Travel IDs & Passports
Maximize document security without inconveniencing travelers.
National IDs
Issue National ID cards with the most advanced personalization technologies available.
Driver’s License
Conform to changing government standards while protecting against fraud, forgery and alterations.
National Healthcare
Securely capture and manage personal data for efficient identification and verification processes.
Government ID Cards for Employees & Military
Increase security and meet FIPS 201 and interoperability standards.
Electoral/Precinct Management
Automate management of voter registration data, expedite voter check-in and strengthen overall poll site security.
Other Government Applications
Includes Electronic Benefits Transfer, Social Security, State ID, Transit, Voter ID, Law Enforcement ID and First Responder ID.
Datacard Group solves complex identity issues for governments worldwide. Government agencies trust Datacard to provide secure identification solutions for over 325 ID programs in more than 90 countries including national IDs, travel documents, driver’s licenses, healthcare ID’s, smart IDs and e-government applications. Here is why:
- Maximum efficiency. Datacard offers a comprehensive portfolio of solutions that that optimize efficiencies addresses for enrollment, personalization, issuance anddelivery and post-issuance management. We help governments establish secure identification programs that optimize efficiency.
- Superior security. As a central figure in highly secure government programs, Datacard has developed a thorough understanding of industry best practices, standards and regulations. Our innovative technologies deliver increased security from enrollment through post-issuance.
- Smooth deployment. Easy to implement in the most demanding environments, Datacard solutions help ensure smooth integration and fast installation. Modular software and hardware designs easily accommodate evolving requirements, new technologies and other changes.
- Extensive global experience. Every day, Datacard solutions are used to personalize and deliver 10 million cards, five million smart cards and 35,000 passports worldwide. We support government agencies and integrators with a world-class service network that spans 120 countries.
Maxsys System and GHP Card Systems Success Story
The new Maxsys system has provided GHP with significant cost reductions in three important areas labor, supplies and service.
The company is personalizing 30,000-40,000 cards per day with the new Maxsys system and is delivering cards to market much faster than before.
Keystone Plastics Case Study
Keystone Plastics is a card manufacturer and service bureau that issues personalized cards for a wide range of markets, from retail to healthcare to government.
Singapore Launches Card Based Drivers License Program
The government of Singapore required a drivers license program to replace the former paper based license with an automated plastic card issuance process.
The State of Ohio Divers' Licenses
The state of Ohio awarded L-1 Identity Solutions Company a statewide contract for over-the counter issuance of driver’s licenses and identification cards (DL/IDs).
The State of North Dakota
With the Datacard® SP75 card printer, the state of North Dakota can easily issue secure driver's licenses and ID cards.
Government Success Story: Mexican Finance Ministry Implements Smart Card Access Control System
The Datacard systems were successfully integrated with other hardware components to provide a complete access control solution.
Guinea Bissau Opts for Secure National ID Card to Combat Fraud
Due to a surge in falsification, the National Identity Card of Guinea Bissau was in need of improvements. In an effort to achieve new levels of security and modernize the existing paper-based system, new technologies were implemented including application development, systems and network design, database design and optimization, biometrics and encryption.
Guatemala National Identity Card
When Guatemala decided to institute a national identity card system to reduce benefits fraud, it wanted an electronic state-of-the-art system that would improve the process of citizen authentication on a countrywide basis.
Texas Department of Criminal Justice Chooses Datacard® Identification Solution
The Texas Department of Criminal Justice (TDCJ) needed a software and printer solution for their identification program, consisting of identification cards with a digitally produced color photo, name, identification number, issue date and bar code. The card includes magnetic stripe encoding and is used for identification in commissaries, pharmacies and for other programs.
The enhanced Datacard® MXi™ envelope insertion system helps Giesecke & Devrient (G&D) attain improved profitability
By collaborating with G&D, Datacard with an enhanced MXi system, enabled G&D to make a step change in productivity, improving uptime by 50% in six months.
Ukraine Launches Card Based Driver's License Program
The Government of Ukraine required a program to replace a former paper-based license and vehicle registration certificate (VRC) with an automated plastic card issuance process.
Datacard® Maxsys Card Issuance System Assists First Data in Improving Throughput 280%
The Datacard systems were successfully integrated with other hardware components to provide a complete access control solution.
State Employees' Credit Union - Raleigh, North Carolina
Alleviate members' growing concerns about the credit union's member identification policy, which was seen as overly intrusive. Create member ID cards and add member photos to credit and debit cards at all branches
Datacard Government Services Provides Printer Solution for the Thailand Ministry of Interior
The Thailand Ministry of Interior is rolling out phase two of its national ID plan. The national ID plan involves issuing eight to ten million national IDs to its citizens 15 years or older at both central and remote locations.
State of Michoacán, Mexico Launches Drivers License Program
The state of Michoacán in Mexico needed a solution to issue approximately 250,000 driver licenses per year to its state residents. The program would have to encompass 52 offices throughout the state with the capability to instantly issue the drivers license from each local office.
Commonwealth of Virgina Case Study
With a challenge to improve the efficiency, security and auditability of voter check-in and eliminate the need for traditional paper poll books, the Commonwealth of Virginia used the Datacard® Advocate™ precinct management system to achieve their goals.
Government Solutions: Western Hemisphere Travel Initiative Introduces the Passport Card
The Western Hemisphere Travel Initiative (WHTI) program was introduced to make it easier for U.S. citizens to cross borders by land and sea into and from Canada, Mexico, Bermuda and the Caribbean, while maintaining border security.
Saskatchewan Government Issues Digitized Drivers License
Saskatchewan Government Insurance, a Crown Corporation owned by the provincial government handles 750,000 drivers license transactions annually. The critical requirements were to issue a secure drivers license, which included a color photo with a data reference bar code in an efficient manner.
British Columbia Enhanced Driver’s Licence (EDL)
The Insurance Corporation of British Columbia (ICBC) needed to upgrade drivers’ licences for citizens of British Columbia to include a radio frequency identification technology (RFID) chip that will help facilitate traveler processing at the U.S. borders.
Malaysia Issues First Multi-Application Government Smart Card
The Thailand Ministry of Interior is rolling out phase two of its national ID plan. The national ID plan involves issuing eight to ten million national IDs to its citizens 15 years or older at both central and remote locations.
Syntera - Bank of America Success Story
Bank of America improved productivity in its card shop by 45%, enabling it to process many cards a full day sooner than before.
Spain Launches Driver's License Program
The Government of Spain issued a new drivers license utilizing the latest technology while conforming to the established European Union Standard. The license, which contains highly secure laser engraving, has an estimated issuance of four million cards per year and will replace paper-based inkjet licenses.
The Productive Precinct: Improving Efficiency With Electronic Poll Books
Across the country, election administrators are improving poll site efficiency by replacing traditional paper poll books with electronic poll books (EPBs). EPBs address many of the issues inherent in the production, delivery and usage of paper poll books. They enable faster check-in, eliminate printing costs and improve post-election data management, among other benefits.
Manufacturing Efficiency in Card Personalization Operations
This whitepaper provides a summary of theories used for the measurement and analysis of manufacturing efficiency in card personalization operations. The objective is to explain how information contained within an audit trail file with production time stamps can be used to measure and evaluate manufacturing operations, including speed measurement, job size calculation, and performance measurement using techniques to standardize measurement output for variations in average job size.
Election Day Registration - How electronic processing overcomes traditional obstacles
Many state and provincial government election officials like the concept of election day registration (EDR) — and the pursuant idea of increasing voter participation. Recent advances in electronic voter processing, however, have some election officials conducting pilots or seriously contemplating them.
Transforming Operations for Mass Customization
The market dynamics that are moving card issuers toward mass customization are not likely to go away. Creating unique value for individual customers via mass customization is a natural progression occurring across many different markets, effectively replacing the mass production techniques that preceded them. Card bureaus and other card issuers that embrace the “markets of one” concept and begin adapting systems and processes for mass customization will not only survive, they will thrive and lead in a competitive market.
A Building Block Approach for Secure IDs
This paper is intended as a reference for government officials considering technologies available for issuing secure IDs. There are three major components of this decision, Card body or card substrate material, Print or personalization technologies and Laminate or topcoat material. All three elements must be compatible
Designing an ID Document for Enhanced Security
This paper is intended as a reference for government officials considering how best to issue secure IDs. Because there are trade-offs with each model and different requirements for each issuing agency, there is no “best” method.
Convergence of Government Programs With Other Card Sectors
Many technologies are converging in the use and application of identification cards as a result of unprecedented growth in the demand for optimum national security throughout the globe.
ID Credential Issuance: Central vs. Over-the-Counter Issuance
With growing concern over the security and effectiveness of every ID System, organizations today are increasingly requiring a broad review of business issues as a critical step in preparing for new and more secure ID issuance. This paper is intended as a reference for government officials considering how best to issue secure IDs.
ISO/IEC Working Groups Are a Key Driver for ID Security
In the ID card and government ID sector, the major benefits of standardization are to ensure interoperability and commonality between technologies, data elements and interpretation, as well as to make machine-readable documents easier to read and be recognized. This paper is intended to provide an overview of SC17 and its nine individual sub-working groups or committees and how they work together globally and nationally to bring a high level of value to the ID industry.
How to Personalize a Passport: A Comparison of Available Digital Print Personalization Technologies for Passports
Over the last 10 years digital print personalization and the incorporation of biometric-carrying chips have revolutionized the way passports are manufactured, personalized, issued and used. The ceaseless activities of counterfeiters and criminals, and the spectacular growth in passenger numbers, are the twin drivers for change. Governments are faced with many factors to consider when choosing passport personalization technologies including quality, security, durability, throughput, cost and legacy systems, as well as the appropriate level of automation and centralization.
Durability of Smart Cards for Government eID
To be successful, a Government eID smart card program faces many trade-offs. The right combination of components for the complete use chain must be carefully selected and qualified to help ensure that the card will meet the extended life requirements of Government eID cards and does not have to be reissued before its expected life time.
