Iris scans may prevent mistaken release of inmates (Washington Post, Feb 27, 2010)
By Melanie S. Welte DES MOINES, Iowa -- A Baltimore inmate who bluffed his way out of prison probably wouldn't have tricked guards if they had eye-scanners such as those being installed at dozens of jails nationwide.
 

Delhi Police rehearses massive security arrangements at National Stadium (Times of India, Feb 28, 2010)
NEW DELHI: The Delhi police on Saturday orchestrated its preparedness for the Hockey World Cup by going through intense security drills at the National Stadium. Since this is the first mega-event before the Commonwealth Games and will serve as an indicator of India's preparations for the Indian Premier League too, most top officers have been asked to monitor the arrangements.
 

Nandan Nilekani to test the waters for unique IDs (Economic Times, Mar 01, 2010)
By Shelley Singh NEW DELHI: Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI), the ambitious project that aims to give every citizen an identification card, is about to launch a series of tests to demonstrate its feasibility as a precursor to the actual rollout later this year.
 

BIO-key® International to Showcase Biometric Identification Technology at RSA Conference 2010 (BIO-key International - Press Release, Mar 01, 2010)
BIO-key International, Inc. (OTCBB: BKYI), a leader in finger-based biometric identification solutions, today announced that its fingerprint biometric solutions will be on display at the RSA Conference 2010, in the Initiative for Open AuTHentication (OATH) Pavilion, booth # 2023. This prestigious information security event ‘Where The World Talks Security’ is being held at the Moscone Conference Center on March 1st – 5th in San Francisco, CA.
 

House Committee on Appropriations Hearing - March 4 (U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Appropriations, Mar 01, 2010)
3/04/10 Hearing- Labor, HHS Subcommittee Combating Health Care Fraud and Abuse 2:00 PM, 2358C, RHOB - William Corr, Deputy Secretary, HHS - Dan Levinson, Inspector General, HHS - Gary Grindler, Acting Deputy Attorney General, DOJ - Omar Perez, Special Agent, Office of the Inspector General, HHS
 

The Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT (ONC) is now on Twitter (Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology, Mar 01, 2010)
Get the latest Health IT news and ONC program info. Follow us: @ONC_HealthIT.

 

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