News on ID Cards, ID Badges and Photo ID Systems: 10/24/2004

Bogus Letter Calls Out 'Deadbeat' Voters

4:30 AM

A bogus letter circulating in South Carolina, purporting to be from the NAACP, threatens the arrest of voters who have outstanding parking tickets or failed to pay child support. The NAACP said Friday the letter is a scare tactic and called for an investigation.The letter also says voters must have a credit check, provide two forms of photo identification, a Social Security card, a voter registration card and a handwriting sample."None of that is true," said Miller."I certainly hope no voter would be taken in by this."Miller said voters need to show just one piece of identification - a voter registration card, a South Carolina driver's license or a motor vehicles department-issued photo ID card .

Full Article from guardian.co.uk.

Friday, October 29, 2004

Simplified ID plan follows consultation

4:31 AM

Almost half of the respondents to the Home Office consultation on ID cards were opposed to the scheme.According to the report on published by the government today 48 per cent of the 766 respondents were not in favour, compared with 31 per cent in favour, 13 per cent neutral and eight per cent supportive in principle but with reservations.The consultation was launched with the publication of the draft ID cards bill in April and invited responses from both individuals and organisations.

Full Article from computing.co.uk.

Thursday, October 28, 2004

Pakistanis in ID card quarrel with Embassy

4:33 AM

Passport renewal for Pakistanis living in Saudi Arabia is getting more complicated due to the essential requirement of owning a computerized national identification card. People are not getting their passports renewed on time and are annoyed by the steep fees and the attitude of embassy employees.

Full Article from paktribune.com.

Rochester Catholic parish helps provide Mexicans with ID cards

4:32 AM

Hundreds of Mexican migrants living throughout the Rochester Diocese came to the Church of the Epiphany one day this fall to obtain Mexican consular identification cards.The Mexicans obtained the cards with the assistance of several consulate representatives who traveled to the church from their office in New York City.

Full Article from catholicnews.com.

Wednesday, October 27, 2004

'Good progress' being made on ID cards

4:49 AM

The Government is making 'good progress' with its plans for ID cards, the Home Secretary said today in response to a Parliamentary report.
The Home Affairs Select Committee's report on ID cards made "constructive suggestions," David Blunkett said.Further improvements announced to the scheme today will make it simpler, clearer and more effective, he added.

Full Article from number-10.gov.uk.

ID cards plan forges ahead

4:47 AM

Home Office officials are confident the government's ID cards plan will be ready for inclusion in the Queen's Speech next month.Unless there is dissension at Cabinet level, the bill will go before the Commons at the end of November, scotching the suggestion that the potentially controversial issue would be carried over until after the general election.

Full Article from vnunet.com.

Tuesday, October 26, 2004

Zebra Introduces P330i Card Printer/Encoder

9:25 AM

Zebra Technologies (NASDAQ: ZBRA), a worldwide leader in barcode labeling and card printing solutions, today introduced the Zebra P330i Ž desktop card printer/encoder, the next generation of the world?s most popular card printer. The Zebra P330i is a single-sided, full color plastic card printer/encoder that is extremely feature-rich, meeting the needs of a wide variety of applications and industries with proven reliability for mission-critical applications in corporations, government agencies, educational institutions and retail environments.

Building on the proven reliability of the Zebra P310Ž printer and adding major design improvements throughout, the P330i provides enhanced flexibility, ease of use and dependability. New, innovative features let organizations reliably create high quality photo ID cards, secure access control cards, financial cards (debit, credit, phone cards, etc.), membership cards and more.

?The P330i represents the intelligent evolution of the Zebra P310 product family, which has been the benchmark of the industry for over four years, " explained Bob Anderson, Director of Marketing for Zebra Card Printer Solutions. ?The P330i is now the most powerful and reliable card printer in its class, with unsurpassed flexibility, performance and reliability.?

Innovative Design Improvements

A new, patent-pending card feeder system provides reliability via simplicity, using the weight of the card stack itself to ensure consistent feeding. The P330i supports the range of card thickness used worldwide, printing on cards as thin as 10-mil or as thick as 60-mil proximity cards. The new design allows the card feeder capacity to be increased from 100 cards to 220 cards (30-mil) with the simple addition of two plastic extension pieces and three screws. This option increases user efficiency, reducing the need for user interaction. Users can load up to 200 cards at a time without having to stop the printing process.

The P330i?s new, patent-pending printhead assembly has been redesigned with a ?floating gimbal? action that automatically adjusts to uneven card surfaces, delivering a more consistent image across the card. For user convenience, the new assembly provides easier ribbon loading and printhead cleaning.

A number of encoding options will soon be available with the P330i. Magnetic stripe encoding and a smart card encoding station will be available as factory-installed options. With these options, users can encode magnetic stripes and encode/read three types of smart card technology: ISO 7816 contact smart chips (the most common contact smart card standard), MIFARE Ž and iCLASS Ž contactless smart chips.

In addition to the USB interface included in all configurations of the P330i, Zebra also offers built-in Ethernet connectivity as a factory-installed or field upgradeable option. Based on a next-generation 10Base-T/100Base-TX design, the printer can be administered remotely from any location using ZebraNet Ž Print Server utility software. In the future, ?one-cable? encoding will be offered via Ethernet, allowing remote printing and remote encoding.

User convenience features include an LCD display, translucent covers for print viewing and a patented cleaning cartridge. Advanced RFID technology makes P330i printer configuration quick and easy, with automatic ribbon type detection and correct setup for quality card printing. The integrated card output hopper slides back into the enclosure when not in use to avoid being lost or damaged.

Smart Cards And RFID Are Not The Same

5:20 AM

About three years ago, the office where I work issued everyone a photo ID badge. It was just part of the general paranoia of the times, so most of us ignored the badges. . . . The twist is that the RFID tags that the sensors scanned were embedded in the same photo badges . . .

Full Article at InternetWeek.com

Monday, October 25, 2004

ID is key for new voters

4:53 AM

With their big test only eight days away, city election officials are cautiously optimistic they will not suffer an identity crisis on Election Day.Breaking from a longtime practice of not requiring identification from voters, city election inspectors will be asking upwards of 14,000 first-time voters to show a specified type of ID before they can cast ballots on the machines.
The forms of ID are not complicated. They include any photo ID ,ranging from a driver's license to cards issued by employers, colleges, even shopping clubs.Other forms of ID that will be accepted include utility bills, bank statements, paychecks, government checks and state and federal documents - all of which must include the voter's name and address.

Full Article from nydailynews.com.

Democrat Joe Driscoll worked to develop brownfields

4:50 AM

Joe Driscoll spent seven years working on the trading floor of the New York Mercantile Exchange where he wore an ID badge that read GKKO.The ID badge, Driscoll said, was meant to be funny and ironic, an attention-getting device for people he would hope to develop relationships with on the exchange floor.

Sunday, October 24, 2004

Klein to act on vote fraud

4:53 AM

Premier Ralph Klein promises municipal election irregularities will be put to a stop. How that is accomplished, whether through a voters' list or requiring photo ID to be presented, remains to be seen."It is an issue and we're going to have to deal with it," Klein said yesterday.

Full Article from canoe.ca.

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