RegardingID Archive | L-1 spends $175K in lobbying fees

Thursday, September 4, 2008

L-1 Identity Solutions Inc. spent $175,000 in the second quarter to lobby Congress, according to an Associated Press report.

The identity firm’s lobbying efforts focused on funding for the departments of Defense and Homeland Security. The company also petitioned on Census Bureau matters as well as secure credentials.

The city of Tunbridge Wells in Kent, England has partnered with PayByPhone to introduce the UK’s first NFC-enabled parking payment solution.

Installed this past weekend, the new system enables drivers in all of Tumbridge Wells’ 15 council-run parking lots to pay for their parking fees with a tap of an NFC-enabled Android or BlackBerry phone equipped with the PayByPhone app.

U.S. Bank rolls out campus ID, prepaid MasterCard at Michigan community college

U.S. Bank and Oakland Community College, Bloomfield Hills, Mich., have launched a combined campus ID and prepaid MasterCard program for the school’s 78,000 students and 788 staff members.

PATCO rolls into new phase of open payment system

PATCO, the high speed rail line that runs between Philadelphia and Camden County, N.J., is preparing to shift into Phase Two of its open payment trial.

American Express rolls out prepaid cards at Barnes and Noble college bookstores

American Express has launched its Campus Edition prepaid card, a reloadable card available at more than 500 Barnes & Noble college bookstores across the United States. The card will provide college students with a spending and budgeting tool that can be used wherever American Express Cards are accepted.

Grande Colonial Hotel taps VingCard Elsafe for security upgrades

California’s Grande Colonial Hotel has completed a property-wide upgrade to VingCard Elsafe’s Classic RFID next-generation locking technology, replacing its older magnetic-stripe system in all 93 guestrooms.

Axios, J.D. Smith and Sons trials RFID in tracking packaged goods

Axios Mobile Assets Corporatio partnered with Canadian logistics firm, J.D. Smith and Sons, on a six-month pilot program using Axios’ RFID-enabled pallets and tracking technology.

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L-1 spends $175K in lobbying fees