NIST launches digital identity collaboration with CDT, Georgetown group

The National Institute of Standards and Technology has announced a collaborative effort on digital identity that focuses on how to balance security with other factors, including bias related to some artificial intelligence tools, as federal agencies use NIST guidance to implement safeguards around the digital delivery of public benefits.

NIST “has launched a collaborative project to adapt NIST’s digital identity guidelines to support public benefits programs, such as those designed to help beneficiaries pay for food, housing, medical and other...