President Bush is asking for $390.3 million to fund the US VISIT program for the 2009 fiscal year. Other biometric and identification programs, including Real ID and the Western Hemisphere Travel Initiative, were also highlighted in the U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s budget-in-brief. Tracking spending on biometric and security initiatives for the next fiscal year […]

ImageWare® Systems launches IWS™ Mediator™, a suite of multilingual translation, collaborative and integrated multimodal biometric capabilities for government, defense, border control, public safety and enterprise-wide organizations. ImageWare’s agnostic IWS Mediator platform enables real-time multilingual translation, including two-way, speech-to-speech, voice analysis, and multimodal biometric capabilities. Users can communicate with subjects in their own language while allowing […]

Several Zebra TLP 3844-Z compact thermal printers will play a critical role in the emergency identification and site access control systems being provided at the 2008 Super Bowl game, scheduled for February 3rd at the University of Phoenix Stadium in Glendale, Arizona. Glendale Fire Department has contracted with RockWest Technology Group to implement Salamander Technologies’ […]

Zebra Technologies’ Zebra TLP 3844-Z™ compact thermal printers will play a role in the emergency identification and site access control systems being provided at the 2008 Super Bowl game in Glendale, Arizona. Salamander Technologies’ rapidTAG solution will provide on-scene site passes of authorized personnel to control site access and ensure identification and accountability of emergency […]

Syscom Corporation Limited, a subsidiary of Sagem Orgam, announced significant investment over the next two years in India. The announcement came on the heels of the inauguration of Asia’s largest smart card manufacturing facility located in Noida SEZ, near New Delhi to support the growing demand for mobile handsets and network infrastructure especially in India […]

Digimarc Corporation announced the Washington State Department of Licensing (DOL) has issued the first Enhanced Driver Licenses (EDL) in North America, Identity verification includes authenticating applicant proof-of-identity documents as well as biometric comparisons of facial photographs to ensure that only one license is issued to one legitimate card holder. An Enhanced Driver License can serve […]

Listen to Executive Editor Chris Corum and Contributing Editor Ryan Kline talk about the REAL ID final rule that was issued on January 11, 2008. Download MP3. Please contact [email protected] with any comments or suggestions. Also check out our older podcasts: Episode 1 (1/9/08)&#8212A brief summary of news from the AVISIAN ID Technology related websites […]

Listen to Executive Editor Chris Corum and Contributing Editor Ryan Kline talk about the REAL ID final rule that was issued on January 11, 2008. Download MP3. Please contact [email protected] with any comments or suggestions. Also check out our older podcasts: Episode 1 (1/9/08)&#8212A brief summary of news from the AVISIAN ID Technology related websites […]

Chase Corporation’s new contactless shielding product, Paper Tyger® DEFENDER™, is quickly gaining widespread acceptance, according to the manufacturer. DEFENDER provides personal and mail-stream privacy protection by shielding smart cards and RFID-enabled credentials from unauthorized access. The DEFENDER shield is said to be facilitating the growth of contactless cards across the globe in many different industries. […]

“Smart Card Technology: The Right Choice for REAL ID,” a new brief issued by the Smart Card Alliance, explains the benefits that smart card technology can bring to states for improved security and cost-efficiency in the delivery of state-operated programs. A state-issued driver’s license enhanced with this smart card chip technology would enable strong authentication […]