Datastrip scores FIPS Approval

Datastrip’s DSVII handheld biometric/identification card reader gets FIPS approval

Industry experts issue call to action

Homeland security experts in the US issue open letter to Congress

NASA to use Aware's biometric PIV workflow platform

NASA to use Aware’s biometric workflow platform as a key component of its PIV-compliant credentialing system upgrade

Oberthur hits the 1 million mark

Oberthur Card Systems has revealed it issued more than 1 million Italian National Services Cards in 2006.

vps launches new ID management platform

vps ID Systeme has launched IDExpert, an ID management products and services platform.

More details of Portuguese ID scheme emerge

Muehlbauer technology group has confirmed its involvement in the personalisation of Portuguese e-ID cards.

Somalia leads in Africa with ePassport rollout

Somali Republic starts issuing ePassports and electronic national identity cards to its citizens

Portuguese e-ID card off the ground

Portuguese Citizen Card project has been officially launched - full roll out by 2008

Bahrain opts for AFIS

Bahrain’s Economic Development Board has selected an AFIS system from Sagem Défense Sécurité to enrol resident workers when they enter the country.

Sagem Morpho gets GSA stamp of approval

The GSA has approved Sagem Morpho’s MorphoAccess 120 W PIV Smart terminal for the FIPS 201 Contactless CHUID Reader category.

UK Conservatives pledge to cancel ID card scheme

UK’s Conservative party would immediately scrap the proposed national ID card scheme

Security Document World Event moves into top gear

Security Document World has launched its inaugural conference and exhibition aimed at technology suppliers, security printers, infrastructure providers and integrators in the security document market place.

Labcal biometric reader selected by CATSA

CATSA selects Labcal readers to read new RAIC cards

US reports progress in security and convenience

A year after US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and Secretary of Homeland Security Michael Chertoff announced the ‘Rice-Chertoff Joint Vision: Secure borders, open doors in the information age’ initiative, the two departments say they have made significant progress.

Nigerian democracy goes biometric

The Nigerian general election scheduled for April is on track to use biometric technology for voter verification following the award of a contract to BIO-key International and Labcal Technologies.

Final rules for TWIC announced

The US Department of Homeland Security has issued the final rule for the Transportation Worker Identification Credential (TWIC) programme.

Motorola scoops Lithuania deal

Lithuania’s Ministry of Interior has selected Motorola to deliver a nationwide communications network based on Terrestrial Trunked Radio (TETRA) to serve its border guard, customs, emergency and state secret service.

Americans support biometrics in Government IDs

Eighty-two percent of Americans support the use of biometric identification on passports

Cognitec wins Estonian contract

Cognitec announces deal with IBM Estonia to provide facial recognition technology for government

Driving in Sri Lanka gets smarter

Sri Lanka’s Department of Motor Traffic (DMT) is to introduce a new driving licence system using smart card and biometric technologies later this year.