Procurement begins for Sri Lanka’s national digital ID
The procurement process for Sri Lanka’s national digital identity project has begun in partnership with the Indian government. Only Indian…
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$1.9M a month bid wins contract for São Paulo 20K camera biometric surveillance system
Brazil’s vibrant financial center São Paulo is preparing to deploy 20,000 facial recognition cameras designed to increase public safety. But…
Philippines unveils new CCTV system command center, plans facial recognition procurement
A massive video surveillance communications and command center with more than 400 high-definition CCTV cameras has gone operational in Pasig…
Accenture Federal Services wins $94M digital identity contract with US Army
Accenture Federal Services (AFS) has won a $94 million contract with the U.S. Army to “maintain and transform” the agency’s…
Idemia supplies 2.8M more biometric passports for Nepal at reduced price
The government of Nepal has reached a deal with Idemia to supply 2.8 million biometric passports, which the country’s foreign…
Battle on to choose contractor for Kenya’s new digital ID scheme
The race to pick a contractor for Kenya’s new digital ID project is said to be hotting up with the…
North Macedonia politician in biometric software scandal sentenced to 8 years
A court in Northern Macedonia has handed over an eight-year prison sentence to the country’s former general secretary Draghi Rashovski…
Biometric passports could be a year away for Dominican Republic
Officials of the Dominican Republic have begun what they say will be a yearlong process to introduce electronic passports. The…
Idemia reveals details on Lithuania’s biometric border system
French biometrics and digital identity giant Idemia has revealed more information about the border-crossing equipment that the company is supplying…
Discredited biometric surveillance project in Malta closed, but is it?
Facial recognition networks might bring tiny Malta more security from street crime someday but right now it’s caught in a…
