The NIST-funded Digital Driver's License (DDL) pilot will run for two years. The pilot will be run in two phases, each about one year long:
- Phase 1 focuses on the enrollment process for a DDL, and establishing the fundamentals for the three main use cases: law enforcement verification, age verification and TSA verification.
- Phase 2 focuses on extending these use case application and to include online 'attribute sharing' with third party providers, whereby you can provide a trusted website (e.g., an airline or car rental agency) with verified information from your DDL.
The pilots run during these phases will cover organic day-to-day use as well as some staged events.
Below are the main milestones:
| Date | Description | Status |
| October 2016 | Pilot awarded, Phase 1 commenced | ✔ |
| December 2016 | All jurisdictions: Joint strategy session | ✔ |
| January 2017 | Maryland & DC: Use case workshops | ✔ |
| February 2017 | Colorado: Use case workshop | ✔ |
| March 2017 | Idaho: Use case workshop | ✔ |
| March 2017 | Pilot participant selection | ✔ |
| May 2017 | Pilot participant finalization | ✔ |
| May 2017 | Jurisdictional factory acceptance testing | ✔ |
| June 2017 | Regional pilot setup and preparation | ✔ |
| July 2017 | Colorado phase 1 live pilot | ✔ |
| July 2017 | Maryland phase 1 live pilot | ✔ |
| July 2017 | Washington DC phase 1 live pilot | ✔ |
| August 2017 | Post-pilot data collection and initial results | ✔ |
| August 2017 | AAMVA International Conference Attendance and DDL Pilot Update Demo Sessions | ✔ |
| September 2017 | Wyoming DDL project kickoff | ✔ |
| September 201 7 | Full pilot analysis, conclusion, lessons learned, best practices | ✔ |
| December 2017 | Phase 2 commences |