Re: DID Press Release Testimonials

Anil, I was very glad to see this as you and DHS deserve a truckload of
credit for getting the DID train running. I had no idea the journey would
take this long, but the whole trip has been worth it.

Thank you for everything you have done for DIDs.

=Drummond

On Fri, Jul 15, 2022 at 4:03 AM John, Anil <anil.john@hq.dhs.gov> wrote:

> From the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Science and Technology
> Directorate (S&T):
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> “*The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Science and Technology
> Directorate (S&T) works to protect privacy and reduce vendor lock-in by
> ensuring open standards and demonstrable interoperability testing. As the
> US government agency that initially funded the work leading up to the
> Decentralized Identifiers specification, we are pleased to see its
> ratification as a global standard,*” said Anil John, Technical Director
> of S&T’s Silicon Valley Innovation Program. “*We have and continue to
> contractually obligate our vendors to adhere to open global standards,
> including W3C Verifiable Credentials and W3C Decentralized Identifiers, as
> part of our ‘Preventing Forgery & Counterfeiting of Certificates and
> Licenses’ workstream, and participate in open standards processes in order
> to ensure transparency, protect privacy, and increase global equity in
> technology outcomes that affect not only those in the US, but abroad as
> well.*”
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> Best Regards,
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> Anil
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> Anil John
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> Technical Director, Silicon Valley Innovation Program
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> Science and Technology Directorate
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> US Department of Homeland Security
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> Washington, DC, USA
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> *From:* Zundel, Brent <brent.zundel@avast.com>
> *Sent:* Friday, July 8, 2022 12:22 PM
> *To:* public-did-wg@w3.org; public-credentials@w3.org
> *Subject:* DID Press Release Testimonials
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> This message is to inform the DID WG and CCG that the W3C intends to write
> a press release.
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> To that end, we are seeking testimonials about Decentralized Identifiers.
> For an example of the sort of thing we're looking for, please see:
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> https://www.w3.org/2019/03/pressrelease-webauthn-rec.html
> <https://urldefense.us/v3/__https:/www.w3.org/2019/03/pressrelease-webauthn-rec.html__;!!BClRuOV5cvtbuNI!WW-a0VlzwQZ0yjPTgwkEBBKg7A7lQcPozjAcnJvStC7HLGoIhEqoR7rwjDBuVvOhUoMF$>
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> The testimonials may be submitted as a reply to this email. The deadline
> for submission is July 15th.
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> Thank you,
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> Brent Zundel, co-chair DID WG
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