News on ID Cards, ID Badges and Photo ID Systems: 10/03/2004

Photo ID cards from Postal Dept.

9:12 AM

Issuing of photo identity cards and voter's list verification will be soon undertaken by the Department of Post, Vatsala Raghu, Chief Post Master General, Tamilnadu Circle has said.Speaking to reporters here Friday, Vatsala Raghu said the proposal had been sent to the EC and the work was expected to begin at the end of November.

Full Article from newstodaynet.com.

Thursday, October 07, 2004

National ID Card feared in license standards

8:56 AM

Proposed federal standards for new driver's licenses contained in the intelligence-reform bill moving through Congress creates a national identification card, according to civil liberties groups on both sides of the aisle.

Full Article from washingtontimes.com.

Ashland schools consider employee ID cards

4:18 AM

The Ashland School District is considering changing its visitors pass policy so that all teachers and staff would be required to wear their own identification badges and the superintendent could send a letter to people who continually fail to sign in at the office when visiting a school building. Members of the school's board policy committee discussed the policy changes with elementary and middle school principals Wednesday at a noon meeting in the district office.

Full Article from ashland-wi.com.

Wednesday, October 06, 2004

IBM Joins Forces with ActivCard, Bioscrypt, ImageWare and VeriSign to Develop New Identity Management Security Solution

1:06 PM

Using IBM's Tivoli identity management software and solutions from the other companies, the new system extends ID management beyond traditional information technology such as applications, operating systems and networks to link "physical" identity characteristics contained in emerging biometrics, smartcard and badge-reader technologies.

Full Article from www.tmcnet.com

Sunday, October 03, 2004

Town residents may not have to wear ID badges

1:24 PM

Golden Beach officials are researching an identification badge system to distinguish residents from nonresidents at social functions. The badges, which would include a picture of the resident, also could have a magnetic strip that could be scanned to unlock public access doors and gates to public restrooms and tennis courts.

Full Article from the Miami Herald

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