E-Authentication
Encyclopedia
E-authentication is a shorthand for electronic authentication
. Authentication is a process closely related to identification. In online environments, the username identifies the user, while the password authenticates that the user is whom he claim to be.
Infrastructure to support e-authentication is regarded as an important component in successful e-Government. Poor coordination and poor technical design might be major barriers to electronic authentication.
In several countries there has been established nationwide common e-authentication schemes to ease the reuse of digital identities in different electronic services. Other policy initiatives have included the creation of frameworks for electronic authentication, in order to establish common levels of trust and possibly interoperability between different authentication schemes.
The E-Authentication service enables you to get access to government services online using log-in IDs (identity credentials) you already have from Web sites that you - and the government - trust.
By enabling the government to rely on log-in IDs that citizens already have from trusted identity credential issuers (such as Web sites and digital certificate issuers), E-Authentication is providing a simple, convenient, secure way for the American public to access government services via the Internet.
E-Authentication is a government-wide partnership that is supported by the agencies that comprise the Federal CIO Council. The United States General Services Administration (GSA) is the lead agency partner.
E-Authentication works through an association with a trusted credential issuer, making it necessary for the user to login into the issuer’s site to obtain the authentication credentials. Those credentials or E-Authentication ID are then transferred the supporting government web site causing authentication.
E-Authentication was created in response of an inter-governmental memorandum to the heads of all government departments and agencies on December 16, 2003. That memorandum was issued through the Executive Office of the President, Office of Management and Budget. Memorandum M04-04 Whitehouse
That memorandum updates the guidance issued under the Government Paperwork Elimination Act of 1998, 44 U.S.C. § 3504 and implements section 203 of the E-Government Act, 44 U.S.C. ch. 36 and provides guidelines for governmental departments and agencies when implementing E-Authentication.
Authentication
Authentication is the act of confirming the truth of an attribute of a datum or entity...
. Authentication is a process closely related to identification. In online environments, the username identifies the user, while the password authenticates that the user is whom he claim to be.
Infrastructure to support e-authentication is regarded as an important component in successful e-Government. Poor coordination and poor technical design might be major barriers to electronic authentication.
In several countries there has been established nationwide common e-authentication schemes to ease the reuse of digital identities in different electronic services. Other policy initiatives have included the creation of frameworks for electronic authentication, in order to establish common levels of trust and possibly interoperability between different authentication schemes.
In the US
E-Authentication is a centerpiece of the United States government’s effort to expand electronic government, or E-Government, as a way of making government more effective and efficient and easier for the American people to access.The E-Authentication service enables you to get access to government services online using log-in IDs (identity credentials) you already have from Web sites that you - and the government - trust.
By enabling the government to rely on log-in IDs that citizens already have from trusted identity credential issuers (such as Web sites and digital certificate issuers), E-Authentication is providing a simple, convenient, secure way for the American public to access government services via the Internet.
E-Authentication is a government-wide partnership that is supported by the agencies that comprise the Federal CIO Council. The United States General Services Administration (GSA) is the lead agency partner.
E-Authentication works through an association with a trusted credential issuer, making it necessary for the user to login into the issuer’s site to obtain the authentication credentials. Those credentials or E-Authentication ID are then transferred the supporting government web site causing authentication.
E-Authentication was created in response of an inter-governmental memorandum to the heads of all government departments and agencies on December 16, 2003. That memorandum was issued through the Executive Office of the President, Office of Management and Budget. Memorandum M04-04 Whitehouse
That memorandum updates the guidance issued under the Government Paperwork Elimination Act of 1998, 44 U.S.C. § 3504 and implements section 203 of the E-Government Act, 44 U.S.C. ch. 36 and provides guidelines for governmental departments and agencies when implementing E-Authentication.
See also
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- E-Government UnitE-Government UnitThe e-Government Unit , the largest unit of the Cabinet Office of the government of the United Kingdom, is responsible for helping various government departments use information technology to increase efficiency and improve electronic access to government services...
- Electronic authenticationElectronic authenticationElectronic authentication is the process of establishing confidence in user identities electronically presented to an information system...
- Electronic services deliveryElectronic services deliveryElectronic services delivery or ESD refers to providing government services through the Internet or other electronic means.-Defining e-Service:E-Service...
- eRulemakingERulemakingElectronic rulemaking is the use of digital technologies by government agencies in the rulemaking and decision making processes. An interdisciplinary electronic rulemaking research community has formed as a result of funding under the auspices of the...
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- Online deliberationOnline deliberationOnline deliberation is a term associated with an emerging body of practice, research, and software dedicated to fostering serious, purposive discussion over the Internet...
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- Transformational GovernmentTransformational Government-Introduction:Transformational Government is a term which describes the use of computer-based information and communications technologies to enable radical improvement to the delivery of public services...
- Digital Government Society of North AmericaDigital Government Society of North AmericaThe Digital Government Society of North America or DGSNA is an international, nonprofit, professional society devoted to advancing democratic digital government via research, policy, and best practice, in the countries of Canada, the United States, and Mexico.-History and purpose:The organization...
External links
- US government E-Authentication Web Site
- E-Authentication Directive Memorandum M04-04
- DigiD - a common, digital identity implemented by the Dutch tax administration and 'GBO.Overheid' (Gemeenschappelijke Beheerorganisatie)
- Cartão do Cidadão - A PortuguesePortuguese languagePortuguese is a Romance language that arose in the medieval Kingdom of Galicia, nowadays Galicia and Northern Portugal. The southern part of the Kingdom of Galicia became independent as the County of Portugal in 1095...
document that enables its holder to securely identify him/herself both in the physical and in the digital world