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Article: OpenID Foundation and Information Card Foundation Publish Vision for Open Government Through Open Identity Technologies.
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- August 13, 2009
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WASHINGTON -- The OpenID Foundation (OIDF) and Information Card Foundation (ICF) announced today they've published a white paper outlining their approach to open trust frameworks for certification under the U.S. General Services Administration's Trust Framework Adoption Process (TFAP). Open trust frameworks provide a way for citizens to easily and safely engage with government websites; a key step in making open government a reality.
"Open trust frameworks are the way to bridge open identity technologies like OpenID and Information Cards with the trust requirements of large communities such as the U.S. federal government," said Drummond Reed, executive director ...