According to NextGov, Peter Alterman, senior advisor to the NIH chief information officer for strategic initiatives, âItâs a real advantage for the user, who doesnât have to get another password and try to remember it.â
âThe less personal information that we have to keep, the safer things are,â said Alterman. An advantage of this new service is that government agencies will not have to maintain a list of all IDs and passwords.
The General Services Administration has approved the Open Identity Exchange Technology, which is the coalition of providers including Google, PayPal and Equifax.