With every government agency in the U.S. issuing a standardized secure ID, will your campus card feel the pressure to follow their lead? By Chris Corum, Executive Editor Every federal government agency is currently issuing a standard ID card to their employees and contractors. Some of the brightest minds from security and IT in the […]

Dates: March 27 – 28, 2007 Venue: Gaylord Texan Resort Location: Dallas, Texas URL: http://www.shorecliffcommunications.com/RFID07/ Contact: CMP Technology, click here Description: RFID World 2007 returns to Dallas for the RFID/EPC industry’s largest industry exhibition, conference and demonstration. Attend to meet RFID systems suppliers, integrators, enabling solutions providers – and hear educational sessions on RFID in […]

Instant issuance solutions like CardWizard let campuses produce branded plastic By Chris Corum, Executive Editor If you have a bank-issued debit card in your wallet, chances are that it has a MasterCard or Visa logo on it. But if you have a campus card with a bank account attached, odds are it does not. More […]

GSA seeks new vendor for managed services By Chris Corum, Executive Editor The Government Services Administration (GSA) was instrumental in the federal agencies’ successful compliance with last year’s October 27 deadline for PIV card issuance. That is because the GSA’s HSPD-12 Managed Services Office (MSO) actually issued the cards for 39 contracted agencies. It is […]

By Ryan Kline, Contributing Editor The use of biometrics for identification and authentication is taking hold throughout the country and in our schools. Way back in 1972, far before many people were even thinking of using biometrics in conjunction with daily authentication, the University of Georgia began using biometrics in their dining halls. The campus […]

In 2004, a significant challenge faced the physical security industry. An important government directive was signed by President George W. Bush requiring all government agencies to comply with a strict identification standard. That mandate, HSPD-12, required the use of smart card technologies that were still under development. As significant as the challenge was for hardware […]

With the counterfeit drug trade hitting hard against Europe’s pharmaceutical industry, securing the supply chain is becoming an increasingly important and lucrative business. The European Union needs to determine a standard method of identification for drugs, simplifying trade between member countries, suggests a report by Frost & Sullivan. The same report predicts that European market […]

Dates: December 6-8, 2006 Venue: Crystal City Double Tree Location: Washington, DC URL: www.intertechusa.com/biometrics Contact: Peter H. Cheesman, [email protected] Description: Co-chaired by Terry Hartmann, Director, Secure Identification & Biometrics – Unisys; Grant Evans, CEO – A4 Vision; Scott Carr, Executive Vice President – Digimarc; and Benjamin Brink, Assistant Public Printer at the U.S. Government Printing […]

The Penn Cambria public school district near Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania is using biometric technology by Food Service Solutions to expedite distribution of lunches. Each of their 1,800 students had to take about one minute to set up their account by getting an initial scan which is then translated into a 27 intersection grid system that will […]

Credentialing the massive first responder community presents enormous challenges and opportunities. This was the theme of a recent Identity in Government breakfast meeting hosted by AVISIAN Publishing in Washington D.C. AVISIAN editor Chris Corum spoke with Department of Homeland Security’s Tony Cieri about the current effort to bring FIPS 201 technology to this important population. […]