GSA’s Login.gov platform gets a new director

The General Services Administration has selected a new leader for its Login dot Gov program. Hanna Kim will take over on May 11 as director of the GSA Technology Transformation Services’ Login.gov — the federal government’s secure sign-on for the U.S. public and government employees to access services from participating agencies. Kim has served as Login’s first deputy director since January following a five-year stint at Amazon, where she developed “cutting-edge AI-based technology to scale policy enforcement,” according to the GSA. She also previously worked across the federal government, serving with the departments of State, Treasury and Defense. Dan Lopez-Braus, the outgoing director of Login.gov, will transition into a senior adviser position with TTS.

As the new Login.gov chief, Kim will focus on implementing the recently announced launch of a new pricing structure for the platform and a new pilot for selfie-based identity verification. Ann Lewis, the director of GSA’s TTS, said these new campaigns will empower even more agencies and programs to use Login.gov to benefit people nationwide. A Government Accountability Office report released Monday listed Login.gov as a federal government use case for biometric identification. The congressional watchdog said the Department of Veterans Affairs and the Social Security Administration use it for identity verification for members of the public to access websites and services. But the program has also faced a bumpy road in recent years. GSA’s Inspector General last year issued a report charging that the agency knowingly billed other federal agencies more than $10 million for services at a higher security compliance level that Login.gov did not actually comply with.

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