De La Rue Identity Systems announced that it has been selected as preferred bidder to design and produce the UK Passport for the Identity and Passport Service (IPS), part of the Home Office. The 10-year contract to deliver the UK biometric passport was awarded following a international tender process conducted by IPS and is subject […]

By Salvatore D’Agostino, IDmachines Interoperability among health care providers, payers and patients provides a great use case for high assurance interoperable credentials. Health care is a perfect use case for an identity credential and is a great opportunity to use the new PIV-I specification. Any investment in health care IT has to realize this. Health […]

A policy in Indiana, Arkansas, Nevada and Virginia has been adopted that requires its citizens not smile in their driver license photo, according to a My Fox Atlanta article. The reasoning behind the new policies is that these four states have also adopted facial recognition software that utilizes the pictures taken for driver licenses, but […]

The Illinois Terrorism Task Force joined local, public, private, state and federal agencies and organizations in this multi-jurisdictional electronic validation demonstration leveraging FIPS 201-compliant and FIPS 201-interoperable credentials. The task force’s credentials used public key infrastructure from Entrust, Inc. The organization’s First Responder Authentication Credential (FRAC) application successfully participated in the nationwide FEMA, Office of […]

Databac Group, specialist provider of identification solutions, has introduced a range of products designed to help stop identity theft. The FIPS 201-approved product family from Identity Stronghold is designed to block unauthorized RFID reading of contactless cards, passports and driver licenses. Secure Sleeve and Secure Badgeholder products create an RFID shield by blocking the electromagnetic […]

L-1 Identity Solutions Inc. was awarded a contract by the Michigan Department of State to centrally produce secure digital driver’s licenses and ID cards. All cards manufactured by the L-1 system will meet federal credentialing security standards. L-1 will also produce Enhanced Driver Licenses issued under the new contract will satisfy federal border crossing requirements […]

CPI Card Group received two Élan awards and five finalist positions at the 2009 ICMA Annual EXPO. The awards recognize the latest advancements and achievements in card design throughout the industry. Entries were judged on the card’s features and were not identified by company. Delegates attending the Expo selected the People’s Choice Award winners. CPI’s […]

Unisys Corporation, developer of various biometric technologies and solutions, has announced that it has been chosen by Australia’s Queensland Transport to provide facial recognition services for their new digital driver licenses. The five-year contract between the two entities stipulates that Unisys will provide facial recognition software, image capture devices, case management software and various service […]

GenMobi Technologies has unveiled Check-Mates, an anti-fraud technology tailored for Internet consumers who use Web sites such as eBay and Craigslist to buy and sell goods from strangers. Check-Mates verifies the real identity of both users while allowing them to remain anonymous. Should any fraud occur, Check-Mates logs can be released to law enforcement authorities. […]

The Royal Canadian Mounted Police will soon be equipped with E-Seek 2D bar code and mag stripe readers that will enable Mounties to swipe the license to obtain the driver’s information rather then enter it manually. The 4,600 dual card readers are being supplied by Softchoice Corp., a Toronto-based technology solutions provider, and its subcontractor, […]