Five of the six pilots are focused on state-level government services.

Several new development and pilot projects funded by the National Institute of Standards and Technology are set to begin this summer that, if successful, may lay the foundation for the first large-scale reuse of identity credentials.

Pilot programs have been an essential part of plans to implement the National Strategy for Trusted Identities in Cyberspace (NSTIC), with the President calling on the government to “initiate and support pilots that address the needs of individuals, the private sector, and of all levels of government” when he signed the Strategy in 2011.