RE: [Agenda] W3C CCG 2023-08-15 - SVIP Digital Credential Wallet and Verifier Solicitation

Thank you Manu and Mike for the kind sentiments regarding SVIP. We seek to work at the intersection of Government Needs, Technical Needs and Public Interest.

For those who are interested in this topic,

We will be having our Industry Day tomorrow (Fri, Aug 18, 2023) regarding this solicitation, and there will be additional details from SVIP’s operational partners for this solicitation -- U.S. Customs and Border Protection, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services and the DHS Privacy Office -- that will be provided during the event, so it will not be a re-hash of what I shared during the CCG Call.

You can attend virtually (which will include the opportunity to ask both technical and business related questions) by registering @ https://sri-csl.regfox.com/svip-digital-wallet-industry-day . Hope to see you there!

Best Regards,

Anil

Anil John
Technical Director, Silicon Valley Innovation Program
Science and Technology Directorate
US Department of Homeland Security
Washington, DC, USA

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From: Michael Prorock <mprorock@mesur.io>
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Subject: Re: [Agenda] W3C CCG 2023-08-15 - SVIP Digital Credential Wallet and Verifier Solicitation

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CHAIR HAT OFF
I will second Manu's recommendation to apply if you are working on something in the wallet space - the SVIP program is extremely well run.

I also highly appreciate the amount of work that has been driven by SVIP in the privacy space and in interoperability through open standards.

Mike Prorock
CTO, Founder
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On Thu, Aug 17, 2023 at 6:51 AM Manu Sporny <msporny@digitalbazaar.com<mailto:msporny@digitalbazaar.com>> wrote:
On Wed, Aug 16, 2023 at 10:47 PM Brian Richter <brian@aviary.tech> wrote:
> Was this call recorded? I unfortunately couldn't make the time work but would like to get caught up. I don't see anything in the CCG meetings repo.. https://github.com/w3c-ccg/meetings/commits/main<https://urldefense.us/v3/__https:/github.com/w3c-ccg/meetings/commits/main__;!!BClRuOV5cvtbuNI!HVXgbkUld65mftnqBpIaQcVjsRhHB7OuqWrDLfTIHApYY5O-mLYx7MlB0cp1B2rzSJ1OHRRN-uucT-O4sof2nw$>

Yes, it was recorded.

For those that missed the call, this is about $1.7M USD in
*non-dilutive funding* to build out your digital wallet. There will be
multiple awards and the competition favors start-ups. Digital Bazaar
has participated in the SVIP program for many years and can vouch for
the fact that it's a great program. You don't have to be a US-based
company to apply. If you have been working on a digital wallet, I
strongly urge you to consider applying.

 The raw video recording for the US DHS Digital Wallet call for
proposals is here:

https://meet.w3c-ccg.org/archives/w3c-ccg-weekly-2023-08-15.mp4<https://urldefense.us/v3/__https:/meet.w3c-ccg.org/archives/w3c-ccg-weekly-2023-08-15.mp4__;!!BClRuOV5cvtbuNI!HVXgbkUld65mftnqBpIaQcVjsRhHB7OuqWrDLfTIHApYY5O-mLYx7MlB0cp1B2rzSJ1OHRRN-uucT-PiYp3htQ$>

The official solicitation is here (which contains all of the
instructions on how to apply):

https://sam.gov/opp/33b3b247777c4912b08c23ba97dc8af4/view<https://urldefense.us/v3/__https:/sam.gov/opp/33b3b247777c4912b08c23ba97dc8af4/view__;!!BClRuOV5cvtbuNI!HVXgbkUld65mftnqBpIaQcVjsRhHB7OuqWrDLfTIHApYY5O-mLYx7MlB0cp1B2rzSJ1OHRRN-uucT-PCbn_rlw$>

-- manu

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