New legislation needed for airport eGate face scanners: Australian Customs
Australia’s federal government is seeking to collect and share biometric data to support new anti-terrorist security measures at airports, according…
Government Services
News, interviews and reports relating to government contracts for biometric systems used in eGovernment, border control, national security and national ID.
Aadhaar to be used to issue bank accounts to all Indian households
In a stunning policy reversal, India’s new government is examining new ways to expand Aadhaar, including to issue bank accounts…
iBeta awarded fingerprint evaluation study from Sandia National Laboratories
iBeta Quality Assurance, an on-demand software testing laboratory under the National Voluntary Laboratory Accreditation Program, was awarded a fingerprint evaluation…
Homeland Security could get more than $25M for IDENT biometric system improvements
The Department of Homeland Security could get more than $25 million for improvements to its Automated Biometric Identification System (IDENT)…
Top biometrics news stories, week ending September 7
Here’s a recap of most popular and noteworthy biometrics industry news that appeared on BiometricUpdate.com this past week. Biometrics Week…
Secrecy surrounds government surveillance programs
Lack of accountability is usually a common theme when it comes to camera surveillance, so San Diego’s public disclosure of…
Turkey government to soon monitor displaced Syrians using biometric ID cards
Officials from Turkey’s Disaster and Emergency Management Authority (AFAD) have successfully managed to complete the biometric registration of 740,000 of…
Kenyan government introduces biometric register to eliminate ghost workers from payroll
The Kenyan government has implemented a new initiative that makes it mandatory for all civil servants to have their biometrics…
Nigeria to issue national Mastercard-branded biometric ID cards
Nigerian Identity Management Commission (NIMC) announced it has launched the eID pilot program, issuing MasterCard-branded identity cards with electronic payments…
More than 350K iris and fingerprint devices shipped a year in India: 6Wresearch report
6Wresearch announced it has a published a new report that shows that more than 350,000 iris and fingerprint units were…
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