§7464 Identity Management Research and Development

Summary

The Director must run a research program to help create voluntary technical standards, tests, and best practices for identity management. The work must focus on four goals: make different identity systems work together and move between platforms; strengthen how identities and attributes are checked, with checks matching the level of risk (including checks by federal, state, and local governments); protect people’s privacy; and make identity systems more accurate, easier to use, and more inclusive. The Director must also keep a technical roadmap for digital identity research and work with other agencies and private groups so people will voluntarily adopt modern digital identity tools that meet those four goals. The Director must write and update common definitions and voluntary guidance, include case studies and industry standards, avoid requiring specific products, and consult federal and state agencies, industry, users, and experts.