ICE, DHS S&T seek biometric monitoring tech for detainees at federal facilities
US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Science and Technology Directorate (S&T) respectively are…
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CBP publishes draft tender for facial recognition services for Biometric Entry
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) is seeking a vendor to help upgrade its system to process all passenger applications…
Australian intelligence community seeks new biometric access control system
Australia National Intelligence Community (NIC) has issued a tender for a new common access card system, preferably featuring biometric identity…
Agency criticized for blocking Indian firms from national biometric facial recognition system tender
The conditions contained in a tender for India’s Automated Facial Recognition System (AFRS) make it practically impossible for local firms…
I3 to provide latent fingerprint support services to FBI bomb analysis center
Ideal Innovations announced today that it was recently awarded a contract supporting the Federal Bureau of Investigation’s Terrorist Explosive Device…
U.S. government planning three new biometrics contracts
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security is progressing toward the replacing its legacy IDENT biometric system with the new Homeland…
Indian Railway increases scope and tries again with tender for facial recognition network
The Indian Railway’s telecom arm RailTel has re-floated a tender for a CCTV network with biometric facial recognition after the…
Digital ID in Africa this week: banks issuing biometric ID, tracking miners and a Global Fund tender
The application of biometrics continues apace across Africa. Biometric-backed ID is to begin for workers in Uganda’s informal mining sector….
UK Home Office reviewing bids for biometric system management contract worth up to £300M
The UK Home Office is weighing supplier bids for a contract worth up to £300 million (US$388 million) for a…
Booz Allen wins contract to develop mobile biometric hardware for DoD
Booz Allen Hamilton has been awarded a potential five-year, $36.6M contract from the U.S. Navy to develop a hand-held biometric…
