The UK government has won an award from the Liberty Alliance for its efforts in developing and rolling out federated identity management solutions. The Alliance, backed by leading financial services firms and major IT suppliers, promotes the development of open standards for federated identity management.

The UK government was among the winners of the Alliance's 2006 IDDY (IDentity Deployment of the Year) Awards. The awards recognise identity management deployments that are delivering "real-world value to businesses, governments, citizens and consumers around the globe". Deutsche Telekom, the UK government and New York State Education Agencies (EduTech) were selected as winners by a judging panel of international identity experts.