Malawi abandons biometric voter registration for 2014 elections
Despite prior announcements, the Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC) will not use biometric voter registration for its 2014 elections. Reported in…
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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.
Finger-pointing begins over biometric device failures in Kenyan election
The South African company that provided Kenya’s Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) with the biometric devices used in the…
UK Home Office posts tender for facial recognition system
The UK’s Home Office has posted a tender notice looking to procure a facial recognition system, and workflow for its Identity…
Zambian government to issue biometric registration cards
The Zambian government is in the midst of introducing Biometric National Registration Cards to the country. Reported by the Lusaka…
Accurate Biometrics lands Illinois fingerprinting services contract
Accurate Biometrics announced on Thursday that it has been awarded the Master Fingerprinting Services Contract for Illinois for the fourth…
MorphoTrust lands DoD maintenance contract for ABIS
MorphoTrust has announced that it has won a contract to maintain the central biometrics platform of the U.S. Department of Defense…
Graft complaint filed against Philippine Immigration Bureau chief over biometric system
A graft complaint has been filed against Philippine Immigration chief Ricardo David in relation to the Bureau of Immigration’s US $1.25…
Ukraine State Migration Service plans to complete biometric passport work by 2016
By 2016, the State Migration Service in Ukraine plans to complete all the work required to issue biometric passports in the…
Chennai Metropolitan Development Authority to install biometric workforce management system
The Chennai Metropolitan Development Authority (CMDA) is set to install a biometric workforce management system in March, in an attempt…
Voter registration centers in Delhi to add Aadhaar enrollment
The Revenue department of the Congress-led Delhi government has asked the State Election Commission introduce Aadhaar enrollments at Voters’ Registration…
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