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The us government is rolling this out as well: https://login.gov https://login.gov

toomuchtodo 5y ago
Not only are they rolling it out, it is the primary identity provider for the Social Security Administration (as of a few weeks ago), CBP’s Global Entry, USAjobs, and about 200 other federal sites (mostly internal agency sites and apps, including USDS’ Slack team). They also support state and third parties in certain cases. They are an incredible product of the USDS, 18F, and GSA and it’s awesome watching them slowly but surely make digital identity with the US government better.
- systemvoltage 5y ago
  Shout out to 18F and GSA Digital services people. They're doing god's work where most government agencies are dysfunctional and completely incompetent.
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  - stuaxo 5y ago
    There's an article on here comparing 18F and GDS approach https://gds.blog.gov.uk/2015/07/29/same-but-different-a-common-international-approach-to-digital-government/ https://gds.blog.gov.uk/2015/07/29/same-but-different-a-comm...
- jfrunyon 5y ago
  If only the IRS used them instead of contracting out to a for-profit third-party... who will make you go through 30 minutes of verification only to tell you they can't verify you, and then take 3 months to reply to your email.
  - toomuchtodo 5y ago
    It's a work in progress. I too am not a fan of ID.me.
tialaramex 5y ago
And they seem to have smartly kept the auth layer in-house where it belongs. My Security Keys work just fine out of the box. Nice. Whereas in the UK to access gov.uk with Security Keys I have to use a third party (Digidentity) because the government out-sourced this problem.
jackson1442 5y ago
It works very well, both on the implementation side and the user side. Also (depending on the use-case) includes document verification which OIDC/SAML applications can use to accept proven-accurate personal information.
atonse 5y ago
Yup and in my experience it worked really well. Every step of it was clear, performant, and smooth. Kudos to the login.gov team.

Not only are they rolling it out, it is the primary identity provider for the Social Security Administration (as of a few weeks ago), CBP’s Global Entry, USAjobs, and about 200 other federal sites (mostly internal agency sites and apps, including USDS’ Slack team). They also support state and third parties in certain cases. They are an incredible product of the USDS, 18F, and GSA and it’s awesome watching them slowly but surely make digital identity with the US government better.

systemvoltage 5y ago
Shout out to 18F and GSA Digital services people. They're doing god's work where most government agencies are dysfunctional and completely incompetent.
- deleted 5y ago
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- stuaxo 5y ago
  There's an article on here comparing 18F and GDS approach https://gds.blog.gov.uk/2015/07/29/same-but-different-a-common-international-approach-to-digital-government/ https://gds.blog.gov.uk/2015/07/29/same-but-different-a-comm...
jfrunyon 5y ago
If only the IRS used them instead of contracting out to a for-profit third-party... who will make you go through 30 minutes of verification only to tell you they can't verify you, and then take 3 months to reply to your email.
- toomuchtodo 5y ago
  It's a work in progress. I too am not a fan of ID.me.

tialaramex 5y ago

And they seem to have smartly kept the auth layer in-house where it belongs. My Security Keys work just fine out of the box. Nice. Whereas in the UK to access gov.uk with Security Keys I have to use a third party (Digidentity) because the government out-sourced this problem.

jackson1442 5y ago

It works very well, both on the implementation side and the user side. Also (depending on the use-case) includes document verification which OIDC/SAML applications can use to accept proven-accurate personal information.

atonse 5y ago

Yup and in my experience it worked really well. Every step of it was clear, performant, and smooth. Kudos to the login.gov team.