ACT-IAC Blockchain Working Group

Resources

Government publications, standards, and reference materials relevant to blockchain and digital identity in the public sector.

April-May 2026 Updates

Treasury OCCIP — Cybersecurity Information Sharing for Digital Asset Firms
U.S. Treasury · April 9, 2026

Treasury's Office of Cybersecurity and Critical Infrastructure Protection launched a no-cost initiative to share actionable cyber threat intelligence with eligible U.S. digital asset firms and industry organizations.

Treasury / FinCEN / OFAC — GENIUS Act Illicit-Finance Proposed Rule
U.S. Treasury · April 8, 2026

Joint proposed rule to implement GENIUS Act anti-money-laundering and sanctions-compliance requirements for payment stablecoins.

Federal Reserve — Perspectives on Tokenization and Financial Stability
Federal Reserve Board · May 8, 2026

Governor Lisa D. Cook discussed tokenized financial assets, DLT and blockchain rails, smart contracts, collateral mobility, liquidity management, and financial-stability considerations.

GBA — Blockchain in Aviation
Government Blockchain Association · December 27, 2025

Report on USTRANSCOM's Iron SPIDR pilot using blockchain to anchor mission-critical aviation events to an immutable ledger, covering Civil Reserve Air Fleet coordination with commercial carriers and the broader case for blockchain in air operations.

Permissioned Blockchain in Advanced Air Mobility: A Performance Analysis for UTM
arXiv · Nunes et al. · 2025

Quantitative benchmark comparing InterUSS and Hyperledger Fabric for Uncrewed Traffic Management. Finds blockchain architectures need redesign for aeronautical timing requirements, suggesting hybrid ledger/federated models for future UTM deployments.

OCC — Digital Assets Licensing Applications
Office of the Comptroller of the Currency · April-May 2026

OCC's public tracker lists pending national bank and trust-charter applications from digital asset firms, including OpenReserve Bank, Agora National Trust Bank, and Payward National Trust Company.

Digital Identity

USAID — Identity in a Digital Age: Infrastructure for Inclusive Development
PDF · USAID · 2022 · Archived

Guidance on addressing systemic problems in digital ID systems and how emerging technologies will shape the future of digital identity for inclusive development.

USAID — Digital Identity Program
USAID · Archived

USAID's digital identity program page covering risk assessments, inclusive development frameworks, and the role of digital ID in unlocking services like voting, financial access, and land titling.

NIST SP 800-63-3 — Digital Identity Guidelines
NIST · 2017 (superseded by SP 800-63-4, August 2025)

Four-volume suite covering identity proofing, authentication, lifecycle management, and federation. The foundational federal standard for digital identity assurance levels.

DHS S&T — Next-Generation Identity: Mobile Driver's License Fact Sheet
PDF · DHS Science & Technology · 2022

Fact sheet on DHS efforts to evaluate mobile driver's licenses (mDLs) as a next-generation identity credential for federal acceptance.

DHS S&T — Identity Management (IDM) Program
DHS Science & Technology

Overview of DHS S&T's identity management research portfolio, including standards development, testing, and interoperability for digital credentials.

TSA — Digital Identity and Facial Comparison Technology
Transportation Security Administration

TSA's program for accepting mobile driver's licenses and digital IDs at airport checkpoints. Covers supported wallets, participating states, privacy protections, and REAL ID compliance.

Federal Register — Digital Identity Notice (2024-03772)
PDF · Federal Register · 2024
W3C — A Primer for Decentralized Identifiers
W3C Credentials Community Group
IDManagement.gov
GSA

Federal identity, credential, and access management (FICAM) resources.

GSA — Federal Identity, Credential, and Access Management
U.S. General Services Administration
FICAM Playbooks (idmanagement.gov source)
GitHub · GSA
FSMB — Blockchain
Federation of State Medical Boards

The Federation of State Medical Boards' blockchain page — may be looking into similar credentialing issues.

NIST Releases Second Public Draft of Digital Identity Guidelines for Final Review
NIST · August 2024

NIST call for comments on its Digital Identity Guidelines (SP 800-63) draft.

Utah SB0275 — State-Endorsed Digital Identity
PDF · Utah Legislature · 2026

Standards & Specifications

W3C — Decentralized Identifiers (DIDs) v1.0
W3C Recommendation · 2022

The core specification for DIDs — globally unique identifiers that enable verifiable, decentralized digital identity.

W3C — Verifiable Credentials Data Model v2.0
W3C Recommendation · 2024

The standard for expressing tamper-evident credentials on the web — licenses, certifications, clearances — that can be cryptographically verified.

NIST SP 800-53 Rev. 5 — Security and Privacy Controls
NIST · 2020 (Release 5.2.0 issued August 2025)

The catalog of security and privacy controls for federal information systems. Blockchain deployments must map to applicable control families (AU, AC, SC, IA).

NIST SP 800-92 — Guide to Computer Security Log Management
NIST · 2006

Practical guidance for enterprise log management, including log generation, transmission, storage, analysis, retention, and protection.

NISTIR 8202 — Blockchain Technology Overview
NIST · 2018

Technical overview of blockchain concepts, including public and permissioned networks, consensus, tamper evidence, limits of immutability, forks, and cybersecurity considerations.

NISTIR 8301 — Blockchain Networks: Token Design and Management Overview
NIST · 2021

Overview of how tokens are designed, issued, and managed on blockchain networks, covering fungible and non-fungible tokens, token standards, custody and key management, and the security and governance considerations relevant to deployments.

GBA — Blockchain Maturity Model Gaming Supplement
PDF · Government Blockchain Association · v1.4 · 2024

Industry-specific supplement to the Blockchain Maturity Model (BMM) for the gaming sector, extending the BMM's 11-element assessment framework with gaming-specific criteria for evaluating blockchain solution trustworthiness.

W3C — Decentralized Identifiers (DIDs) Core Spec
W3C · did-core
W3C — Verifiable Credential Rendering Methods
W3C Credentials Community Group Report · 2025

Community group final report on methods for rendering verifiable credentials for human presentation.

Utah HB0260 — IDs and Credentials
Utah Legislature · 2025

Federal Blockchain Reports

DHS S&T — Blockchain Portfolio (SVIP)
DHS Science & Technology

Overview of DHS Silicon Valley Innovation Program's blockchain investments, including supply chain traceability, verifiable credentials, and interoperability testing.

JFMIP — Federal Grant Payment Blockchain Initiative
Joint Financial Management Improvement Program · 2023

Final report on the Treasury/NSF/GAO blockchain prototype for near real-time grant payment visibility across agency boundaries.

JFMIP-24-01 — Harnessing Blockchain in the Federal Government
PDF · JFMIP (Treasury, GAO, OMB, OPM) · December 2023

Key considerations for financial management and information systems. Covers the grants financial management blockchain prototype, IT and cybersecurity factors, ATO considerations, governance models, human capital impact, and audit implications.

EU Expert Group on Blockchain Ethics
Publication · European Commission / EBSI

Independent group of ten specialists in blockchain, philosophy, computer ethics, and law. Developed official EU guidelines addressing fairness, privacy, security, economic accountability, and societal responsibility.

Ethical Guidelines for Blockchain Systems
Publication · PDF · EU Expert Group on Blockchain Ethics · 2024

The full guidelines document covering fairness, privacy, security, economic accountability, and societal responsibility for blockchain deployments within the EU framework.

SEC Release No. 33-11412 — Fact Sheet
PDF · U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission
SEC Release No. 33-11412 — Interpretive Guidance
PDF · U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission · 2026
CLARITY Act (H.R. 3633)
PDF · 119th Congress · 257 pages
GAO — Crypto Assets in Retirement Plans (GAO-25-106161)
U.S. Government Accountability Office
OMB M-25-05 — Open Government Data Access and Management Guidance
PDF · White House / OMB · January 2025

Phase 2 implementation of the Foundations for Evidence-Based Policymaking Act of 2018 (Open Government Data Act).

CBP — Intellectual Property Rights: Proof of Concept Report
PDF · U.S. Customs and Border Protection · 2020
OMB M-21-31 — Improving the Federal Government's Cybersecurity Incident Capabilities
White House / OMB · August 2021

Topics & Further Reading

Ian Grigg — Triple Entry Accounting
iang.org · 2005
Triple-Entry Accounting (JRFM)
MDPI · Journal of Risk and Financial Management
2023 TEA Conference Papers (Triple-Entry Accounting)
MDPI · JRFM Special Issue
AI Implementations on the Blockchain: Use Cases and Future Applications
MDPI · Future Internet
A Survey of Blockchain and AI for 6G Wireless Communications
PDF · arXiv
AI-Powered Blockchain in Industry 4.0
ScienceDirect
Collaborative Role of Blockchain, AI, and IoT in SME Digitalization
Nature · Scientific Reports
AI-Powered Blockchain for Public Health Applications
NIH · PMC
Blockchain in Healthcare Today (Journal)
Journal
BIS — Basel Framework SCO60 (Cryptoasset Exposures)
Bank for International Settlements · in force 2026
Cadasta — Bitcoin, Blockchain, and Land
White Paper · Cadasta
The BlockTitle Revolution: Are Land Titles Moving to the Blockchain?
USC Law for Business
Mattereum
Project
GBA — BMM Land Titling Supplement
PDF · Government Blockchain Association · v1 · 2024
Secure Land Titles in the Digital Era: The Promise of Blockchain
LinkedIn
Toyota Blockchain Lab — Introducing Mobility into the Public Blockchain
Toyota Blockchain Lab
Role of Blockchain Technology in Autonomous Vehicles
Blockedge
Hemi Network — EVM Execution on Bitcoin
The Defiant
SoftWar: A Novel Theory on the National Strategic Significance of Bitcoin
Internet Archive
California DFPI — Crypto Scams
California Department of Financial Protection and Innovation

Consumer-protection resources on cryptocurrency scams.

NY AG — Lawsuit Against Cryptocurrency Company (Press Release)
New York Attorney General · 2024
Security and Provenance of Data and Publications (Use Case)
ScienceDirect
Strengthening American Leadership
Substack · Anna Iversen