L-1 Identity Solutions Inc. was awarded a $5.4 million contract to provide software, services and credential supplies for Paraguay’s new national identification card and passport system. The contract was awarded through L-1’s Biometrics Division and includes solutions from the L-1 Secure Credentialing Division. Paraguay is establishing a new system of personal identification, including adding fingerprints […]

Members of the European Parliament passed new rules that would require the introduction of biometric passports this summer, according to the EU Observer. The new rules state that all EU countries, as well as in Iceland, Norway and Switzerland, should start issuing passports containing biometric elements, such as facial images and fingerprints, as of June […]

M2SYS, a developer of biometric products, has been tapped by RPGSi Business Solutions, a provider of business technology for Latin America, for integrating their Bio-Plugin fingerprint software with their HealthGest health care software. Additionally, the integrated software will be shipped with M2SYS’ M2-S fingerprint readers. The HealthGest software is a module that supports health clinic […]

Inspection systems and extended access control are next hurdles By Zack Martin, Editor More than 100 million electronic passports have been issued in the two plus years since governments initiated production of the new travel credentials. The U.S. State Department alone has issued almost 15 million of the contactless documents. But while there are many […]

One of the world’s largest telecommunications companies has tapped IdentiPHI, a developer of biometric products, to supply them with biometric authentication for their call centers in Latin America. The product specified is IdentiPHI’s SAFsolution 5 Enterprise Edition. The system is designed to require authentication for a customer service representative to access different applications to better […]

UPEK, a biometric fingerprint technology developer, has announced that they will have support for Windows 7 Beta as well as drivers and their Protector Suite available for pre-release for the Windows Biometric Framework. Both the drivers and Protector Suite support embedded notebook fingerprint sensors and the Eikon Digital Privacy manager from UPEK.   

SecuGen, a developer of biometric technologies, has announced that they have worked in partnership with technology developer Sun Microsystems to integrate their Hamster Plus and Hamster IV fingerprint readers into Sun’s Solaris, Ray and Identity Management Solutions. With the new integration Sun is now able to offer products featuring biometric authentication to their commercial and […]

Structured Growth Capital, a corporate financing firm, has partnered up with identiMetrics, a biometrics developer that specializes in providing fingerprint scanners for schools, to provide school districts with funding for obtaining and installing identiMetrics fingerprint solutions. SGC is approaching the partnership offering school districts alternative financing that enables organizations to purchase expensive products and services […]

The police department of Collin College near Dallas, Tex., has installed mobile fingerprint readers in its vehicles to quickly enable officers to provide ID verification during traffic stops. The MobileCop from BIO-key International, Wall, N.J., provides a wireless query and messaging solution. “Campus law enforcement faces the same challenges that any police department does,” said […]

The Israeli government released a tender detailing its plans for a nationwide biometric enrolment solution, according to Security Document World. The solution is designed to support the country’s eID project and upcoming electronic passport project. The enrollment project involves the capture of two fingerprints, a facial image and signature capture, at sites throughout the country. […]