An Internet ID For All Americans

Obama To Hand Commerce Dept. Authority Over Cybersecurity ID -- Cnet

STANFORD, Calif.--President Obama is planning to hand the U.S. Commerce Department authority over a forthcoming cybersecurity effort to create an Internet ID for Americans, a White House official said here today.

It's "the absolute perfect spot in the U.S. government" to centralize efforts toward creating an "identity ecosystem" for the Internet, White House Cybersecurity Coordinator Howard Schmidt said.

That news, first reported by CNET, effectively pushes the department to the forefront of the issue, beating out other potential candidates, including the National Security Agency and the Department of Homeland Security. The move also is likely to please privacy and civil-liberties groups that have raised concerns in the past over the dual roles of police and intelligence agencies.

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My Comment: I do not see any need for such a bureaucracy right now. The means and resources already exist to track and monitor rogue users of the web .... a national internet ID for all ..... this is a little bit overboard.