I'm still digging around on the NCDMV site, with no luck yet.
The only (vague) mention I've seen yet on the site to the Viisage™ technology is on this page:
North Carolina’s New Driver License and Identification Card
"A process called digital imaging is used to obtain and store customer portraits and signatures.
Along with digital-imaging, the new driver license is equipped with a bar code system that houses each customer’s personal data and can only be accessed by NCDMV and law enforcement agencies."
Yes, billbears, this fairly REEKS of Liddy.
Gag me with a third brake light!
Good night.
CD
Yes it appears so. Although NC is not listed on the FR recognition customer list, we are on the ID list and from that page it says:
Viisage's contract with the state of North Carolina started in April 1996 and continues through April 2001 at an approximate value of $ 10.6 million. As prime contractor, Viisage Technology has complete responsibility for the design, integration, installation, testing, maintenance, and performance of the state of North Carolina's over-the-counter Digitized Driver License and Image Database Systems.
Tasks:
Overall systems requirements analysis
Hardware architecture · Customized workstation OS/2 applications
Data collection and storage structured for TCP/IP communications network
Installation of 142 workstations for over-the-counter issuance of approximately two million driver licenses/ID cards annually
Installation of two Division of Motor Vehicle workstations for retrieval of licenses and "valid without photo license" documents
Installation of a Development Workstation for in-house training and testing
Installation of a Central Image Server for online storage and retrieval of all signatures and images via state network
Supply, distribution, and maintenance of consumable items for two million cards per year for five years.
Technologies, Innovations, and Accomplishments:
Implementing DDL/ID workstation in an IBM OS/2 operating system environment
Implementing both RAID magnetic [primary] and DLT tape [secondary] storage for data redundancy
Developing a secure inventory control system for distribution of sensitive materials
Developing telephone inquiry/FAX transmission capability from Central Image Server
Combining new digital image capture system with existing demographic database
Designing maintenance scheme to support 7 days/week, 24 hours/day customer service.
I don't know about you, but combining a digital image capture system with an existing demographic database sounds a whole lot like my pic is floating around some server in NC
Yes, billbears, this fairly REEKS of Liddy.
Shhhh, don't tell Howlin!! LOL. First Giddy kept the speed limit lowered to 55(against the wishes of the Reagan administration), then required seatbelts, then airbags, now a picture of every citizen. Howlin, sorry but this is somebody mucking around with my driving freedom and I don't like it one bit