US government wants real-time digital ID verification for login.gov
The U.S. government wants to hear from vendors interested in creating a digital ID verification service that the government is…
Government Services
News, interviews and reports relating to government contracts for biometric systems used in eGovernment, border control, national security and national ID.
Kenya issues digital ID cards to minority community after decades of ordeal
Members of a ‘stateless’ community in Kenya known as the Shona have received digital ID cards from the Kenyan government,…
Greater threats identified for Afghanistan’s highly detailed biometric databases
Further threats have been unearthed for government biometric databases in Afghanistan, which could allow the identification of millions of people,…
Philippines digital ID registration biometric phase advances amid quarantines
Biometric enrollment for the Philippine Identification System (PhilSys) is proceeding at pace. Over 26 million people have completed Step 2…
Estonia plans digital wallet, Netherlands urged to upgrade digital ID infrastructure
From Estonia’s long-time running national identity scheme to the Netherlands’s foundational ID, Europe will soon be conducting much of its…
UK to veer away from GDPR in hope of global data-based opportunities
The UK plans to move away from the EU’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) which it adopted before Brexit, with…
Urgent call to erase biometric, digital ID databases in Afghanistan
Biometric and digital identity projects created to foster inclusion and security in Afghanistan may now lead to the very opposite,…
US federal agencies plan to increase facial recognition use, GAO report says
Three-quarters of U.S. federal agencies surveyed for a Government Accountability Office (GAO) report are already using facial recognition and more…
Dignari awarded $99M deal by DHS for biometrics and security capabilities
Woman-owned security firm Dignari has been selected by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to provide identity, credential, and…
A few governments write accountability policies to guide AI, biometrics
In an encouraging development, government officials are crafting accountability policies for the creation and use of algorithms, including those that…
Biometric Market Analysis and Buyer's Guides
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