Digital identity progress means small decrease in 2023 budget for Philippines agency
Progress made by the Philippines digital identity system PhilSys is the reason for a cut in the agency’s proposed budget…
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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.
Criticism of Liberia’s biometric voter registration contract rumored to irk Chinese embassy
The latest twist in an ongoing saga over the contract to support Liberia’s biometric voter registry is a complaint from…
Biometrics contracts for police and immigration in Trinidad and Tobago’s new security budget
Trinidad and Tobago confirmed national security agencies will receive $5.798 billion ($853M USD) for the 2022-2023 fiscal year, a slight…
Tascent’s multimodal biometrics contracted for Palau border, Australian prisons
The Bureau of Customs and Border Protection (BCBP) of the western Pacific Ocean Republic of Palau has reached a deal…
Liberia’s election commission seeks clarification on biometrics procurement rerun proposal
Biometrics providers bidding on the contract for Liberia’s voter registration may get a do-over, Front Page Africa reports, with the…
US accountability office has a few dozen recommendations to meet federal data privacy
The U.S. continues to face challenges to its meet its own data privacy standards, according to a new report from…
Ideal Innovations wins $63M DoD multimodal biometrics collection contract
Ideal Innovations has won a $63 million contract with the Project Management Office for Department of Defense Biometrics within the…
Liberian agencies spar over alleged irregularities of biometric voter card contract decision
The review of Ekemp’s contract to provide biometric voter registry cards for Liberians continues, with back-and-forth communications between the government’s…
GSA calls for assessment of demographic factors on biometric proofing checks
The U.S. General Services Administration (GSA) is planning a research study assessing the impact of demographic factors on biometric and…
Response time of Philippines’ digital ID portal for transport recovering
The Land Transportation Office in Manila, Philippines, announced its Land Transportation Management System portal has recovered following a couple of…
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