Digital Identification Solutions was named one of 14 companies to win the Government Computer News Best of FOSE Awards for 2009. Digital Identification Solutions was given the award because of its LCP 9000 Laser Color ID Card Personalization System. This desktop card printer is designed for secure corporate and government applications as it uses retransfer […]

Congressmen representing border states are asking the U.S. Department of Homeland Security to postpone ID rules scheduled to take affect this summer, according to a report in the Buffalo News. Lawmakers suggested the government postpone the Western Hemisphere Travel Initiative until after the Vancouver Winter Olympics, scheduled for Feb. 12-28, 2010. The initiative will require […]

The Smart Card Alliance will present a panel discussion on why enterprises planning converged physical and IT access control can benefit by following the federal government’s model at ISC West, April 1 though April 3 at the Sands Expo and Convention Center in Las Vegas. Alliance members will also demonstrate various technologies in the exhibit […]

Canada’s Province of Quebec has unveiled its Enhanced Driver’s License. The license, which includes both a bar code and an embedded RFID chip, is approved for use as a passport alternative in crossing the U.S. land border. The enhanced license will cost Quebecers $40 (Canadian) more than a standard license. Provincial officials believe it will […]

Biometric Services International announced the availability of its latest update of published and emerging biometric standards. Seven new and/or updated standards were published since the last update in August 2008, bringing the total number of published standards to 80. The report details these, along with another 80+ emerging standards under consideration. The exchange of fingerprint, […]

The March meeting of the influential Government Smart Card Interagency Advisory Board (IAB) was recently held in Washington D.C. FIPS201.com was on hand to cover the event and has provided, as a service to the IAB and the smart card community, an audio recording of the presentations. Click on the link below to access a […]

A Government Accountability Office investigator was able to use false identities to fool U.S. State Department and Post Office workers and have a passport issued under a different name, according to a report from the Associated Press. In all the investigator made four attempts to receive passport under fake names. With one, the investigator used […]