Requirements for Accepting Externally Issued Identity Credentials
This memo dated October 6, 2011, from the Federal CIO to the CIO’s of Executive Departments and Agencies, mandates that “agencies are to begin leveraging externally-issued credentials, in addition to continuing to offer federally-issued credentials.” The memo begins with the observation that the use of externally-issued credentials (i.e., those that have been issued by an entity other than the federal government) will decrease the burden on uses of government information systems and reduce costs associated with managing credentials.
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- OMB M-15-13, Policy to Require Secure Connections across Federal Websites and Web Services (PDF, 258 KB, 5 pages, June 2015)
- OMB M-10-22, Guidance for Online Use of Web Measurement and Customization Technologies (PDF, 130 KB, 9 pages, June 2010)
- OMB M-10-23, Guidance for Agency Use of Third-Party Websites and Applications (PDF, 78 KB, 9 pages, June 2010)
- OMB M-03–22, Guidance for Implementing the Privacy Provisions of the E–Government Act of 2002(September 2003)
- OMB Circular A–130 Appendix 1
- Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act of 1998 (COPPA)
- OMB M-05-04, Policies for Federal Agency Public Websites (PDF, 48 KB, 5 pages, December 2004)
- E-Government Act of 2002 (Section 207)
- Privacy Act of 1974
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