Government ID, Smart Cards, Identification and Authentication

E-Seek and TokenWorks make reading data off driver licenses easy

Monday, December 1, 2008
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Just as the University of Georgia police were ending an investigation into a sophisticated fake ID ring, another student dealing in fake driver licenses came to light. The original ring, apparently run by students at the University of Georgia and Gainesville State College, had distributed more than 1,000 fake IDs to students at the two schools.

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Oberthur Technologies announced that the Bangladesh Road Transport Authority (BRTA) selected it to deliver secure and anti-counterfeiting electronic driving licenses to Bangladeshis. Oberthur emerged as the winning bidder with Evolis and TigerIT.

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Consumerist reports that Senator Bob Casey of Pennsylvania has written to Apple in hopes of getting the company to pull the “Driver’s License” app from its store.

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Datacard Group announced a contract award from the Société de l’assurance automobile du Québec (SAAQ) to upgrade to the Datacard MXD Card Delivery System and MXi Envelope Insertion System for enhanced card delivery and mailing for its driver licenses and identification cards.

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British Columbia is moving forward with plans to upgrade its CareCard program. According to The Vancouver Sun, the new card will provide access to a variety of regional services including electronic health records, driver license and school registration for children.

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Proclaiming its entrance into the RFID space, Honeywell introduced part of a new product portfolio designed to bring efficiency to the retail industry, the Optimus 5900 RFID mobile computer.

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