Government ID, Smart Cards, Identification and Authentication

FedExField deploying biometric credentials

Tuesday, February 23, 2010

Telos Identity Management Solutions, LLC has delivered the MobileAssure Access Control system to credential and verify the identities of employees and contractors at FedExField, home of the Washington Redskins.

Employees will use fingerprint scanner for verification. The system is also capable of integrating with HR management, scheduling and payroll systems.


The MobileAssure Access Control system is capable of using simple matching or multi-modal biometrics, and its verification software can operate on mobile or even handheld verification devices.

The Telos system is scalable and capable of exchanging data with multiple human resources management, scheduling and payroll systems, helping staff scheduling, time and attendance reporting and reconciliation, and payroll processing. Telos ID’s MAAC solution has enrolled over 7,500 FedExField employees and contractors, creating a credential for each. [end] 

The General Services Administration (GSA) has implemented its first cloud-based physical access system at the Neal Smith Federal Building in Des Moines, Iowa.

The GSA contracted with BridgePoint Systems to utilize its TrustAlert Physical Access Control Systems. BridgePoint partnered with EmbarkIT to install the system, which replaced the GSA’s 10-year-old legacy system. The system leverages the GSA’s Kansas City, Missouri-based WAN and remote IT infrastructure, which allows the building to shrink its carbon footprint.

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ImageWare Systems announced that the Los Angeles World Airports (LAWA), an agency that oversees Los Angeles International (LAX) airport, LA/Ontario International airport and Van Nuys airport, has placed an order for a number of biometric identity management and credentialing solutions.

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The U.S. Government Printing Office designed and printed an FBI special events credential that was used at Super Bowl XLVI in Indianapolis by public safety personnel.

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In an effort to streamline passenger security, Jakarta, Indonesia’s Soekarno-Hatta Airport has opened the country’s first biometric immigration gate.

Fingerprint biometric identification provider BIO-key International, Inc. and Oakwell Engineering Limited partnered to create the new gate, designed for use by passengers with electronic passports. Passengers submit their e-passports and authenticate with a fingerprint.

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DigitalPersona released a new version of its Pro Enterprise authentication device. It now contains the ability to support a number of new authentication credentials, enabling organizations to mix and match the ways in which employees securely identify themselves to Microsoft Windows and other applications.

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Florida-based Codebench has released IDSync, a software development kit that enables automated provisioning and deprovisioning of users and credentials into a supported physical access control system.

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