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HR1 Verification Readiness Checklist for State Medicaid Agencies
Document Intake

HR1 Verification Readiness Checklist for State Medicaid Agencies

Before selecting technology for HR1 verification, states should understand what they can already verify ex parte, where evidence gaps exist, and what capabilities are needed to resolve them.
Why Wallet Choice and Interoperability Matter in SEDI
Interoperability

Why Wallet Choice and Interoperability Matter in SEDI

Meaningful wallet choice requires more than publishing an open standard. Credentials, wallets, and verifiers must work across organizational and vendor boundaries through governance and conformance, not just specifications.
What Is ISO/IEC 18013-5, and How Does the mDL Standard Actually Work?
Interoperability

What Is ISO/IEC 18013-5, and How Does the mDL Standard Actually Work?

ISO/IEC 18013-5 is the technical foundation that allows a mobile driver’s license issued in one state to be trusted in another.
What Would It Actually Take for a State to Implement SEDI?
Digital Identity

What Would It Actually Take for a State to Implement SEDI?

Adopting SEDI-style legislation is only the beginning. States need governance, trust infrastructure, credential issuance, wallet interoperability, conformance processes, and a deployment strategy across agencies.
How Intelligent Document Processing Is Changing Government Intake
Document Intake

How Intelligent Document Processing Is Changing Government Intake

Intelligent document processing can dramatically reduce manual review time for government agencies. But extracting data from documents is not the same as verifying it. The trust problem requires a different solution.
Digital Identity Without Surveillance: Understanding SEDI's No-Phone-Home Principle
Zero Trust

Digital Identity Without Surveillance: Understanding SEDI's No-Phone-Home Principle

Utah's SEDI statute prohibits architectures where the issuer can observe every credential presentation. Enforcing that requirement means choosing verification designs where the data is never generated in the first place.
What Is a Trust Framework, and How Does It Decide Who Can Issue and Verify Digital Credentials?
Interoperability

What Is a Trust Framework, and How Does It Decide Who Can Issue and Verify Digital Credentials?

The future of interoperable digital identity depends on more than shared formats and protocols, it depends on the governance layer that defines trust, accountability, and assurance.
Who Authorized This Agent to Pay?
Digital Identity

Who Authorized This Agent to Pay?

When agents initiate payments, the receiving system needs more than authentication. It needs proof of who authorized the transaction, what spending authority was granted, and whether that authority is still valid.
The SEDI Duty of Loyalty, Explained
Digital Identity

The SEDI Duty of Loyalty, Explained

SEDI's Duty of Loyalty moves beyond notice and consent by establishing affirmative obligations toward individuals whose identity data is processed. It draws on academic proposals for fiduciary-like duties in privacy law.
Why Government Digital Transformation Projects Fail
Digital Transformation

Why Government Digital Transformation Projects Fail

Most government digital transformation projects fail not because of bad technology, but because they optimize for launch instead of completion and treat modernization as a portal project instead of an infrastructure investment.
How to Design HR1 Verification Without Creating a New Identity Barrier
Digital Identity

How to Design HR1 Verification Without Creating a New Identity Barrier

Identity proofing, authentication, evidence verification, and eligibility determination are four different functions. States designing HR1 systems should separate them to protect program integrity without creating new barriers.
Zero Trust Data Exchange: Why the Data Layer Is the Real Frontier
Zero Trust

Zero Trust Data Exchange: Why the Data Layer Is the Real Frontier

Zero trust for government services means more than network segmentation. At the data layer, systems need to verify the provenance and integrity of information without trusting the network or system that delivered it.