DHS S&T earmarks $1.7M to build W3C standards into digital wallets

The U.S. Department of Homeland Security is making $1.7 million available for participants in contracts to develop and adapt digital wallets for security checks.

DHS revealed further details on the digital wallets’ solicitation being run by its Science & Technology Directorate in an announcement for the “Privacy Preserving Digital Credential Wallets & Verifiers” SVIP Topic Call.

As described in the application posting, DHS S&T is looking for digital wallets that can support the broad range of credentials compatible with …

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