Partner portal migration is underway
Following the success of our initial launch, we are continuing to migrate configurations to the Partner Portal Production (P3) environment. Starting mid-April, we will begin migrating configurations that have identified Production Team Administrator(s) and have production teams set up in the P3 environment. If you would like to be included in the next phase, contact your partners@login.gov.
To prepare for migration, please ensure all logos in your configurations are under 50KB; larger files may fail to migrate.
Post-migration, Production Team Administrators will receive an email with instructions for configuration changes and a request to validate the migrated production configurations. After the migration, all changes to production configurations must be made directly within the P3 environment, not in the sandbox. Production configurations will be disabled in the sandbox, and a message will redirect users to the P3 environment.
Contact partners@login.gov with any questions.
REMINDER: Switch to the 2026 Login.gov SAML certificates and endpoints by April 1, 2026
This is a reminder that partners with SAML integrations must transition to the 2026 SAML endpoints before April 1, 2026, for both our sandbox and production environments. Check out the updated Login.gov SAML developer guide with 2026 endpoints. This does not apply to applications that use OpenID Connect (OIDC), and no action is required for OIDC integrations.
As a reminder, all apps (both SAML and OIDC) also have public certificates that you upload to the Partner Portal. These certificates have their own separate expiration dates that you set. When rotating those certificates, please make sure to follow the guidance in our developer guide, including providing us a 2 week notice prior to switching to ensure no downtime for your app. Contact partners@login.gov if you have any questions.
Login.gov Staff Spotlight: Alex Kritikos, Platform Engineering Manager
Alex is an experienced Site Reliability Engineer and engineering leader. Alex has a background in cloud infrastructure and platform engineering. He’s especially passionate about building solutions that make access to government services more seamless and dependable. In his spare time he enjoys playing banjo on the front porch with neighbors, and watching birds on the back porch with family.
What’s your background, and what brought you to Login.gov?
Before joining Login.gov, I spent eight years as a Site Reliability Engineer at Google. During the pandemic, I found myself wanting to be closer to family in Kansas and started thinking more seriously about how I could apply my skills in a way that directly serves people. About five years ago when I saw an SRE opening at Login.gov shared by a former colleague, it felt like the right opportunity at the right time. Moving into public service gave me the chance to work on something I’m proud of and that has a meaningful impact on how people access government services.
What kinds of impact would you like to help make through your work at Login.gov?
I really don’t like it when things are broken. As an SRE, I’m driven by reliability. My goal is to make sure Login.gov works seamlessly so people can access government services without frustration. When systems are unreliable, it creates real barriers for users, and I want to eliminate those as much as possible. Ultimately, I hope people are pleasantly surprised by how easy and dependable it is to use Login.gov every time they sign in.
What are you most excited about for the future of the program?
I’m especially excited about the work we’re doing to expand identity verification options, which can lower barriers and make it easier for more people to get verified and access services. There’s a lot of momentum around improving access while maintaining strong security and reliability. It’s also exciting to be part of a program that’s not only improving the user experience, but doing so in a way that’s geared toward value and efficiency for taxpayers.
New user resource: IRS launches new web page to streamline fraud and scam reporting
Recently, our partners at the IRS unveiled a new centralized resource that makes it easier for taxpayers to confidentially report suspected tax fraud, scams, evasion, or other tax-related illegal activities. Learn more at irs.gov.
If you have a helpful digital identity or anti-fraud resource you’d like us to share with Login.gov partner agencies, let us know at partners@login.gov.
View the March 2026 Partner Newsletter here.