[Openid-specs-igov] iGov Meeting January 13

[Grassi, Paul A.]

On behalf of Don:


This is an update regarding one of the first meetings of the new OpenID Foundation iGov Working group. The working group will meet immediately following the 'Advanced Identity Workshop: Applying Measurement Science in the Identity Ecosystem' on January 12-13, 2016, from 4-5 pm on the 13th at the NIST campus in Gaithersburg, Maryland. Registration<http://www.nist.gov/itl/workshop-applying-measurement-science-in-the-identity-ecosystem.cfm> for that event can be found at http://www.nist.gov/itl/workshop-applying-measurement-science-in-the-identity-ecosystem.cfm  Please note that registration for the NIST Workshop requires advance registration, especially for non US citizens/foreign nationals.  Those not planning to attend the NIST Workshop should RSVP to "Paul A. Grassi"  at paul.grassi at nist.gov<mailto:paul.grassi at nist.gov>.

The NIST workshop<http://www.nist.gov/itl/upload/IdentityWorkshop_Agen.pdf> will bring together experts from the public and commercial sectors to tackle three issues in developing measurement science in identity and access management: strength of identity proofing, both remote and in-person; strength of authentication with a focus on biometrics; and attribute confidence to assist in effective decision-making.

The recent US NIST announcement<http://nstic.blogs.govdelivery.com/2015/10/21/launching-igov-secure-and-privacy-enhancing-identity-authentication-and-authorization-profiles-developed-on-an-international-scale/> describes the newly formed OpenID Foundation International Government Assurance Profile (iGov) Working Group as an international public and private sector collaboration that will develop an interoperable profile of OpenID Connect to allow users to authenticate and share consented attribute information in a consistent and user-centric manner. With over 10 international governments and multiple private sector organizations already participating, iGov will help enable secure and privacy-enhancing authentication and authorization transactions based on common requirements from the global community. The iGov WG Page is set up at: http://openid.net/wg/igov/ The link to subscribe to the mailing list is: http://lists.openid.net/mailman/listinfo/openid-specs-igov


Those interested in participating will need to submit signed IPR agreements indicating the iGov Profile WG. The link to the IPR agreement is at http://openid.net/intellectual-property/ <http://openid.net/intellectual-property/> The IPR agreement can be submitted online via DocuSign. IPR agreements have been received from NIST, Ping, and Microsoft. Once interested parties and OIDF members have signed up they will need to approve the iGov charter. Document contributions to the Working group should be sent to the mailing list, and then can be added to our official document repository.

Don Thibeau
The OpenID Foundation<http://openid.net>


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