State digital identity director outlines 'digital backpack' concept, privacy guardrails and timeline

George McKeown, the state and U.S. digital identity director, presented SETI (state-endorsed digital identity) and described how a decentralized, selective-disclosure model could help applicants move verified documents (income, household size, vetted elements) between social service programs and property managers. "Senate Bill 275 is our landmark piece of legislation. It says that identity is innate to the individual. The state does not issue it. The state has a role to endorse," McKeown said.