Introducing the Global COVID Certificate Network (GCCN)
Over the past few months, many governments have begun designing and implementing COVID certificate systems, including the recently-launched EU Digital COVID Certificate (formerly the EU Digital Green Certificate). We have been speaking…
Zoom in on the User Flow of the Global COVID Certificate Network
The Global COVID Certificate Network (GCCN) follows, operationalizes and adapts the recommendations of the Good Health Pass Interoperability Blueprint (the “Blueprint) for governments and industry alliances who are working to safely reopen…
グローバルコロナ対策証明書開発コミュニティネットワークをスタート（GCCN）
This is a Japanese translation of the original blog post, “Introducing the Global COVID Certificate Network (GCCN)“. Many thanks to Kohei Kurihara, Co-founder and CEO of Privacy by Design Lab, for this…
Linux Foundation Public Health creates the Global COVID Certificate Network (GCCN)
June 8, 2021, San Francisco, CA: Linux Foundation Public Health (LFPH) today announces the launch of the Global COVID Certificate Network (GCCN) to facilitate the safe and free movement of individuals globally…
Projects Include Two New Codebases for Vaccine Credentials Currently Available for Use By Public Health Communities SAN FRANCISCO, Calif., May 25, 2021 _ Linux Foundation Public Health (LFPH), the leading organization for…
Exposure Notification Technology in the US: A One Year Reflection
It’s been over a year since teams around the world began launching exposure notification systems (EN). Given this milestone, it is an opportune time to look back over what we’ve learned from…
LFPH Updates Asia Pacific on Progress and Plans
In February 2021 it was a pleasure for me to moderate an expert panel, discussing how Linux Foundation Public Health (LFPH) is building, securing and sustaining open source software to help public…
Working Together On What “Good” Looks Like
On Tuesday, the Good Health Pass Collaborative (GHPC) launched. This initiative is intended to define, in the context of test results and vaccination records for opening up borders for travel and commerce,…
A Path Towards Interoperability: CCI Released a Paper on Different Flavors of Verifiable Credentials
Following the letter last week to the Biden Administration, the COVID-19 Credentials Initiative (CCI) is releasing “Verifiable Credentials Flavors Explained”, a mini white paper written by CCI’s Ecosystems Director, Kaliya Young, also…
Project Herald Joins LFPH to Add Non-GAEN Option for Exposure Notification Technologies
Today, the Linux Foundation Public Health (LFPH) Technical Advisory Council (TAC) voted to accept Herald, a VMware-originated project, as the fourth LFPH-hosted project. Herald joins COVID Green and COVID Shield, which were…