What does the E-Authentication Federation do?
The E-Authentication Federation allows participating members to take advantage of work already accomplished by other federation members. As more and more agency applications are enabled to accept federation credentials, you as the end user will be able to utilize one credential to authenticate to multiple applications with various federal agencies you may have access to. One of the main goals of the E-Authentication Federation is to simplify the process for you to do business with the federal government electronically.