Obama Eyeing Internet ID for Americans

January 8, 2011 by legitgov

Obama Eyeing Internet ID for Americans 07 Jan 2011 President Obama is planning to hand the U.S. Commerce Department authority over a forthcoming cybersecurity effort to create an Internet ID for Americans, a White House official said here today. It's "the absolute perfect spot in the U.S. government" to centralize efforts toward creating an "identity ecosystem" for the Internet, White House Cybersecurity Coordinator Howard Schmidt said.