biometrics

The US Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has awarded Accenture Federal Services a 13-month, $71-million contract to further enhance the capabilities of its immigration and border management functions as part of its United States Visitor and Immigrant Status Indicator Technology (US-VISIT) program.

Three of the five finalists selected by IBM from 150 start-up companies to participate in its SmartCamp event in Austin, Texas were developing tools to improve personal health.

At least S$1.1 billion in government funds will be allotted by the Singapore government for IT-related projects—such as electronic service delivery of government correspondences for individuals and businesses, biometrics for immigration screening and clearance, and streamlined storage of X-ray records of Armed Forces personnel—for the year 2010.

The Asia Pacific biometrics market has made hay against the background of escalating security concerns in the region. With the support of the government, biometrics is being considered for official government buildings, military installations, laboratories, and hospitals.

The beginning of 2009 had many worried about how the biometrics industry was going to perform in the wake of the economic recession. As expected, there were a few cancellations and delays in biometric related projects, primarily due to budget cutbacks.

The new Employment Pass Services Center (“EPSC”) under the Singapore Ministry of Manpower (“MOM”) has successfully implemented NEC Asia's fingerprint biometric identification solutions.