Report says North Korea supplying fingerprint, facial recognition technology around the world
Under cover of front companies, aliases, and freelancing websites, North Korean companies have been selling fingerprint scanning, facial recognition, and…
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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.
South Africa to launch ABIS, add face and iris to national identity system
South Africa has announced the launch of its new Automated Biometric Identification System (ABIS), which will eventually use facial and…
UK Home Office tenders contract for biometric services development
The UK’s Home Office Biometrics (HOB) program has issued a tender for a two-year contract to develop and support applications…
Australian Capital Territory says proposed facial recognition legislation exceeds agreement
The Australian Capital Territory (ACT) has joined Victoria in claiming that the facial recognition system proposed by the country’s federal…
Bid for high-speed rail line between Kuala Lumpur and Singapore includes facial recognition tech
A Japanese bid to provide a high-speed rail line between Kuala Lumpur and Singapore includes facial recognition technology to enable…
Australian budget commits hundreds of millions in funding for identity programs
The Australian 2018-2019 federal budget includes several major funding commitments totaling hundreds of millions of dollars for government biometric and…
Northrup Grumman progressing on new DHS biometric system
Northrup Grumman is nearing completion of the first increment of a contract to develop a new cloud-based biometric system for…
Digital driver’s licenses near public availability in Iowa
As Iowa moves forward with its plans to use digital driver’s licenses backed by biometrics in 2019, a representative of…
National ID system will bring Philippines significant savings
According to the Philippine National Statistician and Civil Registrar General, Lisa Bersales, the soon-to-be executed national identification system will result…
Malawi pushing ahead on biometrics-based voter registration plan
Malawi is shifting from paper-based identity documents for voter registration to a biometrics-based system to be put in place before…
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