Login.gov on its second life but it might not need many more

There is an ironic rule of thumb in journalism for measuring the significance of government news. It is not news when a program fails. That is just what government programs do.

The U.S. government's Login.gov secure single sign-in service has a blemished development history, but it might succeed despite itself.

The service uses phone number and address and checks third-party data and state driver’s license databases for identity verification.

Sonny Hashmi, commissioner of the Federal Acquisition Service, showed up at …

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