October 30, 2006
Prince Edward Island Rolls Out New Driver's Licenses
The Prince Edward Island (PEI) Department of Transportation and Public Works has begun offering an enhanced driver’s license. The new driver's license is part of an initiative of the four Atlantic provinces to collaborate on developing, procuring and implementing a single driver’s license system for citizens within their jurisdictions. The four Atlantic provinces jointly developed the project through an RFI and RFP process, ultimately tendering the project to Digimarc ID Canada, Inc. The term of the contract signed between the four Atlantic provinces and Digimarc ID Canada, Inc. is for up to eight years.
Among the advantages to this collaborative process are consistency of design, improved security features against identity theft and fraud, and reduced costs through economies of scale. Benefits will also accrue in areas of law enforcement as well as trade, transportation and tourism.
The new driver’s license will be the most secure over the counter driver's license and government issued ID in North America, according to the vendor. "By working with our sister provinces we are proud to be taking a lead role in raising the bar when it comes to document security," said Transportation and Public Works Minister Gail Shea. "By adopting the approach that we have there will also be savings of hundreds of thousands of dollars generated for Island taxpayers over the life of the contract.”
Shea noted that the new license will be rolled out to citizens as they renew their license at highway safety offices or their local Access PEI location and that there will be no additional cost for this product. There are approximately 100,000 driver’s licenses issued on Prince Edward Island. View the entire press release on Prince Edward Island's Web site.
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