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6/10/06

UK completes its biometric passport conversion


UK’s Identity and Passport Service (IPS) completes the introduction of its biometric passport

5/10/06

3M to supply visa issuance system to CARICOM


3M has won a contract to supply CARICOM with a visa issuance system in preparation for next year’s ICC Cricket World Cup

4/10/06

Northrop Grumman wins $357 million green card deal


Northrop Grumman awarded a $357 million contract by the US Citizenship and Immigration Services

4/10/06

EC spends 210 million euros on IT network


EC signs a 210 million euro contract for a data communications infrastructure serving SIS II, EURODAC and VIS, among others

3/10/06

Finland opts for Cybertrust


The Population Register Centre of Finland has selected Cybertrust’s UniCERT PKI solution as part of its movement towards advanced biometric ePassports.

2/10/06

Danish ePassport uses Gemalto technology


Danish National Police issues electronic passports at a rate of 700,000-800,000 per year

29/09/06

Rochford Thompson seeks to thwart corporate spies


Rochford Thompson attempts to sell its document scanners to help secure corporate facilities

29/09/06

Country Profile - Macedonia


An overview of the security documents produced in Macedonia

28/09/06

First US deployment of ePassport readers completed


The US Department of Homeland Security has completed the deployment of ePassport readers at San Francisco International Airport.

27/09/06

Border crossing card on hold for 17 months


PASS Card gets delayed by 17 months

26/09/06

New ICAO MTRD report published


Second edition of ICAO machine readable travel document report has now been published

25/09/06

New boss revealed for UK's IPS


Hall appointed as chief executive of the Identity and Passport Service

25/09/06

Singapore uses NXP for ePassports


NXP Semiconductors has confirmed it is supplying the contactless smart card chip technology for Singapore’s new ePassports.

21/09/06

Oman moves to second phase of national ID program


The Sultanate of Oman moves to the second phase of its national ID card program

21/09/06

Cross Match showcases Guardian product range


Cross Match Technologies has revealed the Guardian R, the Guardian multi-modal Jumpkit, and Guardian FAST.

21/09/06

Call for papers for Pakistan conference


The International Symposium on Biometrics & Security Technologies (ISBAT) 2007 has issued a call for papers for this year’s event, being held at Bahria University, Pakistan on 12-13 December.

20/09/06

UK tender announced for ePassport check facility


New tender for self-service biometric passport readers issued by the Home Office’s Identity and Passport Service

20/09/06

'Invisible' security for Mongolian passports


Giesecke & Devrient is supplying Mongolia with INFACIO – a security feature that protects against passport fraud.

19/09/06

'Challenging' market environment for Gemalto


Gemalto has announced its results for the half-year ending 30 June, 2006. The results show positive developments in the company’s ID & Security segment, but highlight the challenges in other markets.

18/09/06

GSA's approved product list for HSPD-12 swells


The approved products list being produced by the GSA’s FIPS 201 Evaluation Program grows rapidly


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