American mDL uptake suggests digital ID mass adoption caught in the slow lane
Mobile driver’s licenses (mDLs) are coming online as the first wave of government-issued digital IDs in the United States. The…
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Launch of Alaska Mobile ID brings number of states with mDL to 19
Alaska has launched its mobile driver’s license (mDL) program, referred to locally as Mobile ID (mID), bringing the total number…
Thales wins contract to produce driver’s licenses and ID cards for Alaska DMV
The Alaska Division of Motor Vehicles (DMV) has awarded Thales a contract to produce physical driver’s licenses and ID cards…
Alaska posts RFP for $2M fingerprint biometric processing system
The Alaska Department of Public Safety has posted a request for proposals for a biometric fingerprint processing system. Those submitting…
The politics of facial recognition in the US still swings like pendulum
U.S. privacy advocates scored one of their few recent legislative victories, pushing through a near-total ban on government use of…
8 US states renew contract for NEC’s ABIS services
A consortium of U.S. western states has renewed a multimodal biometric ID system contract with electronics vendor NEC Corporation of…
Alaska bill proposes repeal of Real ID to offer non-biometric driver’s licenses
Proposed legislation in Alaska would repeal the state’s implementation of the Real ID Act, the Tenth Amendment Center writes, setting up a…
Alaska completes biometric database upgrade to solve crimes faster
The department of public safety of the U.S. State of Alaska has announced the completion of a two-year upgrade of…
ImageWare to provide biometric identity management and credentialing software to Alaskan airports
ImageWare Systems has been selected to provide its biometric identity management and credentialing software to five Alaskan airports. Delivery will…
Four states propose legislation regulating collection, retention and use of biometric data
The state governments of Connecticut, New Hampshire, Washington, and Alaska have all proposed bills that would regulate the collection, retention…
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