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US: REAL ID Implementation Annual Report
by Janice Kephart, Director of National Security Policy at the Center for Immigration Studies. Introduction The September 11 hijackers had between them 30 state-issued driver’s licenses and non-driver identification cards. These IDs were used not only to board airplanes but also to navigate in our society in preparation for the attacks. This [...]
Lend Lease secures Human Recognition Systems to revolutionise its workforce security
Human Recognition Systems (HRS) announced a strategic agreement with Lend Lease for the sole supply to all Lend Lease construction sites of centrally managed biometric access control and workforce reporting using the HRS solution MSite. Lend Lease, an international leader in property and infrastructure, will nationally deploy MSite v4. Lend Lease recognised the value and [...]
Cross Match Hires Hünting to Lead EMEA Sales Effort
Cross Match Technologies, Inc., a global provider of biometric identity solutions, announced that Claus Hünting has joined the business to lead the company’s Europe, Middle East, and Africa (EMEA) sales team. A former director of sales with LaserCard Corporation with extensive experience in the ID document industry, Hünting joins Cross Match as vice president, EMEA sales. [...]
Canada introduces the Protecting Canada’s Immigration System Act
Legislation to protect the integrity of Canada’s immigration system was introduced today by Citizenship, Immigration and Multiculturalism Minister Jason Kenney. The proposed measures include further reforms to the asylum system to make it faster and fairer, measures to address human smuggling, and the authority to make it mandatory to provide biometric data with a temporary [...]




