RICHMOND, Va. (WRIC) — The Virginia Employment Commission (VEC) now has an easier and faster way for customers to access their unemployment benefits with its ID.me secured login system. According to ...

ID.me will be used to verify Medicare beneficiaries online starting in 2026, according to releases from the companies.

The IRS announced this week the launch of an improved identity verification and sign-in process that “enables more people to securely access and use IRS online tools and applications.” In the past, ...

ID.me today announced it has entered into a contract with the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) to enable secured access and improved user experience on Medicare.gov beginning in early ...

In 2020, the IRS processed over 189 million income tax returns; the same year, the Social Security Administration issued benefits to over 69 million people. But as more citizens look to find and use ...

The new ID update aims to reduce fraud and streamline Medicare processes online. ID.me announced its new contract with the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) to streamline processes on ...

Plans to gather biometric data have been abandoned, but verification will still be done by the controversial contractor ID.me Plans to gather biometric data have been abandoned, but verification will ...

The IRS announced on Monday it’s dropping plans to require taxpayers to sign up for and use facial recognition software. The plan had been to require people to use a service provided by a third-party ...

The next time you try to log in to the Internal Revenue Service’s website you’ll be urged to use facial-recognition software to verify you are who you say you are. The verification process includes ...

Stricter identity checks are coming to two of the most sensitive corners of the U.S. digital ecosystem: financial regulation ...

ID.me, the verification service that most U.S. states turned to during the pandemic to confirm the identity of people applying for unemployment aid, attracted public scrutiny this month when it was ...

As to the biometric strategies used by ID.me that have come under criticism, a press representative for GSA, where Login.gov is housed, told FCW the agency is testing facial recognition technology, ...