The US Still Has No National Digital ID, So OMB Orders Agencies Onto Login.gov Within Two Years

Mon, 28 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0000

On 31 August 2026 the White House budget office told federal agencies to make Login.gov the default way Americans sign in to government services. Memo M-26-18 gives agencies two years to offer Login.gov on every public-facing site in scope, and one year for the highest-traffic services. Commercial identity providers such as ID.me and CLEAR are allowed only by exception. Defence, intelligence and national security systems are exempt.

It’s the closest thing Washington has to a national digital identity policy. The United States has no national ID card and no state-issued digital ID. What it has is a patchwork: a GSA login service, a private company running identity checks for the tax agency, and driver’s licences issued by fifty states.

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The US Still Has No National Digital ID, So OMB Orders Agencies Onto Login.gov Within Two Years