Your Arizona Driver’s License Could Be Stored Someday on Your Smartphone (Phoenix New Times)
Delaware aims to be 1st with digital driver’s licenses (USA Today)
So, which will it be? Or, will some other state beat them both?
India: Plugging welfare leakages with biometrics
The Hindu – The State government of Karnataka has rejected more than 118,000 applications seeking ration cards in Gulbarga and Yadgir districts. The state has also cancelled 5.2 million ration cards.
Since, biometric details have been required in association with applications for public assistance, fewer applications have passed muster with the authorities.
The linked article is heavy on statistics.
Nigeria: One state losing $400,000 per month to ghost workers
Nigeria: Ekiti Loses N63 Million to Ghost Workers Monthly (All Africa)
[… T]he first physical verification exercise showed that there are 19,258 personnel in the 16 local government areas, while subsequent biometric data capture revealed that there are 19,212 staff.
He said a further check showed that there are 17,889 staff on the nominal roll while 1,323 staff collecting about N63 million on a monthly basis are not on the nominal roll.
Adewumi stated further that for efficiency at the third tier of government, the state government has decided to redeploy 1,756 workers who have National Certificate of Education (NCE) and other education-related qualifications to the State Universal Basic Education Board and the Teaching Service Commission.
This, the commissioner said would relieve the councils of a monthly financial implication of N53 million.
“This Or That Person”: New film dwells on the notion of personhood
ID please? (The Hindu)
The Unique Identity number (UID or aadhar) project was introduced in India in 2009 and through the lens of the UID, the film looks at what identity documents means to people, and how the aadhar project is perceived.
The documentary dwells on the notion of personhood as seen by the India State, or as the director puts it, “It is a conversation with the State about ideas of inclusion, exclusion, surveillance and citizenship, and it does so by interrogating the Unique Identity number project.
“The Unique Identity Number that the State will give each citizen is meant to be the solution for a lot of problems, but in a system that is already suffering from structural problems how effective will the UID be?” questions Subasri.
Biometrics is about people.
If anyone knows anything more about this film or how to see it, please let me know.