L-1 agrees US$8.8 million license deal

South Dakota Department of Public Safety has awarded L-1 a US$8.8 million contract for a complete Over-the-Counter (OTC) secure driver’s license issuance system.

Phase II of Saudi ID scheme begins

The second phase of Saudi Arabia’s eID scheme is set to rollout, with Gemalto contracted to provide cards for the initiative.

Digital ID Solutions to personalise Angola ID card

Digital Identification Solutions will personalize Angola’s National ID Card

Smith unveils latest anti-terror plans

The UK Home Secretary Jacquie Smith has announced a broad-reaching strategy aimed at combating international terrorism.

Zetes inks kids-ID deal

Zetes has signed a deal with the Belgian Federal Public Service Interior to begin production of a new card aimed at children.

BSI publishes latest standards update

Biometric Services International (BSI) has unveiled its latest update of published and emerging biometric standards

Former DHS Secretary Chertoff in video address to SDW 2009

Top Bush Security Administration Cabinet Official in Exclusive Video Address to Security Document World 2009

LaserCard CEO hails growth, highlights plans

LaserCard’s CEO Robert DeVincenzi has outlined the company’s growth opportunities and revealed where he thinks the industry is headed in 2009.

Mühlbauer and BMI ink security partnership

The German Minister of the Interior and the CEO of Mühlbauer have signed a partnership agreement for document security.

L-1 secures HIIDE order

L-1 has received a US$8.3 million order for HIIDE 4.0 biometric enrolment and recognition devices.

TWIC hits the million milestone

One million port workers and truckers have now enrolled in the US Department of Homeland Security’s Transportation Worker Identification Credential (TWIC) program

Kashmiri residents get smart

Residents living in the troubled border areas of Indian Kashmir are being given cards to help identify them as Indian nationals and to control access into the state.

Zetes scoops another Burundi deal

Zetes has signed a contract with a consortium to deliver identification technology for a census of the Burundian military.

LaserCard and Gemalto ink Saudi deal

LaserCard has signed an agreement with Gemalto to supply chip-ready optical memory cards for Saudi Arabia’s national ID programme.

Home Office unveils milestones for 2009

The UK Home Secretary has unveiled a series of milestones for the UK Border Agency to meet this year.

Hirsch teams with CoreStreet

Hirsch solution uses CoreStreet FIPS technology

Six firms in frame for Tanzanian national ID card

Tanzania has named six companies to vie for the country’s national ID card project

NEC and GIT sign AFIS deal

Global Information Technology and NEC to develop AFIS to support ePassport and national ID solutions

TSA renews L-1 contract

L-1 Identity Solutions has been selected by the TSA as the prime contractor to provide enrolment services to commercial drivers seeking a Hazardous Materials Endorsement on their Commercial Driver’s License.

ePassports v Enhanced Driver’s Licenses

Smart Card Alliance calls for a review of the decision to use EPC Gen 2 RFID in US travel documents.