Unemployment Insurance Modernization
  • Introduction
  • What we're reading
    • Language Access Resources
    • Tracking implemented solutions
  • Language Access Resources
    • USDR Language Access Support
    • AI Translation Assistants for Unemployment Insurance Benefits
    • Spanish Translation Guide for Unemployment Insurance
      • Using This Guide
      • Writing Inclusive Spanish
      • Writing Plain Spanish
        • Guidance For Word Choice
        • Guidance For Sentence Structure
        • Spanish Grammar Conventions
      • Designing Reader-Friendly Content for Spanish Speakers
      • Final Notes
      • USDR Language Access Support
      • Links to Resources
      • Spanish Translation Guide Changelog
  • Plain Spanish Glossary of Unemployment Insurance Terms
  • Multilingual Retroactive PUA Eligibility Resources for State Workforce Agencies
    • (English) Retroactive PUA – Claimant Communications
    • (Spanish) Retroactive PUA – Claimant Communications
    • (English) Retroactive PUA – Fact-finding content
    • (Spanish) Retroactive PUA – Fact-finding content
    • Retroactive PUA – Fact-finding form design
  • Unemployment Insurance Fraud Reporting
    • Unemployment Insurance Fraud Reporting Tool Kit
  • Identity proofing for UI agencies
    • Identity proofing introduction
    • Race and inequity in identity proofing methods
      • Background
      • Recommendation 1: Find and mitigate inequitable impact of identity fraud detection flags
      • Recommendation 2: Increase accountability for ensuring rightful claimants make it through the system
      • References and thanks
    • What is identity proofing?
    • Commercial uses of identity proofing
    • Process of identity proofing
      • Identity resolution
      • Identity validation
      • Identity verification
    • User experience of identity proofing
    • Identity proofing vendor comparison
      • Vendor analysis
      • Summary of vendor offerings
      • Deep dive: pricing
      • Deep dive: platform “bundling”
      • Deep dive: handling Social Security numbers
      • Deep dive: document verification
      • What’s next?
    • Appendix I: Vendor evaluation of key considerations
    • Appendix II: Vendor Evaluation of Supplemental Considerations
  • Additional Deep Dives
    • Effective Communication with UI Claimants Through a Standalone Case Management System
    • Sample Communications
    • Customer support mechanisms for UI agencies
      • Improved UX reduces inequity
      • Online appointment scheduling
        • Agency’s current solution
        • Other states’ solutions
        • Solution space
        • Deep dive: vendor “types”
        • Deep dive: pricing
        • Recommendations by category
      • Chatbots
        • Methodology
        • Types of online chat
        • Live chat
        • Free-text chat
        • Prompted chat
        • Support chat
        • Requirements
        • Best practices
        • Known results
    • Employer Interactions with Unemployment Insurance Systems
      • Landscape of the Employer Experience: User Interviews
        • Methodology
        • Key Takeaways
      • Employer Experience: Digital Interactions
        • Methodology & Note on Language
        • Key Takeaways
  • UI Journey Map & Recommendations
    • Introduction
      • The Journey Map
      • Methods & Acknowledgements
    • The Claimant Journey
      • Know what I'm eligible for
      • Submit my information
      • Certify Weekly
      • Receive Payment
      • Know my claim status
      • Receive Help
    • The Agency Journey
      • Validate Identity
      • Validate Monetary Eligibility
      • Interacting with Employers
      • Fact Finding
      • Update systems for new programs
      • Relationship with US DOL
    • The Employer Journey
  • Getting started with data
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  1. Identity proofing for UI agencies

Process of identity proofing

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Note: This section has been adapted from and combined with additional research. IAL2 is the level of NIST certification that is generally appropriate for unemployment insurance agencies.

“Identity proofing” is the official term for what is colloquially referred to as identity verification; identity verification is technically just a step within a larger identity proofing process. Both are umbrella terms that encompass a range of techniques to collect and resolve data to a particular person, validate that the provided data is legitimate and accurate for that person, and/or verify that the data is truly the user. At all stages, identity proofing checks the consistency of the data as it relates to a unique person, with varying levels of certainty.

Identity proofing in its most technical sense is defined by NIST, which additionally provides an Identity Assurance Level framework and certification. The IAL requirements indicate a particular level of certainty about an identity’s validity; the techniques typically associated with each stage of identity proofing are:

  • : comparing personally identifiable information (PII) provided by the user to public databases.

  • : confirming that the claimant is the same person as the owner of the user account.

  • : establishing a physical connection between the applicant and the PII or evidence provided.

NIST Special Publication 800-63-3
Identity resolution
Identity validation
Identify verification