UK government offering multimillion-pound contracts for digital voter ID services
The British government’s Electoral Integrity Programme has launched procurement exercises for developing digital services for identity verification and issuance of…
Government Services
News, interviews and reports relating to government contracts for biometric systems used in eGovernment, border control, national security and national ID.
U.S. Senate Bill seeks protection for biometrics, other AI data
Data collected through Artificial Intelligence (AI)-based systems including face biometrics technologies could soon get better protection in the United States…
Saudi Arabia plans imminent rollout of biometric passport, UAE hits 2M digital IDs
The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia is planning to introduce a biometric passport in the coming months with advanced security features…
New mobile driving license initiatives unveiled in Europe and the U.S.
Is the digitization of existing credentials leading to digital identity products? A panel discusses mobile driving licenses (mDL) in the…
Gov.uk digital identity app tender with $6.6M budget now open
The UK government is issuing a tender for a common digital identity check app for online access to services through…
Malaysia to roll out biometrics-backed digital ID
Malaysia’s Home Minister Datuk Seri Hamzah Zainudin has disclosed that the process to implement a digital identity system in the…
More bad news for Mexico’s proposed nationwide biometrics collection scheme
Mexico’s proposed mobile phone registry, which would collect biometric identifiers from all phone-account owners in the nation, this week was…
New Zealand digital ID trust framework nears passage into law
A draft piece of legislation that gives New Zealanders more control on how to manage and share their digital identity…
Potentially devastating digital ID hack in Argentina could have many ripples
Demonstrating just how hard it is going to be to engender trust in public or private biometric systems, a hacker…
Belgium developing digital wallet for online government services, UK could follow
Belgium has announced the launch of a digital wallet for people living in the country to access government services through…
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