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TWIC roll-out delayed again
Initial enrollment effort in Delaware runs into technical problems on its first day; authorities now estimate a further two month delay
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BioScrypt to release 3D desktop facial recognition system
First-on-the-market DeskCam will eliminate the need to memorize multiple passwords; infrared scans 40,000 identification points
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Remington ELSAG wins GAO contract
License plate readers top law enforcement wish lists; company hints at overseas anti-terror applications
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Washington State to offer WHTI-compliant driver's licenses
Pilot program with DHS should lower costs for travelers and federal government
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Shoulder-mounted camera tracks hand movements
British scientists test a system that permits a single police officer to survey and photograph a crime scene by pointing; objects are mapped auutomatically for later investigation
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Zetes wins Togo voter enrollment contract
The African biometrics market continues to grow; rush job forces Togo to ask for a loaner from Congo
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FaceKey teams up with Advanced Techtronix
Companies — one in biometrics, the other in home entertainment — will share technology and marketing strategies
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HID Global acquires Integrated Engineering
Company looks to beef up its MIFARE business with its second purchase in two years; HID says it plans to bid for other smart card companies in the future
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Evangelicals see the "mark of the beast" in plan
Missouri legislators attempt to exempt state after complaints that the plan is foreseen in the Book of Revelations
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U.K. Home Office issues 10,000 passports to fraudsters
The United Kingdom is facing a growing problem of fraudulent applications for passports; two convicted al-Qaida operatives managed to obtain two passports each
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DHS fights back on REAL-ID privacy complaints
As Danny Glover rallies the opposition, DHS officials tell Congress that they see no relevant privacy issues
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Orlando airport to spend $7 million on additional security measures
Faced with mounting criticism, aviation authorities only need three minutes to approve its biggest security overhaul since 9/11; baggage screening, vehicle inspection, and voice stress analysis under consideration
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Gait-recognition biometrics to assist other biometric measures
Biometric identification measures may be good, but imagine subjecting the 68 million passangers who pass through heathrow every year to the time-consuming facial or iris recogntion test; gait-recogntion may help
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DHS to test Crossmatch and Identix's ten-print scanners
Fifty of the devices will be deployed to airports nationwide to assist with US-VISIT; DHS also plans to tweak exit procedures
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Final costs set for TWIC
Transportation workers receive a $2 discount off earlier estimates
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