The California State Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV) had its recent proposal for a five-year contract for a facial recognition system valued at $63 million blocked by the Joint Legislative Budget Committee, according to a Mercury News article. Since the proposal was blocked, it must now face public scrutiny at a hearing. Governor Schwarzenegger was […]

An Oklahoma State Senate panel has passed a bill restricting the biometric data collected for the issuing of driver’s licenses so that no entity, including the federal government, will have access to it, according to a KFSM Fayetteville, Arizona article. One of the fears cited is that of the information on state residents becoming available […]

Codebench Inc. announced the addition of PIVCheck Passage to its suite of HSPD-12 compliance, automated physical access control system registration, and certificate management products. PIVCheck Passage is now available as an additional module to the following: PIVCheck – contact card validation (desktop and mobile) PIVCheck Plus – contact card validation and automated PACS registration (desktop […]

Tumbleweed Communications, a digital security and identity authentication company, has announced that its identity validation suite, called Validation Authority, is now compatible with BlackBerry smart phones. The new security available for BlackBerry devices enables a user to require digital certificate authentication for access to a number of applications including e-mail and secured Web sites. Multiple […]

Avocent Corp., a provider of IT operations management, announced it has expanded its support for Smart Card/Common Access Card (CAC) technology for both desktop and the data center environments. This technology helps U.S. federal agencies and contractors comply with HSPD 12, which mandates a common identification process for employees for security reasons. In the data […]

Dynamics Research Corporation (DRC), an IT and engineering consulting firm, has announced that they have been awarded a contract valued at $3.3 million from the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS), a division of the Department of Homeland Security. The contract stipulates a one-year agreement in which DRC will provide USCIS with quality assurance […]

HID Global has launched its new corporate Web site that introduces its portfolio of products and solutions into a single area. The site presents a detailed picture of the company’s offerings, and how they apply to its customers’ and partners’ businesses. Highlights of the new site include: An HID-sponsored blog that will enable company officials […]