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Following a recent speech from President Barack Obama, a White House official addressed the need to maintain secure identification standards of the country’s green card policy.

The Confederated Tribes of the Colville Reservation in Washington will use recently received federal grant money to develop a plastic ID card system for its members, according to the Wenatchee World.

Identification technology designed to determine the legitimacy of ID cards recently helped police in Austin, Minnesota conduct a forgery investigation.

A recent agreement between government officials in both Australia and New Zealand will implement biometric identification technology for border security in both countries.

Citing its security, durability and adoption rate, research firm Frost & Sullivan judged the U.S. Permanent Resident Card, commonly referred to as the "green card," as the leading government ID card in the world.

The Smart Card Alliance recently announced its endorsement of the Obama administration’s recent plan to improve the country’s protection from online identity theft.

Education authorities in Indonesia’s capital city are preaching the importance of carrying secure ID cards to its citizens at an early age.

In an effort to eliminate fraud and distribution issues, the Government of India is issuing smartcards to participants of a food ration program in its Haryanna district.

The U.S. government recently announced plans to extend a program to provide temporary ID cards for protection measures offered to refugees from the Haitian earthquake in January of this year, according to a report from the Washington Post.

Government officials in Dallas County, Texas expect to have a new forensic sciences building completed after development had been previously stalled to implement new biometric identification measures, the Dallas Morning News reports.