Biometric Driver's License and E-Government for the Philippines

Digitalization of Public Services: The Land Transportation Office (LTO) of the Philippines launched a new system to digitize and centralize its services. DERMALOG supplied the agency with its latest technology. The system stores and processes all relevant data of Philippine citizens for driver's license, car registration and even for penalty payment of committed offenses in one single system. The new online portal of LTO is combined with a so-called LTMS (Land Transport Management System). It includes an Automated Biometric Identification System (ABIS) from DERMALOG with face and fingerprint identification, which prevents false or double identities. Furthermore, the new system allows easy integration of services of other government agencies in the Philippines. The Driver’s License System: DERMALOG provided LTO of the Philippines in 2017 with the new driver´s license system. The agency called for an upgrade of its current driver’s license cards consisting of Professional, Non-professional and Conductors Licenses. The deliverables for this project included durable polycarbonate cards and card artwork, AFIS System, workstations for registration and printing, laser engraver card printers, high definition web cameras as well as fingerprint scanners and digital signature pads for 265 LTO District Offices. Due to the many outstanding Driver’s License cards pending to be issued, time was very crucial for this project. In an international tender for this project, DERMALOG was able to assert itself against all competitors and accepted the challenge of this demanding driver’s license system comprising of a high speed AFIS (Automatic Fingerprint Identification System) and all corresponding hardware to be fully deployed and commissioned within a very tight schedule.