Identity
web management consortium the Liberty Alliance has launched the
eGovernment Group to promote federated identity management in the
public sector.
Federated
identity management on the web aims to allow surfers to be able to
visit different protected websites without having to sign in every
time. Once a user has signed into one trusted website, they should
be able to access partner sites without further log-ins.
The
Liberty Alliance is promoting federated identity management
standards different to Microsoft, for instance.
Liberty's
eGovernment Group is chaired by Colin Wallis of the New Zealand
government's State Services Commission, and includes representation
from government organisations from Denmark, Finland, France, Korea,
the US and the UK.
It is also
supported by suppliers working in the government sector, including
ActivIdentity, Boeing, Gemalto, NEC, Neustar, NTT and Sun
Microsystems.
Sun
Microsystems is also working with Microsoft to help develop its
identity management technology.
Wallis
said, “The eGovernment group is bringing governments, educational
organisations and enterprises together to facilitate the deployment
of non-proprietary, trusted and user-controlled identity solutions
in the public sector.”
Microsoft’s attempts bring in federated identity management are
seen as proprietary by rival groups.
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