But some of this terrifies me - "allowing users of government services to identify themselves simply and definitively" sounds like an ID card online. What they

But some of this terrifies me - "allowing users of government services to identify themselves simply and definitively" sounds like an ID card online. What they're promising is a decent single sign on service like Google/Yahoo/MSN. It's a little bit silly to have so many Government logins for different services. Government Gateway was one example but it was way to clunky.