Biometrics

L-1 signs $50 million deal with Verified Identity Pass
Biometrics company will supply the enrollment and verification kiosks; but will anyone use them?
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Gemalto continues to dominate ePassport market
Keesing Journal reports that the French company provides travel documents to 30 percent of VWP countries
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UAE adds iris scans to foreign labor identification cards
Scarred and worn hands on Pakistani and Indian workers make fingerprints unreliable
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Cross Match to go public
Biometrics heavyweight plans to raise $225 million to pay down debts and assist in future acquisitions
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Digimarc wins Vermont contract extension
Following Idaho’s lead, the maple syrup state sticks to a familiar company to manage its transition into REAl ID
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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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