The Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT) in Papua New Guinea announced it is expanding its digital infrastructure with a new component dubbed Digital ID Block that will allow for unified management of digital identities and secure data exchange. Steven Matainaho, DICT secretary,  said the ID Block is part of efforts to increase the government technology stack by providing a framework within which secure and streamlined identity verification and authentication processes can take place in a convenient manner, in line with provisions of the Digital Government Act 2022.

According to the information provided by the DICT, the platform will operate as a centralised, secure and efficient system for managing digital identities with services such as identity verification, authentication, authorisation, and data management. The platform will rely on the National Identification database.