Feds to Let Citizens Log In With Yahoo, Google, Paypal Accounts

US citizens will soon be able to log in to government websites using their Google account, or the URL of their Yahoo profile. It's a significant embrace of the open and emerging tech standards the Obama Administration promised. The US government pilot program will allow people to interact with various government websites using an OpenID or an Information Card, he nation's information technology officer will announce Wednesday. These are two of the most popular emerging technologies that let web users manage their identities across multiple websites. Under the new program, which will go into effect in the coming weeks, people will be able to sign in, request information, participate in forums and build user profiles on the government's websites without having to set up a new user account. Anyone will be able to interact with the government sites using credentials provided to them by Yahoo, Google, AOL, VeriSign or PayPal, among others.