GAO RFID Asset Tracking released a new 134 kHz RFID reader compliant with half duplex (HDX) protocol, most commonly used monitoring and tracking livestock. Designed for both indoor and outdoor applications, the low frequency model 222004 is encased in ABS plastic and endures temperatures from -30 to 85. It features a HD LCD backlit display, […]

The sheriff of Barnstable County, Mass., James Cummings, has announced that he has received a four-in-one biometric system to help track criminals and missing persons as well as connect the department’s data with a number of national databases. The new system was able to be purchased due to a $10,000 grant from the National Sheriff’s […]

HID Global announced that the company’s Crescendo smart cards and OMNIKEY brand readers have been successfully tested for compatibility with McAfee Endpoint Encryption. With this announcement HID is a member of the McAfee Security Innovation Alliance and McAfee users are able to leverage HID’s converged solutions for logical and physical access. With HID’s Crescendo smart […]

After a month of negotiations, Rwanda’s Immigration and Emigration Directorate has reached an agreement with the police on what information to include in the country’s forthcoming national smart cards, according to The New Times. Pascal Nyamurinda, coordinator of the National ID (NID) Project, announced that the two institutions have agreed to incorporate both the data […]

GFI Informatique has been selected to install several NFC projects throughout Nice, France, according to itrmanager.com. The installments include: an interactive NFC guide at the Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, a campus-wide NFC project at the University of Nice and a city-wide NFC payment system. Initially, GFI Informatique will equip ten works at the […]

The Pittsburgh Port Authority has selected Jones Worley Communications, an Atlanta-based marketing company, and Pittsburgh-based FSC Marketing Communications to help promote Pittsburgh’s new smart card-based transit system, according to the Atlanta Business Chronicle. The two companies will work together to introduce smart card technology to the public and teach riders how to use the system. […]

GlobalPlatform, the international specification body for smart card infrastructure, has announced its Board of Directors for fiscal year 2009-2010, following annual elections for five of the eleven Board seats. Individual members to serve as Board Officers for a one-year term have also been confirmed. Sébastien Tormos, director of marketing at Datacard Group, retains his position […]