Government extends Gov.uk Verify for a further two years
The government’s Gov.uk Verify identity platform will continue to run until April 2023 while a new identity service is developed
Share this item with your network: By Published: 28 Apr 2021 9:30
The government has decided to extend its flagship identity platform Gov.uk Verify for another two years, according to the Cabinet Office.
This comes after Cabinet Office Parliamentary secretary Julia Lopez said in March 2021 that “all parties are keen to move on from Verify’s over-elaborate expectations trajectory and cost”.
As previously reported by Computer Weekly, the government is making another attempt to create a common digital identity system to be used across all online public services, mandating that departments comply.
Experian to close more than two million Gov.uk Verify accounts
Gov.uk Verify’s largest identity provider is closing down its accounts, telling users to re-register with one of the two remaining providers by the end of March 2021
Share this item with your network: By Published: 09 Feb 2021 12:45
Experian will close more than two million Gov.uk Verify accounts by March 2021, leaving users to find another identity provider (IDP) to be able to access government services.
The company, which has long been the biggest IDP, announced last year that it was withdrawing from the scheme.
Experian has now written to its 2.1 million users, saying that from 24 March 2021, “Experian ID will no longer work with government services and therefore your Experian ID account will be closed after this date”.
Government needs to ‘take stock’ of digital progress, says Reform
Think-tank says Covid-19 has shown the importance of a ‘digitally enabled’ public sector, but there is still a long way to go to realise the full potential of technology
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Think-tank Reform has published a report calling on the government to “take stock” and understand the challenges ahead to realise the benefits of digital transformation in the public sector.
The report,
Digital public services: what’s next?, found that the Covid-19 pandemic has highlighted the “patchy nature of public service digitisation”, including the absence of basic but essential capabilities in some areas.