The federal government is directing most public-facing services to use a shared federal sign-on across agencies, a move intended to reduce repeated identity checks.
The Office of Management and Budget issued the policy Monday. The White House said users now often need multiple accounts and must provide the same information more than once, even when dealing with services in the same agency.
The administration said the Login.gov platform could keep more interactions on government domains, make digital services easier to use and reduce the cost of maintaining separate authentication systems.
Login.gov centrally purchases commercial identity-verification tools and provides them to agencies. The policy does not specify a deadline for every affected service to complete the transition.
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