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Happy new you
For the identity assurance team, last year laid the foundations of a service that will make it possible for people to use digital government services safely and securely. This year we're building on our progress (the 'hub', privacy principles, supplier …
Organisation and Authority Management
Identity assurance for organisations and authority management is an important new area of scope for the programme that will help to address user needs such as: "As a director of a limited company I want to authorise an employee to …
Steering Collaboration
The Open Identity Exchange (OIX) has recently published a white paper (written by Ian Litton and Rob Laurence) on the first completed Identity Steering Group (IDSG) project. The paper examines how a local authority’s identity assurance scheme, in this case, …
Research and Analytics Working Closer Together
Over the past few months we’ve been working on a quantitative research tool to complement the work that we’re doing in the user research lab. Our aim was to build something that we could test with hundreds, if not thousands …
A hub is born
The identity assurance service will allow users to sign in to government services and prove their identity quickly, safely and privately. Today an important part of the service, the 'hub', was completed and is ready to go into beta.
User Research
In March this year we started an intensive, iterative programme of design and user research with a view to ensuring the best possible user experience for people as they discover and interact with identity assurance.
Good Practice Guide 46
The latest in our series of Good Practice Guides (GPG 46) is now available on GOV.UK. This guide deals with proving the authenticity (identity) of a legal organisation, such as a business, partnership, charity, government body or other public sector …
Digital Identity Summit
Last week, the GDS Identity Assurance Programme, as an acknowledged leader in the space, played host to government counterparts from Australia, Canada, Denmark, Japan, New Zealand and Sweden (sadly the United States were unable to join us due to the …