Aware, a provider of imaging and biometric software, has announced that they have been chosen by Lockheed Martin to provide software and development services to Lockheed’s high-performance fingerprint card scanning service that they are working on for the FBI’s Criminal Justice Information Services Division. The program, called the Card Scanning Service program, involves the conversion […]

Langston University, an historically black college in Oklahoma, has tightened access to the campus, funneling visitors through one of two welcome centers. Students must show their ID and parking pass to gain entrance. Visitors must show a government-issued ID, such as a driver license and then must park in an area designated for them. Visitors […]

Since New York’s Metropolitan Transportation Authority tapped Jay Walder as its chairman and chief executive officer, it has begun speeding up migration to a new smart card system. Walder helped launch London’s Oyster card a few years ago. The agency is pushing forward with the next phase of its program that will enable riders to […]

Debate on whether it increases or decreases security By Zack Martin, Editor, Avisian Publications Some believe that new proposed driver license legislation would help states better secure IDs while also protecting citizen privacy. Others say it “guts” an existing law and takes states back to pre-9/11 identity vetting for IDs. A hearing held in the […]

To tackle the issue of fraudulent identification cards and forms in its country, the Israeli government has proposed a law requiring capturing and storing biometric information on all its citizens, according to a New Tang Dynasty Television article. While acknowledging it would alleviate the issue surrounding the reported 350,000 fake IDs in use in the […]

DAILY has released a new hands-free RFID-enabled attendance tracking system for ID badge identification at meetings, conferences, schools and other venues that require attendance management. The RFID attendance system instantaneously captures attendees’ data without the need of human intervention using DAILY’s DL8220 gate reader and passive RFID tags. The walk-through RFID attendance tracking system is […]

The Smart Card Alliance named the new Physical Access Council, officers and steering committee. The council also announced a new workshop in October at the Smart Card Alliance 8th Annual Smart Cards in Government Conference in Washington DC. The workshop, “Smart Cards and Next Generation Physical Access Control Systems (PACS),” will be held pre-conference, on […]

The New York City Police Department has installed a biometric security system, called LEID Biometric Access Control System, locking down all weapons until an officer authenticates himself via a submitted fingerprint to receive it, according to an Officer.com article. Police installed the system not only as a measure pf securing the weapons, but creating an […]

BIO-key International, a developer of biometric systems, has announced the appointment of Thomas E. Bush III as strategic advisor and consultant to the company. Bush’s main employment experience helping him win the position includes serving as the assistant director of the FBI where he headed the Criminal Justice Information Services Division and played a vital […]

Symark International, a company that manages user access to Unix and Linux systems, announced the acquisition of BeyondTrust, a company that manages access on the Microsoft Windows platform. The combined company will operate under the name BeyondTrust, says Matt Collier, executive vice president at Symark. “We felt that the BeyondTrust name was more meaningful in […]