US gov’t calls for biometrics tech for first responders; Army building data trunk line
U.S. Homeland Security officials want to hear about biometric technologies for urban first responders. The department’s Science and Technology Directorate…
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Industry, civil society weigh in on biometrics policy in letters to White House
Stakeholders and advocates are chiming in with responses to a U.S. government request for information on public and private sector uses…
Australia wants more use of digital IDs but how committed is it?
Apparently satisfied with a sizable, though incomplete, deployment of digital IDs in Australia, some central government legislators want to expand…
US federal agencies expand zero trust with hardware security keys, RFI
It is Cybersecurity Awareness Month in the U.S. and government agencies and digital identity firms are releasing news and advice…
Is it time for a Bill of Rights to keep AI in its place?
The White House wants to create a what it is calling a bill of rights protecting people from harm by…
US government wants real-time digital ID verification for login.gov
The U.S. government wants to hear from vendors interested in creating a digital ID verification service that the government is…
US digital ID regulation coming as feds seek info on mobile driver’s license standards
Rules for minimum technical requirements and security standards for mobile driver’s licenses (mDLs) in the U.S are coming, in a…
Israel posts RFI for biometric KYC systems to be used in government services
The Identity & Biometric Applications Unit of Israel’s National Cyber Directorate has issued a ‘Request for Information’ (RFI) from providers of…
Border biometrics strategies planned through EU consultation, Australia RFI
Government border agency consultations in the EU and Australia are looking into new biometric technologies to replace their respective legacy…
US DoD will consider migrating biometric databases to cloud providers other than AWS
The U.S. Department of Defence has amended its solicitation for a migration of its biometric databases to the cloud, clarifying…
