The Jamaica Information Service (JIS) posted an article on January 6, 2021, authored by Alicia Smith, covering the upcoming infrastructure that will facilitate the production of digital birth certificates. Below are some key highlights:
- The implementation of infrastructure that will facilitate the production of digital birth certificates for Jamaicans is now 90 per cent complete.
- This was disclosed by Programme Director for the National Identification System (NIDS), Warren Vernon, who said the National Public Key Infrastructure (NPKI) project is expected to be completed by March, following the conclusion of certain processes.
- “There are some public registration that we need to do. We are doing a lot of upgrades – looking at processes and optimising those processes – right across government because it is important for us to prepare the government for the adoption of NIDS,” he said.
- In December last year, Prime Minister, the Most Hon. “The Bill will serve as the legal basis for the establishment of a robust, efficient and effective National Identification System, underpinned by a legal and regulatory framework that supports safe, secure and reliable verification of identity information for citizens of Jamaica and persons ordinarily resident in Jamaica,” Mr. Holness said then.
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