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The Department of Health and Ageing today confirmed to ZDNet Australia that everyone would be assigned an identifier by tomorrow, matching the government's original 1 July roll-out date.

"It is planned that identifiers for individuals will be allocated within the Healthcare Identifier system (run by Medicare Australia) on 1 July 2010," the department said. "Consumers do not need to do anything for this process to occur."

Speaking at the opening of the hearings, Agency’s chairman Inam Kerimov stated that the draft program has passed the process of inter-ministerial coordination.

Under the relevant order, the Cabinet Ministers is in charge to draft for two months the State Program of expansion of e-services of state bodies and e-government development for 2013-15, as well as proposals for regulation of creation of state e-systems and resources. For the same period the President should receive the requirements for web-resources, systems and services connected to e-gov.az.

New generation electronic ID cards will be introduced in Azerbaijan starting from September 1.

In the new generation ID cards, which are more secure than older ones, the electronic carrier-chip has been inserted, which includes the citizen's residence, family status information, as well as the identity card owner's biometric photo and other personal data.

The statement came from Electronic Information Center of the Communication and Information Technology Ministry.

'The project is being considered by ministries and state agencies of the country. The work as part of the project will start after relevant rules and procedures for issuance of new generation passports are designed. The current identity cards in Azerbaijan indicate eye color, height and blood type while there are more than 30 types of biometric indicators in world practice.

Interior Minister, Colonel-General Ramil Usubov announced this in an interview with Azerbaijan newspaper.

Works are under way to provide population with electronic services under the decree signed by President Ilham Aliyev, the minister said.

Manama A project that gives users a single electronic identity to access an array of government services has been launched in Bahrain.

Its developers say users can be assured that the system is secure and will protect them from online identity theft.

“The National Authentication Frame Work project for Accessing Electronic Service is a new initiative in Bahrain that enables individuals to access various e-services offered by both government and non-governmental entities using a single dedicated identity profile,” Shaikh Ahmad Bin Atteyatallah Al Khalifa, minister of cabinet affairs, said.

It will get underway at Seef Mall next week, according to CIO president Shaikh Ahmed bin Ateyatalla Al Khalifa.

"Our team will demonstrate to the public how the new ID card is produced," he told the GDN.

In line with the directives of His Royal Highness Prince Salman bin Hamad Al Khalifa, the Crown Prince, Deputy Supreme Commander and First Deputy Prime Minister, to provide more facilities to Gulf Cooperation (GCC) residents and investors in Bahrain when conducting their transactions at various service departments, the Information and eGovernment Authority (IGA) Chief Executive Mohammed Ali AlQaed stated that it is now possible for GCC citizens, residents and investors in the Kingdom of Bahrain to issue a Bahraini identity card.

The Chief Executive confirmed that this procedure reflects the strengthening of ties and relations with neighboring countries, and provides the opportunity to attract GCC investments and inter-exchanges.

Move aims to provide more facilities to GCC residents, investors

Bahraini identity cards will be issued for Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) nationals and investors living in the kingdom.

“The measure is endorsed on every GCC resident or investor whose residency exceeded six months during the previous year from the date of entering the Kingdom and who has an authenticated, officially recognised address,” Information and eGovernment Authority (IGA) Chief Executive Mohammad Al Qaed said.

The credit will be disbursed under 'Identification System for Enhancing Access to Services Project'. The goal of the project is to introduce e-governance in government bodies to combat corruption and provide more efficient services.

The Election Commission Secretariat will implement the project from July 2011 to June 2016.

The Belgian parliament has approved legislation on electronic identification

The new law is aimed at making it easier for the public to contact public authorities and access e-government services, reports TelecomPaper.

The law also implements the eiDAS regulation on facilitating cross-border access to public services in the EU.

Ministers grappling with the technical and political problems of electronic identity cards are looking with interest at the experience of a close continental neighbour. The government of Belgium expects to be the first to issue multipurpose national chip cards to all citizens and residents.

The project is worth BGN 12 million and is implemented with the financial assistance of Administrative Capacity OP, which is co-financed by the EU.

The National Portal, bahrain.bh now provides 32 eServices for ID cards and civil records, which meets 95% of the government’s digital transformation target, said Information & eGovernment Authority (iGA) Acting Chief Executive and Deputy CE for Electronic Transformation, Dr. Zakariya Ahmed Alkhaja. The digital transformation move is in line with the vision and directives of His Royal Highness Prince Salman bin Hamad Al Khalifa, the Crown Prince and Prime Minister, and the support of the Minister of Interior, General Shaikh Rashid bin Abdullah Al Khalifa.

Al Khaja said that the digital transformation process began gradually, accelerating over the past few years to offer citizens and residents a comprehensive range of ID card and civil records eServices without the need for them to visit service centers. The number of online ID card transactions in 2021 was 361,276, from an overall total of 578,689.

The decision to introduce fingerprints in passports was made by the European Union as part of their war against terrorism, human trafficking and trade, illegal immigration and other transnational crimes.

The new biometric passport will allow Danish citizens to travel to countries which may demand this type of passport for entry in the future.

Whatever you opinion, the program began in Israel on Monday morning, Rosh Chodesh Menachem Av 5773. Despite many objections, biometric ID cards (teudat zehut) are being offered in Ashdod and Rishon L’Tzion, chosen as the test cities for the project. The project will expand to other cities in the future. During the two-year test program, citizens may opt for the new biometric option or remain with the standard identification cards used today. The biometric cards will be issued free of charge.

Passport photos need to meet more stringent, internationally agreed standards to enable facial recognition technology to work properly. The requirements were agreed by the International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO) in 2003 and will enable the production of new, more secure biometric 'ePassports' as well as the use of facial recognition technology to counter passport fraud and for enhanced checks at international border controls.