Biometric Intelligence & Identification Technologies, a biometric technology provider, has filed for a patent on a mobile, wireless handheld iris scanner. The new device, called MORIS for Mobile Offender Recognition and Information System, is immediately intended for use by law enforcement agencies as a means of quickly identifying someone in custody. MORIS is software that […]

UK’s Identity and Passport Service’s biometric ID card project may have some possible issues due to fingerprint errors, according to a Silicon.com article. The Biometrics Assurance Group, and independent UK-based biometrics group, has warned that the project, which is to be rolled out over the next four years in the UK, is facing possible serious […]

Destron Fearing, a unit of Digital Angel, an advanced technology company in the field of animal identification and emergency identification solutions, has been awarded $885,000 in contracts with the Portland, OR-based Bonneville Power Administration (BPA), a federal agency under the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), the National Marine Fisheries Service and the U.S. Army Corps […]

Identification Technology Partners (IDTP) has received a Small Business Achievement Award for Outstanding Performance at the Department of Homeland Security’s 4th Annual Small Business Awards Ceremony. IDTP was nominated for the award by the Transportation Security Administration for outstanding performance in support of TSA’s secure credentialing programs. IDTP is providing ongoing technical support to TSA […]

The UK Home Office has selected Sagem Sécurité, part of the SARAN Group, to supply the biometric management system for UK visa applicants and the biometric management subsystem for the Biometric Residents Permit project. These systems will be able to track the immigration status for Third Country Nationals, through the production of biometric ID cards. […]

The Washington Metropolitan Tranist Authority is making it easier for senior citizens 65 and older to get their discount when riding Metrobus and Metrorail with the new senior SmarTrip cards that will be available July 1. The new senior SmarTrip card is bright yellow, which makes it easy to identify as a reduced fare SmarTrip […]

GE Security Inc. announced the expansion of its Transition card reader series with three new Personal Identity Verification readers: the T-500-PIV, T-520-PIV and T-525-PIV. The readers are designed to help customers meet the PIV requirements mandated by HSPD-12 and enable customers to transition from their current access credential to the new PIV credential. The new […]