The Social Security Administration is revising new identity proofing policy changes following complaints from customers, ...

Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) cutbacks and reforms, greenlighted by the Trump administration, have resulted in a variety of changes at the federal agency, which administers retirement, ...

New identity proofing procedures to be implemented by the Social Security Administration will require more individuals to ...

The SSA also made an exception to the in-person requirement for for those applying for certain services, although the exception does not apply to those applying for Retirement benefits. The Social ...

New testing at DHS shows a wide range in the performance of online identity proofing systems. Some simply don’t work well. Some affiliates of billionaire Elon Musk’s U.S. DOGE Service are pushing for ...

UPDATE: On March 26, 2025, The Social Security Administration has announced last-minute changes to the new ID requirements they were set to roll out at the end of the month. An updated story can be ...

Since President Donald Trump has returned to the Oval Office, Social Security—a program which sends retirement and disability benefits to over 70 million people—has been the subject of many ...

NIST has a new draft out of a long-awaited update to its digital identity guidelines. Published Wednesday, the standards contain “foundational process and technical requirements” for digital identity, ...

The Utah law defines identity as something that is inherent to a person and endorsed by the state rather than bestowed by the state.