A3: Services, Pilots, and Policies

Accelerate the Expansion of Government Services, Pilots, and Policies that Align with the Identity Ecosystem

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The Federal Government must be a role model and early adopter of the Identity Ecosystem. All levels of Government will play a part in the adoption of the Identity Ecosystem for government services. As a major provider of services spanning individuals, private sector, and other governments, the Federal Government is positioned to enable high impact, high penetration Identity Ecosystem services. The sheer scale and diversity of service offerings and stakeholders provide an excellent proving ground for the Identity Ecosystem. Additionally, knowledge transfer of lessons learned from Federal initiatives and other pilot projects to the private sector will increase the number of attempted adoptions and their overall success rate. Government-led and funded programs, including pilots that implement ecosystem-aligned Federal services, are a crucial part of this action. The Federal Government will pay special attention to the potential for pilots in the health care, communications, information technology, Defense Industrial Base, energy, and financial sectors and with state government. To promote alignment, the Lead Agency in coordination with the White House should review internal Federal investments in identity solutions to maximize alignment to the Identity Ecosystem. In addition, Federal pilots should be extended wherever feasible to include transactions that support both the private sector and individuals. The Federal Government will also consider participation in international pilots to promote global alignment of Identity Ecosystem functions. The Federal Government should expedite the adoption and implementation of existing policies and mandates that support the Identity Ecosystem. Many Federal policies and directives support the deployment of authentication infrastructures for both NPEs and individuals. These can immediately help reduce cyber threats against Government, businesses, and individuals. In addition, the Federal Government has many existing identity programs, pilots and roadmaps that align with the Identity Ecosystem, such as the implementation of Homeland Security Presidential Directive 12, the Federal Public Key Infrastructure, DNSSEC, IPSEC, and the Federal Identity, Credential, and Access Management Roadmap activities. These should be heavily leveraged and accelerated where possible to support the Identity Ecosystem.

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