[OpenID board] Vivek Kundra's remarks about the US Government identity initiative

2009-09-10 Thread Mike Jones
US Federal CIO Vivek Kundra spoke about the US government identity initiative during the O'Reilly Gov 2.0 conference this morning. His remarks were in the context of things he is doing to make government's IT investments more efficient. He gave the example of making campground reservations at

Re: [OpenID board] Vivek Kundra's remarks about the US Government identity initiative

2009-09-10 Thread Allen Tom
In the campground example, the government probably wants your email address so that they can send you a confirmation email, and also notifications about the reservation. Also, for practical purposes, they'd probably need your name, and maybe even your postal address and phone number. Chris