Civic Identity Platform
A verified digital identity system for County Governments to streamline service delivery, reduce "ghost worker" payroll fraud, and create a single source of truth for citizen data.
The Challenge
County governments often rely on disjointed silos of data—payroll systems, hospital records, and land registries don't talk to each other. This leads to massive inefficiencies and fraud. Simple questions like "How many employees do we actually have?" became complex, month-long audits.
Architecture
I architected a service-oriented system centered around privacy and auditability.
- Biometric De-duplication: Integrated fingerprint scanners with an OpenCV/Python backend to identify duplicate records across payrolls.
- Immutable Audit Logs: Every read/write to a citizen's record is cryptographically signed and logged.
- Offline-First Enrollment: A mobile app for field agents to enroll citizens in remote areas with poor connectivity, syncing later.
Impact
The pilot program identified over 15% duplicate entries in the payroll system of a single county, potentially saving millions in annual revenue. The system demonstrated that "GovTech" doesn't have to be slow, ugly, or broken—it can be modern, fast, and respectful of the user.