Ireland to digitize 100% of key digital public services by 2030
Ireland’s seventh place ranking in the OECD’s 2025 Digital Government Index (DGI) reflects a well-established reputation as a digital hub,…
Government Services
News, interviews and reports relating to government contracts for biometric systems used in eGovernment, border control, national security and national ID.
Japan opens My Number Card to private app integration by Toshiba in digital ID shift
Japan is expanding its national digital identity system, authorizing Toshiba Digital Engineering Corporation to install applications in the unused space…
St. Lucia launches authentication framework to ease access to digital public services
Eastern Caribbean nation St. Lucia has launched a centralized national identity management system which it calls the National Authentication Framework…
Next steps in Papua New Guinea’s DPI rollout include digital ID for KYC, AI adoption
Papua New Guinea’s accelerating march through digital government transformation now includes an AI adoption framework, a workshop on implementing the…
Mexico’s biometric CURP implementation under way as OECD DGI score dips
Mexico is ranked low on the OECD’s 2025 Digital Government Index (DGI), as the report shows its performance declined across…
Mixed results for Italy in OECD DGI as civil registration system goes digital
Digital transformation can have wide-scale effects on the citizenry, with the promise of faster and more streamlined services. As governments…
Cabo Verde, Central African Republic launch digital govt platforms to streamline service access
Two African nations, the Republic of Cabo Verde (known commonly as Cape Verde) and the Central African Republic (CAR), recently…
Patent lawsuit challenges DHS deployment of integrated biometric surveillance tools
Florida-based SecureNet Solutions Group, LLC, has filed a lawsuit against the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and its enforcement components…
Mastek win £49M deal to support UK Home Office Biometrics delivery
Digital engineering and cloud transformation firm Mastek has won a contract to engineer, integrate and develop the UK Home Office…
Biometrics, big data and the new counterintelligence battlefield
A recent report from the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) warns that the digital infrastructure at the core…
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