Idemia wins contract to supply multi-biometric system to IRS
The U.S. Internal Revenue Service (IRS) announced that it intends to award a sole source contract to Idemia Identity &…
Government Services
News, interviews and reports relating to government contracts for biometric systems used in eGovernment, border control, national security and national ID.
South African airport biometrics contract with Idemia challenged by former partner
An airport biometrics contract won by Idemia in South Africa is being challenged in court, with a former partner demanding…
Brunei unveils plan to evolve digital Identity by 2025
The Ministry of Transport and Infocommunications (MTIC) of Brunei Darussalam has unveiled a strategic plan aimed at transforming the nation’s…
USAID launches ‘digital policy’ to guide it through next decade
This past week, U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) Administrator Samantha Power announced the agency’s new $14.6 million digital policy…
Madagascar’s $143M Prodigy initiative to advance digital identity infrastructure
The Prodigy initiative, a digital transformation project in Madagascar, is progressing towards the development of a national digital identity infrastructure….
Hungary announces digital ID app rollout from September
The Secretary of State in the Office of Hungary’s Prime Minister and National Assembly member, Csaba Dömötör, has disclosed that…
Romania introducing biometric data collection for citizenship
Romania is introducing biometric data collection for applicants seeking to become citizens and will begin to replace paper citizenship certificates…
Login.gov deployment at US tax agency still on rocky ground
For more than a year between December 2022 and March 2023, the Personally Identifiable Information (PII) of more than 57,000…
Thales wins Sri Lanka’s biometric passport contract, Dominican taking bids
Thales and local partner Just in Time Technologies (JITT) have been awarded the contract to supply Sri Lanka’s biometric passports,…
RNS.ID provides decentralized ID protocol for Palau on Solana
U.S. citizens looking for a brief sojourn away from the churn of American politics should consider Palau, where RNS.ID offers…
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