Agencies migrating to PIV cards have a new option to continue support of their existing prox or others IDs during the transition using the Multi-Tech readers from XceedID. The company’s Mullion, Mid-Range and Keypad readers are now FIPS201 compliant and listed on the GSA’s Approved Products List for agency acquisition. 

Biometric technology and services provider Sequiam has received a $2 million (USD) contract from the Bank of Uganda to supply fingerprint and smart card readers, smart cards, cameras and software to positively identify the bank’s customers and authenticate their transactions. 

Planning for change and growth via the chip management system

by Cath Rawcliffe, head of eID at ACI Worldwide

When the United Kingdom first announced plans for a national, mandatory ID card scheme, little could they have suspected they were opening a political Pandora’s box. A debate has raged both in the British Parliament and press on the relative rights and wrongs of compulsory ID cards.

Now that the dust is beginning to settle, it is apparent that e-ID is fast becoming a reality in the UK. It is now time to concentrate on delivering a robust and cost-effective solution that will ensure that the taxpayer’s money will be put to best use. For a successful rollout of such a large scheme, it is vital for UK’s Government to start considering the challenges and pitfalls involved in living with the ID card. 

Products from Aware Biometrics have been added to the GSA approved list in five categories: Fingerprint Capture Station, Facial Image Capture Middleware, Facial Image Capture Station (Physical), Template Generator, and Template Matcher. Solutions for both live scan and card scan fingerprint capture are included. 

Estonia, a small northern European country bordered by Latvia to the south and Russia to the east, will be supplying its citizens with Gemalto-produced electronic passports next year. The turnkey solution includes passport personalization and manufacturing and binding of the passport booklets. 

Executive Editor Chris Corum will serve as publisher for AVISIAN and its suite of ID technology publications following the departure of publisher and business manager Jeff Staples. The company announced that Mr. Staples would be leaving to pursue other career opportuntities. 

ID printer provider Zebra Technologies has selected SkyeTeck’s embedded RFID reader module for use in one of its latest printer/encoders. In addition to printing/encoding, the module is also being used in contactless payments, handheld reading/encoding and item-level inventory.