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Sep 30, 2026
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  1. Article · Sep 30, 2026 · Anthony Kimery

    Xcelerate and Socure take $163M Login.gov identity proofing work into mobile IDs | Biometric Update (opens the original)

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    Xcelerate Solutions and subcontractor Socure are extending their $163 million Login.gov identity-proofing work to mobile driver’s licenses, providing new detail on the commercial technology behind the federal government’s newly launched digital credential option. The companies said Tuesday that they are supporting Login.gov’s integration of mobile driver’s licenses (mDLs) for remote unattended identity verification under the General Services Administration’s (GSA) Next Generation Identity Proofi

  2. Article · Sep 30, 2026 · Anthony Kimery

    Vendor pitches facial recognition layer for Flock camera data | Biometric Update (opens the original)

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    A surveillance technology company is pitching law enforcement on a way to combine Flock Safety data with facial recognition, potentially adding biometric identification downstream from a camera network whose manufacturer says it does not and will not use the technology. Vidizmo told a Tennessee police department that its Intelligence Hub could bring Flock data, Axon body-worn camera footage, and other evidence into a single platform that investigators could search by face, vehicle, or object, ac

  3. Article · Sep 29, 2026 · Anthony Kimery

    US Social Security becomes major test of digital identity at scale | Biometric Update (opens the original)

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    The Social Security Administration (SSA) has reached 105 million my Social Security accounts, placing access to the agency’s online services behind a digital identity layer as the federal government moves to make Login.gov a common gateway for covered online public services. SSA is becoming more than a large agency promoting online self-service. It is emerging as one of the largest tests of whether the federal government can make robust digital identity verification a routine gateway to public s

  4. Article · Sep 28, 2026 · Anthony Kimery

    US lawmakers revive broader federal biometric surveillance moratorium | Biometric Update (opens the original)

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    A group of Democratic lawmakers has revived legislation that would sharply restrict federal use of facial recognition and other biometric technologies, with new language that broadens parts of the moratorium proposed in earlier versions of the bill. Led by Sen. Edward Markey, the lawmakers including Sen. Jeff Merkley and Reps. Pramila Jayapal, Rashida Tlaib and Ayanna Pressley, on Friday announced the reintroduction of the Facial Recognition and Biometric Technology Moratorium Act. The bill has

  5. Article · Sep 28, 2026 · Anthony Kimery

    ICE’s $125M Thomson Reuters deal adds data layer to identity targeting systems | Biometric Update (opens the original)

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    U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) has awarded Thomson Reuters Special Services (TRSS) a five-year data and analytics agreement worth up to $125 million after having abandoned it plan to give the company essentially the same work without competition. Federal award data identify the new blanket purchase agreement as 70CMSD26A00000008, awarded against TRSS’ General Services Administration (GSA) Multiple Award Schedule contract. The agreement has a $125 million ceiling and runs through

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