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# Proving Who You Are: How Utah Built the Nation's First Digital Identity Framework, Centered on Privacy (CSG West, 1 May 2026)

An interview-based account for Western state legislators of how Utah's program was built and governed, with its sponsor and its chief privacy officer. For the political history and the list of who was in the room.

Labels: reading level Introductory; evidence informative (an author's paper, deck, tutorial or post explaining the suite).
Source: https://csgwest.org/2026/05/01/proving-who-you-are-how-utah-built-the-nations-first-digital-identity-framework-centered-on-privacy/ (license not recorded).
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