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<p class=MsoNormal>Hello All,<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>I just posted a blog on the OpenID Foundation website
summarizing some activities and accomplishments for the year. I know it’s
not the end of the year yet, but also know that people are starting to head out
for vacation travels so wanted to get this out now. A few members on this
list have requested more timely updates from Don Thibeau and me on our
progress. Our apologies for not doing a better job getting the word out, that’s
great constructive feedback which we’ll rectify going forward. I
hope you will see that the Foundation, individual and corporate members, and the
broader community have been very active and productive during the year.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>I’ll close with three requests:<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoListParagraph style='text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l4 level1 lfo1'><![if !supportLists]><span
style='mso-list:Ignore'>1.<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>
</span></span><![endif]>If you haven’t voted in the board elections yet,
please do so at <a href="https://openid.net/foundation/members/elections/3">https://openid.net/foundation/members/elections/3</a>
We have a great list of highly qualified candidates for the board. Please
read their nomination statements and vote for who you think can best help provide
strategic direction, sound corporate governance, and drive adoption and usage
of OpenID.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoListParagraph style='text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l4 level1 lfo1'><![if !supportLists]><span
style='mso-list:Ignore'>2.<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>
</span></span><![endif]>Please stay or get involved via <a
href="http://lists.openid.net/mailman/listinfo" target="_self">mailing lists</a>,
technical <a href="http://wiki.openid.net/Working-Groups" target="_self">working
groups</a>, standing <a href="http://wiki.openid.net/Committees" target="_self">committees
</a>or volunteer in other areas. You can always contact Don Thibeau, the
executive director, if you’d like to volunteer in some capacity.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoListParagraph style='text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l4 level1 lfo1'><![if !supportLists]><span
style='mso-list:Ignore'>3.<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>
</span></span><![endif]>Get the word out – tell your friends, family,
colleagues, employers, employees, partners, vendors, customers, press,
analysts, etc. about the joys and benefits of OpenID.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>The post is at <a
href="http://openid.net/2009/12/16/openid-2009-year-in-review/">http://openid.net/2009/12/16/openid-2009-year-in-review/</a>
and I’ve listed it below as well.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>Best wishes for a great holiday season and healthy, happy New
Year.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:navy'>Cheers,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:navy'><br>
Brian<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:navy'>Chairman, OpenID Foundation<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='color:navy'>___________</span></b><span
style='color:navy'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<h2><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>OpenID 2009 Year in Review<o:p></o:p></span></h2>
<h4><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>Posted at 1:50 pm on
December 16, 2009 by Brian Kissel<o:p></o:p></span></h4>
<p><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>It’s been an exciting
year. A number of initiatives that were started in 2008 had a direct impact on
the success of the platform in the past year, so many thanks to all the
organizations and individuals who have contributed. Here’s a quick
summary of the state of OpenID.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<ul type=disc>
<li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;
mso-list:l6 level1 lfo2'>There are over <strong><span style='font-family:
"Calibri","sans-serif"'>1 billion OpenID enabled accounts</span></strong>
from the following providers worldwide: <o:p></o:p></li>
<ul type=circle>
<li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:
auto;mso-list:l6 level2 lfo2'><strong><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>US</span></strong>:
AOL, Blogger, Flickr, Google, LiveJournal, MySpace, Verisign, WordPress,
and Yahoo<o:p></o:p></li>
<li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:
auto;mso-list:l6 level2 lfo2'><strong><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>Europe</span></strong>:
France Telecom, GMX/Web.DE, Hyves, Netlog, and Telecom Italia<o:p></o:p></li>
<li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:
auto;mso-list:l6 level2 lfo2'><strong><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>Japan</span></strong>:
Livedoor, mixi, NEC Biglobe, Rakuten, and Yahoo! Japan<o:p></o:p></li>
</ul>
</ul>
<ul type=disc>
<li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;
mso-list:l2 level1 lfo3'>There are over <strong><span style='font-family:
"Calibri","sans-serif"'>9 million websites utilizing OpenID </span></strong>for
registration and login on some portion of their websites across a wide
range of organizations including <strong><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>Sears,
Kmart, Universal Music Group (200+ Interscope, Geffen, A&M labels and
artists), FoxNews, EMI, TwitterFeed, RedPlum, Savings.com, DC Shoes,
CitySearch, Zappos, Nike, Microsoft, Mint, Nokia, Random House, Sony BMG,
Café Press, TweetDeck</span></strong>, <strong><span
style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>ViewPoints</span></strong>, <strong><span
style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>Qype, Scout24 (Deutsche Telecom),
Avro, Associated Northcliffe Digital, Smart.fm, Hokkaido Television
Broadcasting, OnGen, 2-han.net, Nikko Hotels, ClipCast, </span></strong>etc.<o:p></o:p></li>
</ul>
<ul type=disc>
<li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;
mso-list:l0 level1 lfo4'><strong><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>Microsoft,
NTT Docomo, PBS,</span></strong> and <strong><span style='font-family:
"Calibri","sans-serif"'>PayPal </span></strong>have also announced plans
to OpenID-enable their users adding hundreds of millions of additional
OpenID enabled accounts<o:p></o:p></li>
</ul>
<ul type=disc>
<li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;
mso-list:l3 level1 lfo5'>Several organizations are using OpenID internally
for federated ID management: <strong><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>Amazon,
Japan Airlines International, National 4-H, SAP, Sun Microsystems, </span></strong>and
<strong><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>PBS</span></strong><o:p></o:p></li>
</ul>
<ul type=disc>
<li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;
mso-list:l5 level1 lfo6'>The <strong><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>US
federal government</span></strong> has announced its intention to <strong><span
style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>deploy OpenID on federal
websites</span></strong>. During two separate meetings with <a
href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vivek_Kundra">Vivek Kundra</a>, the
Federal CIO, he explained that a major priority for the federal government
is transparency and “citizen engagement.” Accordingly, the
government is aggressively pursuing open standard technologies that enable
and support these objectives. At the <a
href="http://www.gov2summit.com/">Gov 2.0 Summit</a> in Washington DC, the
General Services Administration and several government agencies <a
href="http://openid.net/2009/09/09/yahoo-paypal-google-equifax-aol-verisign-acxiom-citi-privo-wave-systems-pilot-open-identity-for-open-government-2/">announced
their plans to adopt </a><a
href="http://openid.net/2009/09/09/yahoo-paypal-google-equifax-aol-verisign-acxiom-citi-privo-wave-systems-pilot-open-identity-for-open-government-2/">OpenID</a>
as part of the White House’s Open Government Initiative. This
announcement followed several months of research and discussion between
the <a href="http://openid.net/">OpenID Foundation</a>, OIDF member
companies, the GSA, NIST, OMB, the InfoCard Foundation, and various
government agencies. The Identity, Credential, and Access Management
(ICAM) committee of the GSA published its <a
href="http://www.idmanagement.gov/documents/IdentitySchemeAdoptionProcess.pdf">Identity
Scheme Adoption Process</a>, <a
href="http://www.idmanagement.gov/documents/TrustFrameworkProviderAdoptionProcess.pdf">Trust
Framework Provider Adoption Process</a>, and <a
href="http://www.idmanagement.gov/documents/ICAM_OpenID20Profile.pdf">OpenID
2.0 Government Profile</a> documents over the last several months.
Initial identity providers include <strong><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>Yahoo,
Google, AOL, Verisign, </span></strong>and <strong><span style='font-family:
"Calibri","sans-serif"'>PayPal</span></strong> who are undergoing
certification processes defined in the TFPAP. The first wave of
federal websites to accept these identity providers will include the <a
href="http://cit.nih.gov/">Center for Information Technology</a> (<strong><span
style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>CIT</span></strong>), <a
href="http://www.nih.gov/">National Institutes of Health</a> (<strong><span
style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>NIH</span></strong>), <a
href="http://www.hhs.gov/">U.S. Department of Health and Human Services</a>
(<strong><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>HHS</span></strong>),
and related agencies.<o:p></o:p></li>
</ul>
<ul type=disc>
<li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;
mso-list:l11 level1 lfo7'>A large number of market leading web platform
providers have also integrated OpenID including <strong><span
style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>Disqus</span></strong>, <strong><span
style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>Drupal, GetSatisfaction,
Joomla, JS-Kit, Kickapps, Movable Type, Plone, Pluck, TypePad, UserVoice,
Viewpoints, WetPaint, WordPress,</span></strong> and <strong><span
style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>Zend</span></strong>.<o:p></o:p></li>
</ul>
<ul type=disc>
<li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;
mso-list:l9 level1 lfo8'><strong><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>Shibboleth</span></strong>,
an identity management system used by thousands of research institutions
has announced that Shibboleth <strong><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>V2.X
will integrate OpenID support</span></strong>. The U.S.
deployment of Shibboleth, <a
href="http://www.incommonfederation.org/participants/%20" target="_blank">InCommon</a>,
is a community of more than 4 million researchers, students, staff, and
faculty across more than <a
href="http://www.incommonfederation.org/participants/%20" target="_blank">180
institutions</a>. The OpenID Foundation worked closely with
InCommon/ Shibboleth in developing trust frameworks for the US Government
OpenID deployment. Another example of how the OpenID Foundation and
members are collaborating with a number of identity initiatives.<o:p></o:p></li>
</ul>
<ul type=disc>
<li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;
mso-list:l13 level1 lfo9'>The OpenID Foundation and member organizations
continue to collaborate closely with other user managed identity open
standards including OAuth, Portable Contacts, and Activity Streams to
provide website operators and end users with even richer and mutually
beneficial web experiences. We believe that this decentralized,
open-standards-based approach is ultimately in the best interest of
website operators and end users alike, where both collaboration and
competition can drive innovation, choice, and widespread adoption across
multiple geographies/nationalities, application areas, and demographic
segments.<o:p></o:p></li>
</ul>
<p><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>Beyond these broad market
developments and milestones, the following summarizes some specfic
accomplishments in various categories:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<ul type=disc>
<li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;
mso-list:l8 level1 lfo10'><strong><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>OpenID
Foundation Organizational Developments</span></strong>. As we
mentioned at the end of 2008 and in early 2009, a lot of attention was
required to develop an organizational capability commensurate with the
growing role and needs of the Foundation. <o:p></o:p></li>
<ul type=circle>
<li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:
auto;mso-list:l8 level2 lfo10'>At the end of 2008 we completed our
first open board elections for 2009 and subsequently elected an <a
href="http://openid.net./foundation/leadership/" target="_blank">executive
committee</a>.<o:p></o:p></li>
<li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:
auto;mso-list:l8 level2 lfo10'>We were fortunate to be able to hire <a
href="http://www.linkedin.com/in/donthibeau" target="_blank">Don Thibeau</a>
as our new Executive Director. Don was formerly VP Business
Development at TransUnion and Executive Vice President at Qsent<o:p></o:p></li>
<li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:
auto;mso-list:l8 level2 lfo10'>We retained <a
href="http://www.inventures.com/clients/profiles" target="_blank">Global
Inventures</a> as our Foundation platform infrastructure partner.
Global Inventures manages the back office operations of over 20
organizations including HDMI, HomePlug Network, Open Grid Network, PC
Gaming Alliance, SD Card Association, and the ZigBee Alliance<o:p></o:p></li>
<li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:
auto;mso-list:l8 level2 lfo10'>We established a 2009 operational and
financial plan, balanced costs and income even with the unplanned costs
for US Government OpenID pilot programs<o:p></o:p></li>
<li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:
auto;mso-list:l8 level2 lfo10'>We added Nat Sakimura as International
Liaison to OpenID Foundation Board Executive Committee<o:p></o:p></li>
<li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:
auto;mso-list:l8 level2 lfo10'>The bylaws and IPR agreements were updated<o:p></o:p></li>
<li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:
auto;mso-list:l8 level2 lfo10'>We added three new sustaining members: <strong><span
style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>PayPal, Facebook</span></strong>,
and <strong><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>Booz Allen
Hamilton</span></strong><o:p></o:p></li>
<li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:
auto;mso-list:l8 level2 lfo10'>We established the User Interface,
OpenID/OAuth Hybrid, and Contract Exchange <a
href="http://wiki.openid.net/Working-Groups" target="_blank">working
groups</a><o:p></o:p></li>
<li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:
auto;mso-list:l8 level2 lfo10'>The board developed a list of key <a
href="http://lists.openid.net/pipermail/openid-board/2009-December/004431.html"
target="_blank">priorities for 2010</a><o:p></o:p></li>
</ul>
</ul>
<ul type=disc>
<li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;
mso-list:l12 level1 lfo11'><strong><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>Market
Outreach</span></strong>. A key goal for 2009 was to increase
awareness, adoption and usage of OpenID. <o:p></o:p></li>
<ul type=circle>
<li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:
auto;mso-list:l12 level2 lfo11'>OIDF’s Executive Director and
several board members represented OpenID with analysts like Gartner and
led a new industry collaboration with key identity ecosystems
organizations like InCommon, Kantara, Oasis, and others at key
public and private sector events.<o:p></o:p></li>
<li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:
auto;mso-list:l12 level2 lfo11'>We participated in several industry
events including Internet Identity Workshops, RSA Conference,
Transparency Camp, Government 2.0, and others<o:p></o:p></li>
<li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:
auto;mso-list:l12 level2 lfo11'><strong><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>Yahoo</span></strong>
and <strong><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>Facebook</span></strong>
each hosted and led User Experience Summits at their respective
facilities<o:p></o:p></li>
<li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:
auto;mso-list:l12 level2 lfo11'><strong><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>Yahoo
</span></strong>held an OpenID Summit just before Internet Identity
Workshop<o:p></o:p></li>
<li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:
auto;mso-list:l12 level2 lfo11'><strong><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>BBC</span></strong>
and <strong><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>JanRain</span></strong>
hosted a Content Provider Committee meeting in NYC and several members
participated in an Online Retailer Advisory Committee session<o:p></o:p></li>
<li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:
auto;mso-list:l12 level2 lfo11'><strong><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>Sears,
Yahoo, </span></strong>and <strong><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>JanRain</span></strong>
are scheduling the next UX Summit at Sears Usability Lab in February in
Chicago<o:p></o:p></li>
<li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:
auto;mso-list:l12 level2 lfo11'>We executed two significant updates to
the OIDF website led by <strong><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>Chris
Messina</span></strong> with support from <strong><span style='font-family:
"Calibri","sans-serif"'>Global Inventures</span></strong> and <strong><span
style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>JanRain</span></strong><o:p></o:p></li>
<li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:
auto;mso-list:l12 level2 lfo11'>Several individual community
candidates for the 2010 board elections represent
experience with broader industry and geographic coverage –
Media (NY Times, NPR, PBS), Commerce (Sears), International (Deutsche
Telekom, Switzerland, Estonia, Netherlands, India, etc.)<o:p></o:p></li>
</ul>
</ul>
<ul type=disc>
<li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;
mso-list:l1 level1 lfo12'><strong><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>Federal
Government</span></strong>. While this opportunity wasn’t on
our roadmap at the beginning of the year, the Foundation responded quickly
and aggressively to requests from the government to adopt OpenID for use
on federal government websites. <o:p></o:p></li>
<ul type=circle>
<li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:
auto;mso-list:l1 level2 lfo12'>OIDF’s Board of Directors responded
to the invitation of the US CIO, Vivek Kundra, and significantly
influenced the government’s plans for technical and policy interoperability
of internet identity.<o:p></o:p></li>
<li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:
auto;mso-list:l1 level2 lfo12'>We worked with GSA, NIST, OMB, NIH, HHA,
CIT, and ICF to deploy pilots for three federal government agencies<o:p></o:p></li>
<li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:
auto;mso-list:l1 level2 lfo12'>5 industry leading identity providers are
supporting the OIDF’s training and technical assistance for testing
a government-wide technology profile for OpenID in pilot applications in
support of the US NIH iTrust Program: <strong><span style='font-family:
"Calibri","sans-serif"'>Google, Yahoo, AOL, Verisign, </span></strong>and
<strong><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>PayPal</span></strong><o:p></o:p></li>
<li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:
auto;mso-list:l1 level2 lfo12'>OIDF’s Chairman, Executive Director
and outreach committee members were quoted in numerous trade, government
and mainstream press regarding the US GSA’s “Open Identity
for Open Government Initiative” <o:p></o:p></li>
<li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:
auto;mso-list:l1 level2 lfo12'>The OIDF is evaluating mechanisms to
deliver the organizational capability required to provide ongoing OP
certification services for the federal government and eventually other
commercial applications<o:p></o:p></li>
</ul>
</ul>
<ul type=disc>
<li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;
mso-list:l7 level1 lfo13'><strong><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>OP
Progress</span></strong>. All the major OpenID Providers have
significantly improved the richness and usability of their offerings (OP
capability summary to be published shortly) <o:p></o:p></li>
<ul type=circle>
<li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:
auto;mso-list:l7 level2 lfo13'><strong><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>MySpace
</span></strong>became an OpenID provider<o:p></o:p></li>
<li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:
auto;mso-list:l7 level2 lfo13'><strong><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>Facebook
</span></strong>became an OpenID relying party<o:p></o:p></li>
<li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:
auto;mso-list:l7 level2 lfo13'><strong><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>PayPal</span></strong>
became and OP for the federal government pilot<o:p></o:p></li>
<li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:
auto;mso-list:l7 level2 lfo13'><strong><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>Google
</span></strong>converted over 1 million Google Apps clients into OpenID
providers<o:p></o:p></li>
<li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:
auto;mso-list:l7 level2 lfo13'><strong><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>Microsoft
</span></strong>committed to becoming an OpenID Provider in 2010<o:p></o:p></li>
<li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:
auto;mso-list:l7 level2 lfo13'><strong><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>AOL
</span></strong>committed to migrating to OpenID 2.X in 2010<o:p></o:p></li>
</ul>
</ul>
<ul type=disc>
<li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;
mso-list:l10 level1 lfo14'><strong><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>Security
Progress</span></strong>. Monitoring and continuous improvement in safety
and security of the OpenID platform continues to be an area
of emphasis for the Foundation. The following summarizes
some important developments during the period. <o:p></o:p></li>
<ul type=circle>
<li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:
auto;mso-list:l10 level2 lfo14'>Andrew Nash of PayPal was
selected to head the Security Committee. Other members
include: Eric Sachs, Nat Sakimura, Tony Nadalin, David Recordon,
Eddy Nigg, John Bradley, Nate Klingenstein, and Philip Hallam-Baker<o:p></o:p></li>
<li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:
auto;mso-list:l10 level2 lfo14'>Working groups were formed and specification
development has progressed for both the PAPE and Contract Exchange
OpenID extensions<o:p></o:p></li>
<li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:
auto;mso-list:l10 level2 lfo14'>Per the Federal Government section above,
the OpenID Foundation and Information Card Foundation have been working
with the GSA, NIST, and others on trust and security frameworks for
federal government deployment pilots. It is expected that the trust
frameworks and certification programs developed for this application will
be extensible to other commercial and private sector applications where
enhanced security requirements are relevant.<o:p></o:p></li>
</ul>
</ul>
<p><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>As you can see, the rate of
progress has accelerated in 2009 and we expect it to continue in 2010.
We thank member organizations and individuals for their input and
contributions, and look forward to even more support in the coming year.
Remember you can contribute via <a
href="http://lists.openid.net/mailman/listinfo" target="_self">mailing lists</a>,
technical <a href="http://wiki.openid.net/Working-Groups" target="_self">working
groups</a>, and standing <a href="http://wiki.openid.net/Committees"
target="_self">committees </a>so please stay or get involved to help us
realize the full potential of the OpenID platform.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
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