Sri Lanka prepares to tender contract for 5M biometric passports
Sri Lanka is planning to launch a tender for the issuance of 5 million chip-embedded biometric passports, The Sunday Times…
Government Services
News, interviews and reports relating to government contracts for biometric systems used in eGovernment, border control, national security and national ID.
Jordan targets 1M active national digital IDs by end of year
In Jordan, the Minister of Digital Economy and Entrepreneurship Ahmad Hanandeh has set the goal of activating 1 million digital…
Australia to introduce biometric passkeys for myGov login
If the Australian government was an NBA team, it might be the Memphis Grizzlies: looking ahead to a big 2024,…
French criminal biometrics database to get upgrade from Idemia and Sopra Steria
A joint bid by Sopra Steria and Idemia to redesign and install a fingerprint biometrics management system for law enforcement…
Final agreement on EU Digital Identity Wallets expands scope of regulations
The European Parliament and the Council of the EU have reached an agreement on a new framework for European digital…
After a pause, signs of life for New South Wales’ decentralized digital ID pilots
Trials of the NSW government’s digital ID program are expected to recommence within the year, the first to be conducted…
BIO-key secures $800k govt IAM follow-on deal
The defense ministry of an unnamed government has placed a new order worth $800k for BIO-key’s biometric identity and access…
Baltimore city ID card program from 2016 may finally move forward
Seven years after it was first greenlighted, a program to develop Baltimore city ID cards will face a City Council…
NZ’s ID verification program is inaccurate and skipped engagement with Māori — reports
New Zealand’s biometric Identity Check program is suffering from poor performance and a break in public trust, according to media…
US GSA requests info on ID proofing market to meet NIST standard
A market survey for ID proofing has been posted by the U.S. General Services Administration to set up future purchases….
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