Ditch Your Passwords: US Government to Issue Secure Online IDs

[link to smallbusiness.yahoo.com]

SecureKey, based in Toronto, today announced it has been awarded a contract by the USPS to provide a cloud-based authentication infrastructure.
Get ready for a new set of abbreviations – this is part of some federal programs that have been underway for several years, mostly below the radar – at least this is the first I have heard of it despite being an avid reader of tech publications. But apparently a lot of people have been working on this – some of the relevant Web sites and information sources are listed below.
The Federal Cloud Credential Exchange (FCXX) is designed to enable individuals to securely access online services – such as health benefits, student loan information, and retirement benefit information – at multiple federal agencies without the need to use a different password or other digital identification for each service. The first federal agency to use it will be the Veterans Administration.


Don't worry folks the government will remember your passworuds for you