Government role in digital identity strategic, whether decentralized or cloud-based
Easier and more universal access to government services is one of the promises of the digital economy, and what kind…
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Cameroon’s biometric visa application online portal goes live 30 April
Cameroon’s Foreign Minister Lejeune Mbella Mbella has announced that the online application platform for the new generation of the country’s…
Integrated digital system in Zimbabwe to enhance ID issuance, birth registration
Zimbabwe’s Minister of Home Affairs and Cultural Heritage Kazembe Kazembe has announced the setting up of an ambitious integrated digital…
Gender, race bias risk reported in biometrics used by US Labor Department
An alert issued by the inspector general (IG) of the U.S. Department of Labor is raising “urgent equity and security…
Quebec auto insurance portal halts face biometrics plans after ‘catastrophic’ app launch
Quebec has brought plans to introduce facial authentication to its automobile insurance portal to a screeching halt, in the wake…
How Sierra Leone joined forces for national digital ID – ID4Africa livecast
The latest ID4Africa livecast examined the issues around social protection and how Sierra Leone planned and rolled out its digital…
OECD seeks comment on its recommendation for digital ID governance
The OECD’s Public Governance Committee and its Working Party of Senior Digital Government Officials have developed a series of recommendations…
Multimillion pound contracts keep coming for UK Government Digital Service’s One Login
The UK’s Government Digital Service is continuing to award contracts as it develops the One Login digital identity service for…
IRS’ gutsy move: Plug in Login.gov at the last minute for ID verification
Could it be that U.S. governmental verification service Login.gov is ready for its closeup with the Internal Revenue Service? Federal…
Pakistan in midst of digital census, ‘unprecedented’ change in data policies
Officials with Pakistan’s National Database and Registration Authority are boasting of a new service intended to put people in charge…
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