The U.S. House of Representatives Appropriations Subcommittee has withheld funding for the US VISIT Exit program. The U.S. Department of Homeland Security, which runs the US VISIT program, wanted to have airlines collect the biometrics of foreigners exiting the country. But the airlines didn’t want to pay for it and the House is withholding DHS […]

Giesecke & Devrient (G&D), one of the world’s leading providers of smart-card solutions, is opening a new development center in Pune, India. The center’s approximately 80 employees are developing products based on smart card technology for applications in mobile communication, electronic payment and public administration. Over the next few years, the center intends to double […]

SCM Microsystems Inc. announced that its eHealth200 BCS terminal has been approved by the Gematik – the German health care organization overseeing the implementation of Germany’s eHealth card program. Starting in October, SCM’s eHealth terminals will be available in significant volumes for general practitioners, pharmacists, hospitals and other health care providers for the start of […]

Looking for an identity card application without all the bells and whistles? INSIDE Contactless may have just the thing. Anticipating the need for faster, lighter-weight versions of so-called ICAO-compliant identity chips, microprocessor producer INSIDE has announced what it calls “ICAO-Lite” applications. With faster read times and lighter memory options than standard ICAO solutions, such as […]

SecuGen announced that its SDA04 fingerprint scanner has been certified by the FBI as compliant with FIPS 201 requirements. FIPS 201 places requirements on the image quality of fingerprint devices as established by the FBI’s Image Quality Specifications. The SDA04 is an OEM module consisting of a fingerprint sensor and processing board that can store […]

Datastrip, a developer of biometric identity solutions, has announced that they are now offering their mobile biometric device, DSVII, with Motorola’s Terrestrial Trunked Radio Communication (TETRA) capabilities. TETRA is a digital radio standard developed by the European Telecommunications Institute and will enable users of Datastrip’s DSVII devices to access remote databases securely via its own […]

Cogent Systems, a developer of biometric solutions, has announced the release of a new biometric device designed to be a rugged, multi-modal solution for use in the field by military and law enforcement personnel. The Fusion, Cogent’s new device, was design with input from the U.S. Department of Defense’s Special operations community and has been […]