Chuck Schumer struggles to find co-sponsor
(Politico, Mar 10, 2010)
By Meredith Shiner
Heading into Thursday’s meeting at the White House on immigration, Sen. Chuck Schumer — the Democrats' point man on the issue — says he's "optimistic" about producing legislation this year on the hot-button issue.
Immigration provision has Hispanic Caucus threatening ‘no’ health vote
(The Hill, Mar 10, 2010)
By Jared Allen
A group of Hispanic lawmakers on Thursday will tell President Barack Obama that they may not vote for healthcare reform unless changes are made to the bill’s immigration provisions.
British Patients Association rallies around smart card implementation
(SecureIDNews, Mar 11, 2010)
After the recent violation of patients medical records, the Patients Association in the UK is campaigning for a medical smart card deployment.
Statement Before the Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs
(Federal Bureau of Investigation - Press Release, Mar 10, 2010)
Please follow the link to view the Statement delivered by Timothy J. Healy, Director, Terrorist Screening Center
Federal Bureau of Investigation Before the Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
Biometrics expected to lessen but not eliminate fraud
(ThirdFactor, Mar 10, 2010)
Frank Gregory, a professor of European Security at Southampton University in Britain, acknowledges the increase in security that biometric identification at border security checkpoints entails, however he is careful to point that the use of fraudulent travel documents is likely to continue, according to a Reuters article.
BIO-key® International Biometric Accuracy Improved By More Than 23% as Reported in Recent NIST Testing
(BIO-key International - Press Release, Mar 08, 2010)
WALL, NJ -- /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ - BIO-key International, Inc. (OTC Bulletin Board: BKYI), a leader in finger-based biometric identification solutions, today announced that in the recent test results published by the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), BIO-key’s accuracy improved by a remarkable 23% on the DHS2 Dataset. The DHS2 Dataset is considered to be the most difficult dataset tested by the NIST Proprietary Template tests (PFT).
SecuGen Launches the iD-SERIAL™ Fingerprint Reader for POS Applications
(SecuGen - Press Release, Mar 09, 2010)
Santa Clara, California – SecuGen, the world’s leading optical fingerprint device vendor, is pleased to announce the availability of the brand new SecuGen iD-SERIAL™ fingerprint reader. The iD-SERIAL is a complete biometric system that captures, enrolls, matches and stores fingerprints and communicates via a serial interface, making it suitable in any situation where a serial port can be used.
AOptix Technologies Announces DaonAdvantage™ Partnership
(AOptix Technologies - Press Release, Mar 10, 2010)
Campbell, California – March 10th, 2010 - AOptix Technologies, Inc., (AOptix)(www.aoptix.com), a leading edge developer of advanced iris biometrics products and
long-distance wireless optical communications solutions, today announced it has signed a partnership agreement with Daon, a leading provider of identity assurance software
products, to participate in the DaonAdvantage™ Program. As part of this partnership, the AOptix InSight™ iris recognition system has been tested, certified and integrated into Daon’s identity assurance platform.
