Assurance

[Ann West <>]

Nick is correct. The Commmon Identity and Trust (CommIT) Collaborative 
project is working to provide a silver-level IdP for individuals applying to 
college. It is very likely that this IdP will be a short-term transition 
until the time when K12, for instance, has similar credentials. InCommon is 
also working with the regional network providers to determine ways to include 
K12 under the InCommon umbrella. 

Also being advanced by CommIT is the notion of a Digital Notary service to 
address distributed identity proofing for Silver and beyond. 

Ann

----- Original Message -----
> Isn't that what the PESC IdP effort that Nate K and Ann were/are
> involved with is all about?  I thought they were talking about
> giving anyone who took a college entrance exam LoA2 credentials they
> could use to apply for financial aid, etc.?
> 
> Nick
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: 
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> [mailto:]
>  On Behalf Of Jones, Mark B
> Sent: Wednesday, October 31, 2012 2:25 PM
> To: 
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> Subject: RE: [Assurance] Assurance Biz Case: Update on DoEd
> 
> Perhaps InCommon could try to provide identities to K-12?  Then these
> kids could use these identities the rest of their lives.
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: 
> 
> [mailto:]
>  On Behalf Of Cantor, Scott
> Sent: Wednesday, October 31, 2012 2:13 PM
> To: 
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> Subject: Re: [Assurance] Assurance Biz Case: Update on DoEd
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> On 10/31/12 3:04 PM, "Jones, Mark B" 
> <>
> wrote:
> 
> >Not sure how it defeats the purpose.
> 
> I assume the purpose is "use an identity you have now and are
> comfortable with". I do not dispute that most people are very happy
> using Google to do this.
> 
> >  My thought was that if the objection was dealing with a for profit
> >corporation then a non-profit that is in the IaaS business might
> >need
> >to be encouraged.
> 
> I don't think it's possible to really do that top-down, but to the
> extent that federation with a lot of options is ruled out, then
> creating an artificial option that people like me could choose is at
> least better than nothing, yes.
> 
> -- Scott
> 
> 
>