Getting Started in Login.gov

Important Links

• Login.gov Main Page
• Learn About Login.gov
• Create and Account with Login.gov
• Getting Help with Login.gov
• Applying for and Managing a Grant

What is this system?

Login.gov is a credential management system. This means that it authenticates you to many (but not all) systems across the federal government. Once you have a Login.gov account, you will use it to log into other systems. Login.gov helps to keep your data and accounts secure by offering two-step authentication.

Who uses this system?

Grant applicants and grantees will use Login.gov to access SAM.gov, FSRS, and GrantSolutions. This is not a complete list of all systems that use Login.gov, however, and participating systems can always change.

When creating an account with SAM.gov, FSRS, and GrantSolutions, it will be much easier to associate each of those system's accounts with your Login.gov account if you use the same email address for all of them.

When is this system used?

Login.gov is used to access participating systems, like SAM.gov, FSRS, and GrantSolutions. The first time you access each of these systems, you will need to create a site-specific password. We recommend you use the same email address for both Login.gov and SAM.gov, FSRS, and GrantSolutions. On each subsequent visit to SAM.gov, FSRS, and GrantSolutions, you will login through Login.gov.

After you create your Login.gov account, the general steps to using Login.gov are:

1. visit participating website (like SAM.gov, FSRS, or GrantSolutions)
2. create username and password combination for participating website
3. add username and password information to Login.gov
4. on future visits to participating websites, you will provide your Login.gov username and password; Login.gov will authenticate you to a participating website using the stored site-specific username and password combination