Cross Match acquires Labcal Technologies

Cross Match acquires the biometric authentication business of Labcal Technologies

Lessons learned in BIODEV II pilots

Motorola has revealed some of the lessons it has learnt whilst creating biometric solutions for border control in Austria, Luxembourg, Portugal, Spain and the UK

Secure ID system for super bowl first responders

Datacard Group technology will be used to issue secure ID credentials at Super Bowl XLII

New era on the cards in Asia

Frost & Sullivan’s Smart Card and Auto ID Practice in Asia Pacific will host a briefing webinar on the outlook for smart cards in Asia Pacific in 2008 later this month.

Sweden completes global biometric enrolment scheme

Sweden installs 200 biometric enrolment stations at home and in all Swedish foreign administrative authorities

UK timetable for fingerprint passport under review

The integration of fingerprints into the next generation of ePassports could be delayed in the UK

Washington State issues RFID licenses

The Washington State Department of Licensing (DOL) has issued the first Enhanced Driver Licenses (EDL) in North America.

L-1 to supply passport printers to US DoS

US Department of State (DoS) order new passport printers from L-1

HJP and s-lab combine for test project

HJP Consulting and Software Quality Lab (s-lab) have confirmed they are working together to develop a reference architecture model for testing ePassport systems.

Angola adopts optical memory cards

Luanda-based DGM-Sistemas has been selected by the Angolan government to deliver a complete ID management system for the country’s new citizen ID programme.

St Kitts and Nevis aims for clean elections

St. Kitts and Nevis is to use new ID cards to create a clean voters list

First Slovak ePassports issued

Slovakia’s National Security Office (NBU) in Bratislava has issued the first ePassports to the country’s Interior Minister Robert Kalinak and NBU director Frantisek Blanarik.

SCM scoops GEMATIK certification

SCM Microsystems’ eHealth100 health card terminal has been certified for use as a multi-functional terminal (MKT+ terminal) by GEMATIK, the organisation overseeing the implementation of the eHealth card programme in Germany.

REAL ID brings new opportunities

The Smart Card Alliance has issued a response to last week’s final ruling by the US Department of Homeland Security on minimum security standards for state-issued driver’s licenses and identification cards.

UK visa biometric checks ahead of schedule

UK’s worldwide programme to check the fingerprints of all visa applicants is now complete

REAL ID regulations finalised

After several twists and turns, the final regulations for REAL ID have been unveiled today.

Nevada approves $29m driver license contract

Digimarc will centralise Nevada’s driver license production and add biometrics

Gemalto selected for Yemen ID card

Gemalto has been selected to deliver an electronic ID card solution to the Ministry of Interior of Yemen

Entrust Q4 revenue returns company to the black

Entrust has announced strong financial results for its fiscal quarter and fiscal year ended 31 December 2007

New federal ID Card System for Mexico

Digital Identification Solutions Group has won a new contract from the Mexican federal government