Jun 3, 2021 | STATESCOOP
As state governments increasingly embrace digital IDs that can be used across an array of services an agencies, residents will no longer have to remember random passwords to access seldom-used websites, Illinois Acting Chief Information Officer Jennifer Ricker said during an online event Thursday.
“I’m really excited about the potential here to provide one entryway into the state, so residents don’t have to remember their password for this system because it might be something they only access every couple years, like boat registrations,” Ricker said during Okta’s “Age of Identity” event. “To have to remember that every three years” — Illinois’ requirement for its boaters — “versus having something that you know for everything you touch in the state, it also provides us the ability to serve the public better and get a 360-degree view of the individual.”