One of the biggest challenges facing consumers, retailers and the U.S. government is how individuals secure an identity online. For Joe Public there aren’t too many options, but Equifax Inc. is trying to change that. The Atlanta-based credit bureau has introduced Information Cards, or I-Cards, to help consumers prove their identity online, says Steve Ely, […]

L-1 Identity Solutions Inc. was awarded a contract by the South Dakota Department of Public Safety for a complete driver’s license issuance system. The seven-year contract is valued at $8.8 million. The new South Dakota system provides a process that minimizes the chance for fraud to occur at any point in the issuance process. The […]

Zebra Technologies, a Lincolnshire, Ill. provider of specialty printing and automatic identification solutions, has rolled out its latest model, the Zebra ZXP Series 8, a retransfer printer that includes options for smart card encoding and networking. The printer is designed for such applications as high-security ID cards, driver licenses, gift cards and financial cards. The […]

By Kelli Emerick, executive director, Secure Document Coalition Change has come to Washington, to our nation and to ID management. An Obama administration is different than any other administration we’ve ever seen. Not just because Barak Obama is the first African-American to be elected President by the people of our country, but because he is […]

Split Rock Resort and Golf Club has announced the selection of Batronics America Inc. (BAI) to supply an RFID-enabled cashless payment solution for the resort’s 6-month-old H2Oooohh Family Indoor Waterpark. BAI will deploy its Proximities RFID solution at the onomatopoetically-named water park. The solution is based on secure RFID wristbands, and includes such features as […]

Congressmen representing border states are asking the U.S. Department of Homeland Security to postpone ID rules scheduled to take affect this summer, according to a report in the Buffalo News. Lawmakers suggested the government postpone the Western Hemisphere Travel Initiative until after the Vancouver Winter Olympics, scheduled for Feb. 12-28, 2010. The initiative will require […]

By Andy Williams, Contributing Editor While some students may complain when they have to fork over money for a replacement student ID card that was originally free, most have little choice if they want to keep availing themselves of the university’s services. Still, CR80News wondered what was the going rate for lost or stolen cards. […]

Canada’s Province of Quebec has unveiled its Enhanced Driver’s License. The license, which includes both a bar code and an embedded RFID chip, is approved for use as a passport alternative in crossing the U.S. land border. The enhanced license will cost Quebecers $40 (Canadian) more than a standard license. Provincial officials believe it will […]

A Government Accountability Office investigator was able to use false identities to fool U.S. State Department and Post Office workers and have a passport issued under a different name, according to a report from the Associated Press. In all the investigator made four attempts to receive passport under fake names. With one, the investigator used […]

Princeton, N.J.-based Heartland Payment Systems’ Campus Solutions division has added a series of product enhancements and services to its Campus OneCard product suite, including an emergency notification system, attendance verification and automatic account transfer. Heartland’s Campus OneCard serves as a multi-functional campus ID and prepaid card that pays for books and laundry, vending, off-campus purchases […]