04 Sep, 2008Poland wants smart card IDs for students
The eventual goal is interoperability, but issuing the card and adding functionality is first By Andy Williams, Contributing Editor In the past 18 months, two companies have issued more than one million dual-interface smart card IDs to students of 450 universities, colleges and high schools. Interoperability of the applications between the different institutions hasn’t happened […]
04 Sep, 2008Off Campus Solutions’ Patti Passow talks merchant programs and UNLV success
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03 Sep, 2008HSPD-12 Roundup: GSA making progress, DOD audit critical
As the next October deadline for HSPD-12 nears, federal agencies are making progress in issuing credentials. The deadline requires all government employees to have background checks completed and credentials issued by Oct. 27. As of Aug. 4 the General Services Administration’s Managed Service Office says more than 224,000 employees have been sponsored, 119,146 have been […]
02 Sep, 2008ACT Canada leader Catherine Johnston details upcoming payment and eGov opportunities
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29 Aug, 2008Episode 20: Efforts underway to standardize campus identity cards across Europe
Eugene McKenna, Waterford Institute of Technology, spoke with re:ID podcast host Chris Corum about the efforts underway to develop standards for campus card programs across Europe. The European Union is currently considering a proposal to provide funding for the project, which is being called the European Education Connectivity Solution. Other topics include the differences and […]
29 Aug, 2008Datacard’s Gerald Hubbard discusses card personalization solutions for government ID programs
28 Aug, 2008Contactless getting a long look on campus
But will its use expand beyond access control and into other card applications? By Andy Williams, Contributing Editor It wasn’t too long ago that contactless technology was considered the Cadillac of card technologies, but decreasing prices and increasing security concerns have placed contactless squarely in the sights of many college campuses. HID Global’s Mark Doi […]
25 Aug, 2008FIPS 201 for the enterprise
Organizations are looking at the spec, but not a lot of deployments yet By Zack Martin, Editor Many people agree that FIPS 201 is a good technical specification, but its acceptance outside the U.S. government remains slow. That might not be for long though. Other governments and private organizations are looking at the standard, which […]
21 Aug, 2008‘Pill’ monitors temperature in real time
RFID tag is swallowed to enable tracking of health and position Two-years ago at the Four Days Marches of Nijmegen in the Netherlands, an event where 40,000 participants walk 20 to 30 miles a day, two marchers died because of the warm weather during the event. Sadly, it’s become increasingly common for individuals participating in […]
21 Aug, 2008Rewritable printers enable hundreds of the same card
But is it a cost efficient, greener alternative or a fad with serious security risks? by Andy Williams, Contributing Editor For some members of the card printing market, it’s hard to justify costs involved in printing rewritable cards, while for others, like HID Global, it’s an untapped, perhaps under-served market. Rewritable cards are plastic ID […]
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