Digital ID & Government App Watch

Why this is recommended

An ID.me requirement that blocks a tax refund until verified, a mobile license accepted at a home airport, or a state portal outage before a benefit deadline each is worth more than the fee.

What the Tab covers

Who it is for

Anyone who has been locked out of an IRS or Social Security account, wants a driver's license in their phone, or needs to know whether a digital ID will work at the airport.

When it runs

States launch mobile driver's licenses on announced dates, TSA adds airports quarterly, and federal agencies change login and identity verification rules with fixed deadlines

Scope

State DMV mobile ID programs; TSA digital ID airport list; Login.gov, ID.me and agency identity requirements; IRS, SSA, VA, USCIS, state unemployment and benefits portals; Apple Wallet and Google Wallet ID support; state age verification and digital ID laws; CISA and agency outage and breach notices; DHS REAL ID enforcement

Suggested task

The objective your Tab starts with. You can edit every line of it once the Tab is yours.

Mobile driver's license launches and acceptance changes by state, TSA and airport digital ID acceptance, Login.gov and ID.me requirement changes for IRS, Social Security, VA and state benefits, government app launches and shutdowns, age verification and digital ID laws, data breaches and outages at government identity systems, REAL ID enforcement updates, and Apple and Google Wallet ID support, with the state or agency first.

Track digital identity and government services for US residents. Report only confirmed, source-backed items from the last 7 days: mobile driver's license and state ID launches, expansions and acceptance rule changes by state with Apple Wallet and Google Wallet support; TSA digital ID acceptance additions by airport; Login.gov, ID.me and agency identity verification requirement changes and deadlines at IRS, SSA, VA, USCIS and state benefit portals; government app and portal launches, shutdowns and major redesigns; state age verification and digital ID laws with effective dates; outages, breaches and fraud alerts at government identity and benefit systems; and DHS REAL ID enforcement updates. Prefer state DMV, TSA, agency, Login.gov, ID.me, CISA and legislative sources; ignore third-party ID service marketing. Put the state or agency first in the title. Use high severity for a verification requirement with a deadline within 60 days, a breach or outage at a system serving over 1 million people, or a mobile ID launch in the member's state. Return no more than 6 findings. Push each as a finding with a title, a two-sentence summary, sections for what changed, who it affects, the date, what to do, and the source link. If nothing qualifies, push nothing and submit the run receipt.