Login.gov

• 4 agencies win $311M to modernize IT, cybersecurity

  GSA, OPM, Education and DHS received funding for IT modernization projects with a focus on cybersecurity and improving citizen services.

  IT Modernization

  September 30, 2021
• IT modernization, CIO authorities and other nuggets from the 2019 funding bill

  In the omnibus spending bill President Donald Trump signed into law last week, CIOs at the Agriculture and State departments received specific empowerments provisions.

  Reporter's Notebook

  February 18, 2019
• GSA losing 3 acquisition, technology leaders

  GSA’s Kay Ely, the assistant commissioner for the IT category, announced she will retire by Dec. 31 after taking on a 90-day detail to work on the agency’s merger with OPM.

  People

  August 13, 2018
• Fix to SAM.gov can’t come soon enough for hundreds of contractors

  GSA is reducing the three-month old requirement for vendors to send by mail notarized letters to update current registrations or apply for a new one.

  Reporter's Notebook

  June 25, 2018
• Draft policy pushes interagency committee to better address building security

  The Office of Management and Budget is seeking comments on a draft policy that promotes shared services for identity credentialing and access management.

  Reporter's Notebook

  April 16, 2018
• New identity management approach for USAJobs

  In today's Federal Newscast, the USAJobs.gov website is among the first citizen facing sites to use the new Login.gov identity management service.

  Federal Newscast

  February 28, 2018
• Security, privacy, usability: The 3 legs of Login.gov platform

  Joel Minton, the director of the Login.gov platform, said they are starting small and building on their successes to create a single sign-on for citizen services.

  Technology

  October 24, 2017
• Ups and downs continue for GSA 18F’s identity management effort

  Multiple industry sources confirmed that the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Service (USCIS) will not to take part in the pilot test that was expected to begin in 2017. That decision comes as GSA’s 18F awards Equifax a contract for identity proofing and fraud detection.

  Reporter's Notebook

  January 09, 2017
• Uncertainty hovering over GSA’s latest identity management effort

  The General Services Administration’s 18F organization is reviewing bids of a solicitation to provide identity proofing and fraud detection for its Login.gov portal. But RFQ already is raising some concerns about the initiative.

  Reporter's Notebook

  October 17, 2016
• Quietly, OMB puts its weight behind latest ID management initiative

  Federal News Radio obtained a previously unreleased memo from federal CIO Tony Scott detailing 18 milestones over the next six months to make the Login.gov platform a reality.

  Reporter's Notebook

  June 13, 2016
• Can GSA’s 18F succeed where 3 other ID management projects have struggled?

  GSA's 18F organization is taking a fourth bite at the identity management apple by developing a new platform called Login.gov despite 15 years of struggle to come up with a way for citizens, businesses and others to securely interact with agencies online.

  Reporter's Notebook

  May 23, 2016