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 […]

The Federal Trade Commission signed of on the sale of Digimarc’s driver license unit to L-1 Identity Solutions. This erases concerns that antitrust issues would hold up the deal, says Jeremy Grant, senior vice president and identity solutions analyst at the Stanford Group Company. The ruling could have slipped till July, which would have delayed […]

Originally the smart card driver license program in Australia was supposed to cost around $47 million (Australian dollars), according to an article in the Australia Courier Mail. But now estimates for the new ID cards, which won’t be available for another 18 months is at $84 million. So far $24.5 million have been spent on […]

Watermarks have been around for more than a century, but the digital versions are just starting to help authenticate and identify content and secure IDs Ryan Kline, Contributing Editor Six-months ago there was a battle between high definition content providers of DVDs. At the end of the battle, it was determined that HD DVDs would […]

Digimarc Corp. has been awarded a new contract by the Georgia Department of Driver Services for the state’s driver license issuance system. Digimarc, Beaverton, Ore., will partner with the agency to design, develop and implement a new digital driver license program, and will provide ongoing service for the new system to DDS after implementation. The […]

A bill awaiting approval by Missouri’s governor would make the state the fourth in the U.S. to ban employers from making their employees get RFID implants. If signed into law, this mostly theoretical invasion of privacy would become a misdemeanor offense, imposing a fine of up to $1000. Missouri would join California, North Dakota and […]

New York is going to start issuing Enhanced Driver’s Licenses (EDL) with the approval of the Department of Homeland Security. The new license is being developed by the State Department of Motor Vehicles and is anticipated to be available by the end of the summer. Participation in the EDL project will be voluntary and open […]

L-1 Identity Solutions has selected the Datacard SP75 Plus card printer for use in the Illinois driver license program. L-1 chose the SP75 Plus printer because of its “reliability, ease-of-use, throughput and speed, form factor and security features.” The Datacard SP75 Plus card printer is a dye-sublimation printer that provides in-line, dual sided printing and […]

Campus card banking partners step up to educate student cardholders Get a bunch of students, mostly freshmen, away from home for the first time. Stick them all in a dorm, many of them are armed checks, a credit card, a student ID, their driver license and Social Security card. It’s a recipe for ID theft. […]

Bahrain’s Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) Smart Card initiative, which will enable citizens to easily travel across member states, has been completed. Minister for Cabinet Affairs Shaikh Ahmad bin Atiyatullah Al Khalifa said in the coming phases, the GCC smart card would also serve as a driver license and bear the holder’s medical history. Future plans […]