Press

NSTIC.US Press Event - April 18th at 1:00PM EDT (10:00AM PDT)

(NSTIC.US is NOT a U.S. Government web site)

The sponsors of the NSTIC.US website have arranged a press teleconference panel with both technical experts from the user-centric identity community as well as advocates from the privacy and public policy arena listed below.
 * Moderator: Mary Ruddy - Chief Steward, Identity Commons
 * Panel:
 * Identity Commons - Kaliya Hamlin, Jay Unger
 * eCitizen Foundation - Dan Combs, Dazza Greenwood
 * Liberty Coalition - Aaron Titus
 * Center for Democracy and Technology - Aaron Brauer Riecke
 * Kantara Initiative - Matthew Gardiner
 * OpenID Foundation / OIX - Don Thibeau

The purpose of this teleconference panel is to provide the press a well balanced view of Friday's government announcement of the National Strategy for Trusted Identities in Cyberspace, to answer general and specific questions about the known details of the strategy and to give future perspective on the progam. To register to participate in this conference call please supply affiliation and contact information at: and we will send you the information required to join the session.

Key Resources for Press and other interested parties
 * [NSTIC June 25, 2010 Draft]*

Spokes persons willing to be contacted:
 * Joni Brennan, Kantara Initiative
 * Kaliya Hamlin, Identity Commons
 * Jay Unger,
 * Mary Ruddy, Identity Commons, Information Card Foundation

contact media@idcommons.net

Messaging
 * Government as convener and major customer
 * Use cases that speak to people
 * The safe way to personalize your web experience
 * International role and utility of NSTIC
 * Why this is good for the average person
 * Why this is better than all the previous centralized federated efforts: RealID, SSN, etc.
 * Why this is needed now
 * Benefits