IDENTITY MANAGEMENT RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT.

SEC. 504. IDENTITY MANAGEMENT RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT. The Director shall continue a program to support the development of voluntary and cost-effective technical standards, metrology, testbeds, and conformance criteria, taking into account appropriate user concerns—(1) to improve interoperability among identity management technologies;(2) to strengthen authentication methods of identity management systems;(3) to improve privacy protection in identity management systems, including health information technology systems, through authentication and security protocols; and(4) to improve the usability of identity management systems.