ID.me

I am.

Did you complete the ID.me function?

So ID.me, I've been ID.me-ing for a while now.

So my ID.me was easy because I've been done had an ID.me.

Well, here's my story with ID.me. I've also been with ID.me for a long time.

However, when you first do it with Treasury Direct now, I did it.

I went through the little steps.

I do too.

And you need a strong drink and maybe an AI agent to deal with that website because it is not easy.

And you have to have ID.me now.

They want to make sure that you're identified with the way that you would have to do if you set up your account with IRS, with the Social Security Administration.

So it's important to do the ID.me anyway to deal with government websites, but it can take a little bit of time.

You

mean like the same identity thing we have to do for like pre-check?

Anyone know?

Okay, so look, if they just signed up on a payment plan and the IRS accepted the plan, it might take some time to show up inside of their ID.me portal, so their IRS portal.

But in the IRS portal, it's right there if it's been approved for some time.

If they just got it approved, what I'm going to tell you is going to sound painful, and it is very painful.

Kurt sent this one in through the Trader Merlin site, which I never use, but I appreciate the question coming in, Kurt.

He says, I saw a recent video requiring an ID.me wallet account to access Treasury Direct.

Interesting hearing your thoughts on this from you and Bill.

Look, I think when you're using ID.me, they're just trying to add in a very thorough layer of protection.

ID.me is a very KYC, AML friendly portal.

They're going to ask all this kind of personal information from you.

But look, you're buying US treasuries, so I don't think that there's a problem with that.

I don't feel concerned at all about ID.me. being the gatekeeper for me accessing Treasury Direct.

Drew Friedman, Federal News Network.

Senators Ron Wyden and Elizabeth Warren are calling for the Treasury Department to delay implementing Treasury Direct's use of ID.me until after the 2027 tax filing deadline.

In a letter to Secretary Scott Besant and IRS CEO Frank Bisignano, the senators say the accelerated timeline didn't provide users with enough time to complete the transition to ID.me.

The senators also pointed to the department's overall use of the ID.me platform, even after Congress expressed concerns in 2024.

The letter also cites the September 29 executive order that directs agencies to favor using login.gov.

In August, the Treasury Department said it would require ID.me for access to Treasury Direct starting October 28th.

An industry group that represents companies that help military families move is urging the Defense Department to revise a number of proposed rules governing the department's moving program.

Federal News Network's Anastasia Obis has more.

Here are today's stories.

Starting off in the USA, where Senators Ron Wyden and Elizabeth Warren are calling on the Treasury Department to halt its mandatory rollout of ID.me on Treasury Direct.

The platform, used by millions of Americans to buy and redeem savings bonds, began requiring ID.me logins earlier this week, but the lawmakers argue the transition is needlessly rushed, creates barriers for older citizens, and sidelines the government's own login.gov service, setting a November 9th deadline for officials to explain why they're relying on a commercial provider.

Also in the U.S., MoneyGram has brought in Santa Clara-based AI Prize to streamline its identity verification and fraud prevention operations.

The deal plugs AI Prize's compliance platform and AI agents into MoneyGram's global network across more than 200 countries, verifying sender and business identities across both fiat and stablecoin transactions.

And they try to build that trust and transparency and accountability from the beginning.

If you look at one example of this is ID.me. ID.me formerly was TroopSwap.

And it was my very first investment I've ever did as a private investor.

I made the investment back in 2009. when they were troop swap, which basically was Groupon for the military.

Because just like humans and in our day-to-day lives, whether it's you're using Uber, Lyft, or LinkedIn, it just basically shows that a human is in good standing.

Just like that, over time, if there are especially long-running agents, and if they are all extremely task-oriented and sort of staying within their lane, then, then, you know, then, then that's a good agent, right? As opposed to, so I do believe that there will be a taxonomy in which there will be sort of good agents and there will be agents that the scrutiny will be significantly, and you can't have a single lens, you know, just like that in our day-to-day lives, right? So a lot of the constructs that we've applied historically for humans, right, in principle will apply, obviously the way we apply them, the attack surface on, you know, what APIs and things, so that will significantly change, right? But, but I do believe that that is something, you know, foresee, like maybe ID.me extends to agents.

I would agree with you on that.

Do you think the agent digital workforce is going to lead to mass unemployment?