Australia’s Human Services workers protest against planned voice biometrics monitoring
Australia’s federal Department of Human Services’ introduction of a biometric call monitoring and performance management system is creating considerable friction…
Government Services
News, interviews and reports relating to government contracts for biometric systems used in eGovernment, border control, national security and national ID.
Global government biometrics market to reach $10.2b in 2025: report
A new report by Strategic Defence Intelligence titled “The Global Government Biometric Systems Market 2015-2025” projects the global biometric systems…
Congress to fund Homeland Security’s biometrics program for border agents
Earlier this week, U.S. Congress passed a funding bill for the Department of Homeland Security that includes allocating more than…
Biometrics market revenues to reach US$13.8b in 2015: ABI Research
ABI Research has published a new report that forecasts overall revenues for the biometric market to reach US$13.8 billion in…
Philippines government to lease biometric voter verification system for 2016 election
The Philippines’ Commission on Elections (Comelec) announced it will lease a biometric voter verification (VVS) system for its upcoming 2016…
Gulf countries working on developing an integrated biometric database
The six-nation Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) is working on an integrated biometric database that would allow the nations to share…
Washington County Sheriff’s Office to deploy palm print equipment
The Washington County Sheriff’s Office (WCSO) will implement new palm print equipment, which will provide a second form of undeniable…
Republican politician calls for measure to study feasibility of biometrics in NM election polls
Senate Minority Whip William Payne (R-Albuquerque) put forward a new proposal last week that calls on New Mexico’s top elections…
House Homeland Security Committee pass $10b border security bill
The House Committee on Homeland Security has approved a $10 billion border security bill that demands the full implementation of…
India implementing biometric attendance system for government employees
India’s Department of Electronics and Information Technology (DeitY) has implemented an Aadhaar-based biometric attendance system in 54 government centers in…
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