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GSA Explores Letting Login.gov Inherit Identity Verification From Commercial Providers
The General Services Administration is exploring a contract that would let people who have already verified their identity with a commercial credential service…
USCIS Orders Up to $9.2 Million in Remote Document Authentication Software
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services has ordered remote document authentication software worth up to $9.18 million, according to a federal award record,…
HHS Orders $8 Million in ID.me Services for CMS Under New FedHub Agreement
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services has placed an $8 million order for ID.me identity services for the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services,…
SITA Agrees to Acquire Collins Aerospace’s Airport Solutions Business
SITA has agreed to acquire Collins Aerospace Airport Solutions, the airport technology business of Collins Aerospace whose products include self-service…
Vista Equity Partners Agrees to Acquire HID’s PKI Business
Vista Equity Partners has agreed to acquire the public key infrastructure (PKI) business unit of HID, the Austin, Texas-based identity and access management…
Florida Sues Discord, Alleging the Platform Fails to Verify Users’ Ages
Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier has sued Discord, alleging the chat platform marketed itself to families as safe for children while failing to verify…
Appeals Court Lets Georgia Enforce Social Media Age Verification Law
A federal appeals court has cleared the way for Georgia to enforce its law requiring social media platforms to verify users’ ages and obtain parental consent…
Delivery Robot Makers Coco and Serve Face Illinois Biometric Privacy Suits
Sidewalk delivery robot operators Coco Robotics and Serve Robotics have been hit with proposed class actions in Illinois alleging that their robots captured…
JR Kyushu to Test NEC Face Recognition Ticket Gates at Hakata Station
Kyushu Railway Company (JR Kyushu) will test face-recognition ticket gates at Hakata Station in Fukuoka from November, using NEC face recognition technology as…
State Department Awards Paravision ‘Identity Assurance’ Contract Worth Up to $6.5 Million
The U.S. Department of State has awarded face recognition company Paravision a contract titled “Digital Detection/Identity Assurance” that could be worth up to…