Thales, Idemia, Veridos reportedly jostle for mega biometric ID card contract in DR Congo
Some big names in the biometrics and digital ID space such as French giants Idemia and Thales and Germany’s Veridos…
Government Services
News, interviews and reports relating to government contracts for biometric systems used in eGovernment, border control, national security and national ID.
UK government to subsidize private digital ID schemes
Private digital identity providers are set to benefit as the Department for Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) picks up the…
Italian postal service launches project to ease issuance of digital ID, other services
The Italian national postal service (Poste Italiane) has launched a new digital ID initiative to transform post offices in small…
Australian gov’t points to what could be with myGov. Not everyone sees it
Australia’s myGov digital ID efforts continue to suffer the slings and arrows of skeptics while the government works on new…
India expecting gov stack, UPI payments to go global as 7 countries to sign up
Seven countries are expected to sign up with Indian authorities to begin using the India Stack suite of digital public…
Lack of talent and focus on users pose barriers to Canada’s digital ID ambitions
There is plenty of optimism about the future of digital identity in Canada, but that was not the focus during…
US border boost for biometrics suppliers as Customs, ICE contracts grow
Firms providing border building and border crossing services including biometrics look set to benefit from growing budgets from the U.S….
Kuwait picks contractor for biometric attendance system in public schools
From next academic year, all public schools in the Kingdom of Kuwait are expected to have a fingerprint biometric system…
Snapshot of EU’s hoped-for seamless border crossings: progress but more work on privacy
A report published last month by an EU agency for large-scale IT systems extols the progress that digitalization has made…
Philippines leader wants a digital national ID much sooner, with private sector help
It may not have been a formal edict, but the leader of The Philippines has demanded his government – and…
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