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E-Government 
Contactless technology is seen as key to securing visas and passports in countries around the globe. According to Andy Wiliams, contributing editor for SecureID News, “a focus on securing borders is leading countries to review their official government-issued documents. Simple paper documents—the passports of old—are simply no longer adequate in this modern, post 9-11 world. This is giving rise to the inclusion of advanced identification technologies, including biometrics, PKI, and contactless chips.”
 
E-Government applications for the contactless smart cards are strategic for the many countries that have adopted them:
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Electronic identity cards and driver’s licenses |
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National health cards |
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Passports (with or without biometrics) |
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Certified digital signatures |
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Entitlement cards for public service beneficiaries |
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Access control for public service employees |
And the contactless smart cards benefits for e-government are tremendous:
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Secure, portable, user-friendly |
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Better public services |
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Secured identification and users’ authentication (with digital photography and biometrics capabilities) |
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Fraud reduction |
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Streamlining of business processes |
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Reduction of administration cost |
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Here are some examples of contactless smart card programs:
- USA biometric passport: The Enhanced Border Security and Visa Entry Reform Act (EBSA) established October 26, 2004 (extended to Nov. 30, 2006) as the deadline for Visa Waiver Program (VWP) countries to begin issuing machine-readable passports with biometric identifiers (as defined by the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO).
- Chinese Identification Card (2004): Largest single contactless application, with 1.2 billion Chinese citizens receiving a contactless ID by 2008 (Olympic Games in Beijing)
- Malaysia GPMC MyKad card: 2M contactless smart cards for ID , passport, driver’s license, and health card with fingerprint biometric data control
- France: Dual interface national ID will integrate by 2006 government and business services, transactions online through digital certificates, as well as SESAM Vitale, the largest smart-card-based health application worldwide (60M cards)
- Belgium BelPIC National ID card (2003):
First European national roll out of ID
smart cards: 10M to be delivered 
- India SCOSTA Driving License (Interoperability across 27 Indian provinces)
- Japanese driving license
- European Tachograph digital ID for
truck drivers
- Israel’s biometric passport ID for Palestinian
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