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2023 - Liz Tanner - RI Phase 2 value expectations

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Rhode Island Secretary of Commerce Elizabeth Tanner told StateScoop that when she began searching for ways to streamline the registration service and the state’s records management system a few years ago, she came upon the potential of blockchain’s distributed ledger technology. The choice of tech and the RFP are the result of years of research, a successful pilot program and an unsuspecting source of inspiration abroad.

“I was very familiar with how to open up a business, and I thought there must be a better way,” Tanner said. “So I looked at every other state in the country and found that they all do it the exact same way that Rhode Island does — you go to certain websites to fill out certain pieces of paperwork, and sometimes, again, those might be paper-based systems.”

But another issue was synchronizing registration names for businesses and individuals across the recordkeeping systems state agencies used. She said in one system, for example, a business could be called “ABC Restaurant” and “The ABC” in another, leading to inconsistency and confusion.

Rhode Island’s pilot program used blockchain for one government service: creating credentials for certified public accountants. Tanner said that service was chosen because it’s not risky and “very boring.”

While the main focus of Rhode Island’s project is streamlining business registration, Tanner said blockchain’s future with the state’s services is limitless.

“I like to call it a wheel, you know. So when you enter a singular website, you enter your most basic information into what we call a data lake,” she said. “And then there’s just lots and lots of spokes that you can put on that wheel to do more and more good work. And so that’s what we want to do.”

2023 - Liz Tanner - RI moves forward with RFI for Business Identity Solution Phase 2

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Phase 1 POC succeeded

To keep things as boring as humanly possible, she enlisted both Rhode Island’s Division of Motor Vehicles and the state’s certified public accountants for a proof-of-concept pilot program that concluded in June.

The accountants were able to get a digital ID card from the DMV, then use the digital credential to prove their identity to the Department of Business Regulation, which in turn issued them a digital copy of their CPA license.

this blockchain system was designed to be “boring and not risky,” says Commerce Secretary Elizabeth Tanner, who tells DFD that opening a restaurant in Rhode Island currently requires accessing 11 state websites.

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