Friday, December 4, 2009

Report to President Obama on Identity Management

I found this the other day... the National Security Telecommunications Advisory Committee provided a report to the President in May 2009 on the need for an IdM strategy that spans the federal government. The report makes three recommendations.

1. Demonstrate personal national leadership in IdM to positively influence the national culture, attitude, and opinion toward IdM.

2. Charter a national IdM office under a specifically appointed and dedicated leadership, in the Executive Office of the President. The office should have powers to integrate and harmonize national IdM policies and processes, including those related to law enforcement and security, as well as physical and logical access controls.

3. Direct the newly created office to develop a coordinated programmatic agenda to implement a comprehensive IdM vision and strategy to address, at a minimum, four component areas, specifically:

  1. Government organization and coordination
  2. Public-Private IdM programs
  3. Policy and legislative coordination
  4. National privacy and civil liberties culture

The report strongly encourages a single, authoritative and comprehensive federal IdM governance process with an office dedicated to this mission and reporting to the President.

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