that would improve the morale of the crypto community regarding the proposed bill.

  • New Directions for Government in the Second Era of the Digital Age 2021-02-05 Kuppinger Cole

    The Blockchain Research Institute™, in collaboration with the Washington DC based Chamber of Digital Commerce and other experts have produced a 120-page report on how the Biden-Harris administration could reimagine US technology strategy and policy—and take action to implement it.

FATF

IRS

  • THE IRS AND ID.ME: PRIVACY OPTIONAL 2022-02-15 Trust Over IP

    While it is not clear why the IRS would relinquish this extremely sensitive capability in its entirety to a single, private-sector entity using a proprietary solution, there are clues

  • Rough Seas Ahead People 2022-01 MoxyTongue from the man who invented the term Self-Sovereign Idenitty, ID.me and the IRS.

    Humanity does not come into existence inside a database. The American Government does not come into authority "of, by, for" database entries.

    People prove birth certificates, birth certificates do not prove people.

  • IRS Using Facial Scanning 2022-01 Phil Windley

    The IRS will use ID.me's authentication and identity proofing service exclusively starting sometime this summer. The identity proofing portion employs facial scanning by a third party, causing some concern.

  • IRS Will Soon Require Selfies for Online Access 2022-01 Krebs on Security

    If you created an online account to manage your tax records with the U.S. Internal Revenue Service (IRS), those login credentials will cease to work later this year. The agency says that by the summer of 2022, the only way to log in to irs.gov will be through ID.me

States

New York

Austin, TX

  • City of Austin dabbling in SSI 2020-03

    Many folks within the identity space see VC infrastructure as the future of identification. If much of our online identity is reputation based, then VCs represent a formal method for linking reputations and vouching for others to form a web of trust within which individuals are able to conduct identity transactions in a less centralized way.

Illinois

  • illinoisblockchain.tech
  • Illinois Partners with Evernym to Launch Birth Registration Pilot

    August 31, 2017 (Chicago/Salt Lake City) — Today the Illinois Blockchain Initiative announced its partnership with self-sovereign identity solutions leader Evernym, leveraging distributed ledger technology to provide secure digital identity solutions. The concept will augment work from the W3Cs Verifiable Claims Task Force and use the Sovrin Foundations distributed identity ledger to create a secure, “self-sovereign” identity for Illinois citizens during the birth registration process.

Wyoming

  • Principal Authority 2021-09-15 Blockchain Commons

    Principal Authority focuses not just on a single persons authority to act digitally, but also on their ability to delegate to and require duties from other entities. In other words, these peer-to-peer relationships works within the context of a state who recognizes the concept of Principal Authority. Thus the use of Principal Authority to empower Self-Sovereign Identity provides a legal foothold for many of the original 10 #SSI principles. It also suggests five additional duties that are generally defined under the Laws of Agency to be due from agents to Principals.

  • 2020 Select Committee on Blockchain, Financial Technology and Digital Innovation Technology - Click on 11/2/2020 meeting details, and find the discussion on Disclosure of private cryptographic keys @ 9:30 am.

In the morning session I shared about establishing a legal template for DAOs using Wyoming LLCs, but the real interesting discussions for me was on a legal definition for Digital Identity & Self-Sovereign Identity #SSI that started at the 2h39m mark: https://t.co/rdv9eih5tP

— Christopher Allen (@ChristopherA) September 23, 2020

Utah

  • January Walker (UT04) on the Future of Self-Sovereign Identity 2022-09-03 Web3 Domains

    There are so many things that build into your identity and youll take all this information and itll be issued to you through a decentralized ID. These wallets will have layers of protection that protect your information, like your Social Security number or your birth certificate, or your marriage license. Youll have this extra layer of protection when you need to prove your identity, and this could apply to a passport as well.

  • Utah State Legislature Passes Facial Recognition Bill 2021-03-05

    The Utah bill, on the other hand, allows public agencies to use facial recognition as long as certain guidelines are followed. Most notably, law enforcement officers must submit a written request before performing a facial recognition search, and must be able to provide a valid reason for doing so.

See Also

[Department of Homeland Security]({{ site.baseurl }}/government/usa/dhs/)

The Department of Homeland Security began funding work into blockchain credentials around 2016 with it's Silicon Valley Innovation (SVIP) and Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Programs