Smart Chip Limited, the Indian subsidiary of Morpho, has received the Software Engineering Institute’s certification for the Maturity 3 level of the Capability Maturity Model Integration for Development (CMMI-DEV). As Security Document World reports, the CMMI method evaluates and measures the maturity of an organization’s development process and rates best practices for organizational functions like […]

Washington D.C. high school and middle school students now need a DC One Card to ride the city’s transit system. The card is a single ID card that gives students access to most D.C. government programs and facilities, including recreation centers, libraries, and the Metro. The new rule went into effect Jan. 1 and students […]

The Emirates Identity Authority (EIDA) announced that the registration of Emirati newborns is now mandatory for electronic passports (e-passport) and ID cards, according to ArabianBusiness.com. In order to register, parents must present their own ID cards in addition to the newborn’s original summary of civil status and original birth certificate to an EIDA-affiliated registration center. […]

AVISIAN Publishing is pleased to announce the release of the interactive version of the winter 2011 issue of Regarding ID. The interactive feature enables a miniature mode that you can thumb through as well as a full screen mode that allows you to read the magazine as if it were on the desk in front […]

As more and more schools make the transition to smart cards, it’s easy to forget that some universities are quite happy with their mag-stripe cards. An article at Assa Abloy’s Future Lab Web site points out that some colleges have withstood moving to smart cards, either because it’s too expensive or students and faculty haven’t […]

Identification Systems Group (ISG) announced that its partners Datacard Group and Salamander Technologies have finished the integration of Salamander’s resourceMGR credentialing software with Datacard’s CD800 desktop card printer. The solution enables one-pass smart card encoding and print personalization. Salamander’s resourceMGR product is part of its interTRAX line of smart cards designed for first responders and […]

The December 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 […]

While more Wisconsin colleges are issuing voter identification cards to students, the ACLU is suing the state over its recently-passed voter ID law that, the organization claims, makes it more difficult for some students and others to vote in the state’s elections. The University of Wisconsin Colleges are joining other Wisconsin campuses in issuing voter […]

Datacard Group announced a new partnership with DED Limited, a UK-based distributor of point-of-sale equipment, plastic card printers and specialty printers. The partnership will help expand the reach of the Datacard standard desktop ID solutions throughout the Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA) region. Specifically, the partnership will extend distribution of the Datacard SD260 and […]

By Salvatore D’Agostino, CSCIP, IDmachines LLC The Smart Cards in Government conference in November brought together a very good group of users, solution providers and trade associations’ members to engage on the state of the practice on trusted identities and the use of secure elements. IDmachines contributed to a pre-conference workshop on PIV-I physical access […]