In plain terms. The Creating Advanced Streamlined Electronic Services for Constituents (CASES) Act requires federal agencies to accept electronic identity-verification and privacy-release consent forms. It modernized how agencies obtain authorization to disclose individuals' records, with attendant electronic-authentication and data-protection considerations.
Citation. Pub. L. 116-50 (Aug. 22, 2019); 44 U.S.C. § 3501 note.