Identity, Security, Payments, Biometrics, Smart Cards and Authentication News

L-1 signs contract with Washington State Department of Social and Health Services

Tuesday, April 8, 2008

L-1 Identity Solutions Inc. was awarded a contract to perform fingerprint background checks for the Washington State Department of Social and Health Services. The contract was given to L-1’s wholly-owned subsidiary Integrated Biometric Technology LLC and is valued at more than $7.0 million and will extend over a maximum six-year.

Washington State mandates that prospective caregivers of children in state custody or prospective caregivers are required to undergo fingerprint-based background checks before licenses or contracts are granted. More than 185,000 Washington state residents are expected to be processed as part over the six-year period.

IBT will open 16 Enrollment Centers with plans to increase service to 30 or more locations throughout the state to handle fingerprint enrollment. The system will collect and submit fingerprint records electronically to the Washington State Patrol. Washington State applicants can then take advantage of lower FBI electronic processing fees and faster response times. This enables applicants to start work or obtain licensure in days rather than weeks. [end] 

Resolute Health, based in New Braunfels, Texas, has launched a health security smart card to facilitate patient registration.

Resolute contracted with LifeMed ID to implement the SecureReg Patient Identity Management System. With the Resolute Health BeneFIT smart card, a patient can check into either the Resolute Health Center for Wellbeing or the Resolute Health Family Urgent Care Center and be accurately identified.

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A high school in Tarpon Springs, Fla. recently sent out a mass email bearing student Social Security numbers. The school’s guidance counselor sent the email to Tarpon’s entire senior class of about 400 students and parents regarding the Bright Futures Scholarship program.

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The U.S. Government Printing Office (GPO) has produced 75 million electronic passports at its secure production facilities in Washington, D.C. and Stennis Space Center in Mississippi.

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The Department of Defense’s Biometrics Identity Management Agency (BIMA) has exercised the second option year with modifications on the Ideal Innovations Inc. (I-3) Technology Management task order under the Biometrics Operations and Support Services – Unrestricted (BOSS-U) contract. The cumulative value of the contract is now $30.5 million.

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The U.S. government’s Advanced Analytic Capabilities Subgroup of the Technical Support Working Group (TSWG) has awarded a research and development contract to voice biometrics technology provider Agnitio Corp. to speed up development and deliver an improved capabilities for voice biometrics-based mobile phone security.

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The California Department of Insurance (CDI) has awarded a two-year contract to Chicago-based Accurate Biometrics to perform its livescan and cardscan fingerprint collection and transmission services.

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