Australia Digital Transformation Agency to integrate biometrics with myGov this year
Australia’s Digital Transformation Agency (DTA) is about to begin replacing the existing myGov authentication system with the new myGovID, iTnews.com.au…
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India National Population Register to collect biometrics and seeks Aadhaar database access
India is planning to collect biometric and family data from residents for the next stage of its National Population Register…
More than half a million Rohingya refugees registered for biometric ID cards with UNHCR
UN refugee agency UNHCR has completed the biometric registration of more than 500,000 Rohingya refugees from Myanmar in collaboration with…
UK Post Office offers digital identity services on government marketplace
The UK Post Office has joined the Government Digital Framework’s GCloud11 marketplace to offer a suite of online and in-person…
U.S. Real ID driver’s license implementations face problems ahead of October 2020 launch
The implementation of the U.S. government’s Real ID system, which is supposed to grant holders of the secure driver’s licenses…
Digital ID in Africa this week: biometric verification for Somali military pay, SIM registration in Tanzania
African biometric and digital ID issues continue apace both on and off the continent. In Somalia a scheme to use…
Office Depot to offer biometric identity and background check services from Telos ID
Office Depot, Inc. has announced an alliance with Telos Identity Management Solutions (Telos ID) to offer identification and background check…
Mantra’s Aadhaar-enabled biometric devices deployed for food distribution
In an effort to curb fraud and better verify the identity of eligible food distribution recipients, the Uttar Pradesh government…
Yemen rebels agree to biometric WFP aid distribution system
The World Food Program (WFP) and Yemen’s Houthi rebels have reached an agreement to resume the delivery of food aid…
UK and Singapore government services to collaborate on digital government services
A Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) has been signed by the UK’s Government Digital Service (GDS) and Singapore’s GovTech Agency to…
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