Estonia’s government has inked a five-year contract for digital identity application Mobile-ID with company SK ID, completing a search that…
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News, interviews and reports relating to government contracts for biometric systems used in eGovernment, border control, national security and national ID.
Governments expand digital ID efforts and goals for online public service access
Governments around the world continue with efforts to establish or upgrade digital ID ecosystems in order to enhance the way…
Ugandans cry foul over biometric passport issuance delays
There is an increasing backlog of applications for biometric passports in Uganda and applicants are expressing frustration over the inability…
Italian national digital ID scheme reaches 30 million users milestone
Applications confirmed as part of the national digital ID scheme in Italy have reached the milestone of the creation of…
Buenos Aires planning ambitious decentralized digital identity system with biometrics
The Argentinian capital Buenos Aires is planning to establish a decentralized digital identity platform including biometrics for public and private…
Chastened IRS plays down biometrics for taxpayers, starts service for tax preparers
If anyone thought the U.S. Internal Revenue Service’s biometrics headache would abate after it backtracked on a remote authentication function,…
Conference proposes biometrics-based documentation for Central African Republic refugees
Six countries hosting forcibly displaced persons from the Central African Republic (CAR) have agreed to takes steps aimed at issuing…
Biometrics funding and contracts bringing opportunity also mean more scrutiny
The public announcement of a French digital ID app supplied by Idemia and partners which avoids biometrics, and a tender…
Sri Lanka ready to launch biometrics registration for digital identity scheme
The capture of biometrics for the issuance of digital ID cards in Sri Lanka is likely to begin soon, according…
France announces user-controlled mobile digital identity app for use with national ID
France announces a new system for proving digital identity via a smartphone, while formally discontinuing the ill-fated Alicem app of 2019….
