Mission of new initiative is to help agencies, others put PIV credentials to use The presidential directive ordering a standard, interoperable identification credential for federal employees is coming up on its sixth birthday. The deadline to have these Personal Identification Verification (PIV) credentials issued is more than a year old. And while every federal employee […]

In an effort to develop a solution for managing universal identities and access to federal facilities and systems, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and Diebold Inc. have partnered to complete a study that will hopefully initiates the first steps of the project. The idea is to spread identity, credential and access management (ICAM) across […]

ActivIdentity Corp., a provider of in strong authentication and credential management, announced that it has launched a PIV-Interoperable initiative to enable non-federal organizations to issue employee identity cards that are technically interoperable with U.S. government PIV systems, and issued in a manner that allows government and relying parties to trust the cards. To address the […]

Health care is not only a hot political topic but also one of great interest in the identification industry. How patients and caregivers will be identified is a discussion taking place all over the country. Regarding ID Editor Zack Martin talks with Randy Vanderhoof executive director of the Smart Card Alliance, about the organization’s health […]

Telos Identity Management Solutions, LLC has delivered the MobileAssure Access Control system to credential and verify the identities of employees and contractors at FedExField, home of the Washington Redskins. Employees will use fingerprint scanner for verification. The system is also capable of integrating with HR management, scheduling and payroll systems. The MobileAssure Access Control system […]

Patient Care Technology Systems announced that South Jersey Healthcare Regional Medical Center has selected its Amelior Tracker system to automatically track and manage physician location and communication inside and outside the facility. The installation at the 262-bed facility in Vineland, N.J. will consist of department to facility-wide software solutions and services designed to coordinate care […]

The first Identity as a Service (IaaS) Solution for health care from idOnDemand will be featured at the 2010 Annual Health care Information and Management Systems Society Conference & Exhibition on March 1-4. The exhibition is a gathering of health care and IT management systems in the world and is set to be held at […]

The New Hampshire Legislature is considering a bill that, if passed into a law, would ban the use of biometric data on ID cards issued privately or by the government with exception granted to employee ID cards, according to a SC Magazine article. While the bill was formed out of fears surrounding the leak or […]

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Vienna’s Raiffeisen Zentralbank (RZB), one of the 100 largest banks in the world, has announced the deployment of LEGIC’s multifunctional employee badges, which combine functions such as time and attendance, access control, ID, parking and an electronic wallet. Money can be added onto the badges at special stations either by using cash or credit, which […]