Swiss endorse digital ID plan in narrow referendum approval
Swiss citizens yesterday September 28 voted in favour of a government move to introduce a digital ID in a referendum…
Government Services
News, interviews and reports relating to government contracts for biometric systems used in eGovernment, border control, national security and national ID.
Senate report warns of DOGE’s sweeping violations of privacy safeguards
When Senator Gary Peters, Ranking Member of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, released the report of the…
South Korea to establish personal information protection system after major breaches
In the wake of a series of high profile data breaches, South Korea’s data privacy watchdog, the Personal Information Protection…
Guyana president reiterates plan to fully implement digital govt program by 2026
President Irfaan Ali of Guyana has restated his desire to ensure that most, if not all, government services are fully…
US municipal ID efforts expand with library card upgrade
The humble library card is getting an upgrade in the Toledo, Ohio area, to provide identification for some of America’s…
Sri Lanka soft-launches e-procurement monitoring system with UNDP
The National Procurement Commission (NPC) of Sri Lanka, in partnership with the United Nations Development Program (UNDP), has kicked off…
OfDIA makes the (use) case for digital verification services
Having established the UK Digital Identity and Attributes Trust Framework (DIATF) and the digital verification services (DVS) that it certifies,…
Hasty government digitalization makes democracies more vulnerable, says researcher
Does the digital transformation of the state make a democracy more vulnerable to illiberal developments, autocratic forces, or concentrations of…
Army awards HID sole-source contract for fingerprint enrollment system maintenance
The U.S. Army Mission and Installation Contracting Command (MICC) at Fort Knox has approved a sole-source contract renewal for maintenance…
New Zealand plots course for centralized digital government modeled on NSW
New Zealand continues to digitize its government, with a reshuffling of how the public sector undertakes digital investment and procurement,…
Biometric Market Analysis and Buyer's Guides
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