India expands digital government through UMANG and DigiLocker access layers
India is extending its digital public infrastructure by building common access layers that let citizens use thousands of government services…
Government Services
News, interviews and reports relating to government contracts for biometric systems used in eGovernment, border control, national security and national ID.
Vietnam extends VNeID beyond people to assets, land and transactions
Vietnam is rapidly expanding VNeID from a digital identity app into the trust infrastructure for its digital economy, with new…
South Africa advances broader digital identity and public services ecosystem
South Africa’s Department of Home Affairs has launched a new portal that seeks to further ease access to Smart ID…
ICE withdraws $125M sole-source Thomson Reuters surveillance data deal
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) has withdrawn plans to award Thomson Reuters Special Services (TRSS) a five-year, $125 million…
CBP expands multimodal biometrics with new palm, iris and face equipment buy
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) is preparing to acquire hundreds of palm, iris and facial biometric devices, continuing its…
HHS plans nationwide biometric sponsor vetting network linked to Palantir
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) is planning a nationwide biometric identity vetting network for people seeking…
DHS surveillance spending tops $2.9B as domestic enforcement architecture expands
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has recorded more than $2.9 billion in contract obligations since January 2021 for technologies…
ASEAN’s digital economy takes shape as researchers call for India partnership
ASEAN’s Digital Economy Framework Agreement (DEFA) is redefining regional integration around interoperable digital infrastructure rather than trade alone, prompting researchers…
The Bahamas turns to Estonia as digital identity expertise becomes an export
The Bahamas has signed a long-term digital governance partnership with Estonia, joining a growing number of countries importing expertise in…
ICE seeks expanded LexisNexis investigative data access with Palantir integration
ICE intends to award LexisNexis Risk Solutions a sole-source contract worth an estimated $6.7 million to continue supplying investigative data…
