Somebody pointed out to me that the state of Minnesota has guidelines/considerations for deploying electronic signatures, Electronic Records Management Guidelines – Electronic and Digital Signatures. I may add this to my sidebar. Much of this is discussed on other pages or posts on this blog.
Utah, Washington, Oregon, North Carolina, California, Nebraska and Texas have all adopted electronic record and signature guidelines where they have chosen to license or register certificate authorities to do business with the state. In many cases they have updated laws that specifically required handwritten signatures as a response to their states ratification of UETA.
I am not sure how well they deal with the distribution aspect of issuing credentials, this has proven to be a challenge for the federal government as well when trying to deploy credentials for FDA and other governmental applications. In fact, FDA regulation 21 CFR Part 11 on Electronic Signatures and Records, approved in 1997, is still not being enforced and when enforcement commences it is likely to be relatively lax.
As I have stated on other postings and papers this is still the crux of the problem. This has led governments to adopt an ad-hoc array of electronic signature methodologies with some success but has thwarted ubiquitous adoption of electronic signatures government. If people have any updates or success stories in this area I would love to hear them.
Posted by Mike Ambrose 
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