West Coast Election Office Expands Scope of BIO-key Deployment
BIO-key will be providing expanded biometric authentication services for the Election Office in an unspecified state on the West Coast. The Election Office…
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Technology Hiccup Delays India’s Switch from Fingerprint to Iris Scanners for Food Subsidies
India has been forced to delay the rollout of iris scanners at fair price shops throughout the country. The shops are run by the Department of Food and Civil…
IDEMIA NSS to Provide Biometric Tech for USPS Digitization Effort
“…IDEMIA explained that it will help the USPS and the USPIS in its five-year strategic plan to connect Americans with essential government e-services.”…
SolarWinds Hackers Guessed Passwords: CISA
The hackers who orchestrated the infamous SolarWinds attack also accessed networks by exploiting weak password practices, according to researchers with the…
XRVision Uses Facial Recognition to Identify Nazis Participating in Capitol Riot in DC
The facial recognition provider XRVision is directly refuting a Washington Times report that claimed that the company’s software identified members of Antifa…
Belgian Authorities Resume Biometric eID Rollout
“Authorities estimate that the new eIDs will fully replace the old ones over the course of the next decade or so.” Authorities in Belgium are back on track in…
Policy Proposal Would Make Biometric Data Collection Mandatory for Children in South Africa
South Africa’s Department of Home Affairs (DHA) is hoping to use biometric data registration to prevent identity theft within the country. To that end, the…
Zimbabwe Authorities Use Biometrics to Wipe 10,000 Ghost Workers from Government Payroll
The government of Zimbabwe is using biometric technology to purge ghost workers from its payroll. The country’s Public Service Commission (PSC) worked with the…
CBP Emphasizes Biometric Identification in New Five-Year Strategy Report
US Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has shared new mission and vision statements, both of which reaffirm the agency’s commitment to 12 strategic objectives…
Are You Comfortable with Your Government’s Use of Biometrics?
The annual FindBiometrics Year in Review survey is now open, offering industry insiders the opportunity to share their views on some of the most important…