Digital Government & Civic Tech

14+ hour, 9+ min ago   (478+ words) VHO - National Assembly Chairman Tran Thanh Man said that the Law on Electronic Identification and Authentication is a step forward from identifying individuals to building an identification infrastructure for the entire economy. The urgent need to upgrade from personal identification…...

8+ hour, 16+ min ago   (1047+ words) The General Services Administration (GSA) said in an announcement that Login.gov can now accept eligible mobile driver’s licenses stored in Google Wallet and Samsung Wallet, with support for additional digital wallets planned. Login.gov’s current list of accepted identity…...

9+ hour, 24+ min ago   (289+ words) Bangladesh is working to develop an AI-enabled digital public infrastructure (DPI) under which a single digital identity will eventually serve as the main gateway to a wide range of government services, said Rehan Asif Asad, Adviser to the Prime Minister…...

16+ hour, 48+ min ago   (1621+ words) Incarceration is usually framed as the justified removal of freedom of movement. Federica Coppola, Associate Professor of Criminal Law at IE University Law School, argues this is a misidentification. Imprisonment is a form of manufactured exile, punishing not just the…...

12+ hour, 30+ min ago   (327+ words) Americans are vulnerable to identification and payment frauds because the U.S. has been slow to adopt digital identification, two Congress members contend. The webinar Tuesday was sponsored by the Alliance for Innovative Regulation and Persona Identities, a San Francisco-based identity verification…...

15+ hour, 34+ min ago   (475+ words) The department of home affairs is investigating 21 cases involving identity theft and identity documents allegedly acquired fraudulently as it intensifies efforts to protect the integrity of South Africa’s identity system. The figure was revealed in a parliamentary response to EFF…...

1+ day, 6+ hour ago   (162+ words) Seal: Department of Homeland Security The Department of Homeland Security Science and Technology Directorate is expanding its Remote Identity Validation Rally, or RIVR, to bring more identity verification technologies into government testing, the agency announced Monday. DHS is giving industry…...

1+ day, 13+ hour ago   (1009+ words) All three vendors sell software that helps companies manage privacy compliance, but they didn’t start from the same place, and that history still shapes what each product is best at. The table below lines up the categories that matter most…...

1+ day, 17+ hour ago   (142+ words) Prospective contributors aspiring to these coveted IPKat legal blog positions must adhere strictly to the established application timeline. The application period for both the GuestKat and InternKat roles has closed. The last known deadline for submissions was August 8, 2025. The application…...

2+ day, 13+ hour ago   (215+ words) Most government agency websites found inaccessible to people with disabilities 24.KG Ombudsperson of Kyrgyzstan Jamilya Jamanbaeva called on government agencies to make their websites and online services accessible to people with disabilities, the Ombudsman’s Institute reported The institution, together…...