The Smart Card Industry Association maintains links to corporate member sites, provides updated information on the smart card industry, maintains a database of smart card legal and regulatory policies and offers conferences and educational resources fostering smart card use. This site is a good general resource for the state of the smart card industry and receiving the latest news relating to smart cards. Everything anyone might want to know about the history, use, future possibilities and providers of smart cards can be found at this free information resource site. The Smart Card Cybershow. Supported by a number of French banks and financial institutions, this web site provides an updated newsletter detailing recent events related to the marketing, regulation and business of smart cards.
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The site also contains supporting statistics, links, conference announcements and an online museum detailing the history of the smart card. The General Services Administration of the United States Government operates the SmartGov web site, detailing the current use and future possible applications of smart cards by the government. Links include connections to university smart card users, business resources for smart cards, demo locations and information on privacy and smart cards.