11th Annual Smart Card Alliance Government Conference
The 11th Annual Smart Card Alliance Government Conference will survey opportunities and challenges for government issuers, accreditation and testing authorities,…
homeland security
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CLEAR expands biometric ID services to NYC area airport
CLEAR, a leader in secure biometric identification, announced that it has been approved to launch its expedited traveller services at…
Taiwan added to U.S. visa waiver program
Taiwan has been added to the U.S. visa waiver program, streamlining travel for thousands of eligible biometrically credentialed Taiwan passport…
U.S. Homeland Security and Loews Hotels promote expedited travel clearance
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security has entered into a partnership with Loews Hotels & Resorts to promote the Department’s…
MorphoTrust CTO and biometrics expert joins Center for Identity at UT-Austin
MorphoTrust USA’s Chief Technology Officer, Dr. Mohamed Lazzouni, has been named as a new member of the Board of Advisors…
Biometric Consortium event a success
The Biometric Consortium Conference held last week at the Tampa Convention Center was a success. Co-sponsored by the Armed Forces…
USIS officially wins $889 million biometrics contract
US Investigations Services, LLC (USIS), the largest commercial provider of background investigations to the U.S. government, has officially been awarded…
U.S. Government Spends $832,000 on TrapWire
Recent WikiLeaks documents have revealed that the U.S. Department of Homeland Security paid US$832,000 to deploy Trapwire surveillance in Washington,…
An interview with Stevan Jovanovich, CEO, IntegenX
Please note: This article has been edited for clarity and length. Stevan Jovanovich, a persistent innovator and Chief Executive of…
825,000 DHS fingerprint records associated with multiple entries
According to internal investigators, 825,000 of the United States’ Homeland Security Department (DHS) fingerprint records appear to be associated with…
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