Biometrics

Florida congressman asks for a reprieve on compliance
Gus Bilirakis complains that the buggy system conflicts with a state-issued maritime identification card
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EDS wins critical GSA HSPD-12 contract
Bidding is fierce after agency cancels BearingPoint options and puts contract out to bid; $66.3 million bid includes work by L1, ActiveIdentity, and Entrust
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Smart card market cools down, but only a touch
20 percent growth expected for 2007, with growing markets in Asia and Latin America; government ID cards are “the smallest, yet fastest, growing segment”
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Precise Biometrics wins Portuguese national ID contract
Following on success with Qatar ID project, fingerprint-biometric company teams up once again with Gemalto
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Titanium Group secures $1.45 million in funding
Facial recognition company, known for its efforts on Hong Kong, gets its first cash infusion since commercialization
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British test "Bug" intelligent video system
Viseum’s anti-Asbo approach turns heads from Luton to Chester; West Midlands considers buying an Israeli UAV capable of identifying license plates from 500 feet
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CPI Card Group earns FIPS 201 certification
Composite-based card stock passes the “paint shaker” test; Atmel supplies the smart card chips
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U.K. minister suggested RFID tags for Alzheimers patients
Malcolm Wicks sets off a civil liberties uproar; “tagging” may not be the most politically correct usage
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DHS cracks down on religious visas
An audit finds that 33 percent of those applying under a religious worker waiver program are not true men of the cloth; 200 imams for one storefront mosque
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Virginia Tech attacks mobilize crisis industry
Flush with federal grants, psychologists use the Web to share data, best practices; American School Counselor Association reports a doubling of membership since 9/11
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Hawley expects TWIC to miss July deadline
Ongoing technical and enrollment problems raise the ire of senators across the aisle; “congressional tolerance in waning,” says Ted Stevens
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ImageWare teams up with Probaris
With demand growing for capabilities beyond HSPD-12 requirements, ImageWare’s IWS biometric engine will enhance Probaris’s ID identity assurance system with 1:N capability
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MDI wins Dominican port security contract
San Antonio-based company will provide system architecture for a biometrics port management system; one of “the largest deployments ever undertaken”
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M2SYs wins Frost & Sullivan biometrics innovation award
Bio-Plugin software tool eases adoption of biometric systems in the commercial market
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Few interested in Registered Traveler
Deloitte & Touche survey finds few Americans have even heard of program, even though most respondents listed long security lines as a top complaint
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