1. Advancing Identity
Management
Duane Blackburn
Office of Science & Technology Policy
November 27, 2007
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2. The Executive Office of the President
White House Office Office of the National Security
(HSC, Freedom Corps,
Faith-Based Initiatives)
Vice President Council
Domestic Policy Council
Office of Management Office of Science &
Nat’l Economic Council
& Budget Technology Policy
Nat’l AIDS Policy
US Trade Council of Office of National
Representative Environmental Quality Drug Control Policy
Office of Council of Economic Foreign Intelligence
Administration Advisors Advisory Board
Primarily career staff
Primarily political staff
Mix of political, detailees and career
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3. OSTP – What We Do
• Advise the President and others within the Executive
Office of the President on the impacts of science and
technology on domestic and international affairs;
• Lead an interagency effort to develop and implement
sound science and technology policies and budgets;
• Work with the private sector to ensure Federal
investments in science and technology contribute to
economic prosperity, environmental quality, and
national security;
• Build strong partnerships among Federal, State, and
local governments, other countries, and the scientific
community;
• Evaluate the scale, quality, and effectiveness of the
Federal effort in science and technology.
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4. OSTP – How We Do It
► Engage the budget process; Work with OMB & agencies
► Review/Approve regulations, testimony, strategies, etc.
► Getting the word out
► Advisory committee meetings
► National Academies’ panels
► National Labs, universities, etc.
► Occasional workshops & conferences
► Coordinate Interagency Activities via the National
Science and Technology Council
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5. NSTC Organizational Framework
President
Vice President
Director, OSTP
PCAST (private sector
advice)
Executive Secretary NSTC
Agency POCs Cabinet Secretaries, Agency Heads
Exec. Sec.
Committee
Agency Reps
Co-Chairs, Agency Members
OSTP, OMB
Subcommittee Working Group Task Force
Working Group
Task Force
Task Force
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6. New Concept? Or New Functionality?
New Applications and Technical Possibilities
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8. What is needed for the future?
► Identity Management Foundation
► What is “identity management?”
► Gravell: Identity Management HTML analogy
► Ensure Accurate Public Discussions
► “Promoting a scientifically educated and aware public is
necessary if we are to make the appropriate decisions
about the nation’s R&D investments, guide the adoption
and debate the societal implications of new science and
technologies, and reap the maximum benefits from our
investments. The quality of these efforts underpins the
entire US scientific enterprise.”
■ Science for the 21st Century
► Both of these require collaboration and
consistency among the government, industry and
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9. Foundation Building Blocks
► HSPD-12; PIV
► Multiple groups with varying interests worked together
to develop an approach that is generally agreeable
► Significant back-end infrastructure in place to establish
a trusted root identity
► Large scale implementation
► Foundation is being leveraged for other public & private
sector programs
► Federal Biometric Efforts
► Biometrics are closest real-time association with a core
identity possible
► Federal system of systems enables “one person, one
identity” when necessary
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11. Ensure Accurate Public Discussions
► Current discourse is fundamentally flawed
► People are clueless about what the private sector is
already doing
► Government not adequately explaining plans and
rationale for decisions
► Technical industry focusing on solutions without
considering the driving business case
► Technology privacy community is in its infancy
■ learning to stand up, but isn’t walking yet
► Obstructionists are doing what they do best
► The media is loving the conflict
► The public is confused and irritated
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12. Discussing IdM programs
To correctly analyze, and truly understand, an IdM
system, one must properly understand several
factors:
► Business case
► Enrollment and vetting
► Technology Selection
► Usage (including maintenance and termination)
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13. Next Steps
► Start to build foundation
► IdM TF
■ What do we need to know?
■ Where do we need to focus?
► What other activities/people do we need to be aware of,
collaborate with, etc.?
► Ensure accurate public discussions
► How do we ensure the public, press & Congress have a
good understanding?
► ITAA can be a voice of learned reason
■ Only beneficial if done correctly
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