The Personal Identificatin Verification Interoperability specification has been released. The standard is designed to provide support for organizations outside of the federal executive branch that want to deploy a PIV credential. The spec can be used by states, first responders and others to be interoperable with the federal PIV standard. Many states have been waiting […]

Is there an identity crisis in the United States? Panelists on an identity roundtable at CTST conference in New Orleans seem to think there is an the solution is issuing high-level assurance credentials to individuals for identification online. Peter Alterman, deputy associate administrator for technology strategy at the office of government wide policy at the […]

The Smart Card Alliance and Secure ID Coalition have scheduled a briefing for May 19 to discuss security and privacy in health care. The discussion will cover health care information privacy, identity management, access and authentication. The U.S. government is poised to spend $19 billion on health care IT as part of The American Recovery […]

L-1 Identity Solutions Inc. was awarded a contract by the Michigan Department of State to centrally produce secure digital driver’s licenses and ID cards. All cards manufactured by the L-1 system will meet federal credentialing security standards. L-1 will also produce Enhanced Driver Licenses issued under the new contract will satisfy federal border crossing requirements […]

CPI Card Group received two Élan awards and five finalist positions at the 2009 ICMA Annual EXPO. The awards recognize the latest advancements and achievements in card design throughout the industry. Entries were judged on the card’s features and were not identified by company. Delegates attending the Expo selected the People’s Choice Award winners. CPI’s […]

As government agencies and corporations embrace Macs, software lets CAC, FIPS 201 and .NET cards secure login via Active Directory Making Mac computers work in a Windows world has never been easy. But as more private-sector companies and U.S. government agencies add Macs into their environment, there’s a growing need for tools that enable them […]

Former Home Office Sec. David Blunkett says the UK should scrap the plans for a mandatory ID card and instead use electronic passports, according to a BBC news report. Blunkett, who first came up with the idea for the cards, says mandatory e-passports could do the same job as the ID cards. The UK ID […]

A recent U.S. News and World Report story takes a look at developments in the technology trend-setting world of Minnesota dairy farmers. Several farmers in the state have deployed robotic milking systems, automated systems which relieve the need for twice-daily manual milkings, as well as offering automated tracking of production and possible illnesses. The system […]

Monaco announced the implementation of an electronic national Identity card that is compliant with the European standards ICAO-EAC and IAS-ECC. Oberthur Technologies developed the system for Monaco, with enrolment and personalization, as well as an issuance system of the electronic document to the citizen. Since March 30 each Monegasque citizen has been able to apply […]