Biometrics Registry Proposed
The White House National Science and Technology Council’s Subcommittee on Biometrics and Identity Management will now allow interagency governmental sharing of biometric identification.
It doesn’t seem like much of a story at first glance, but the Federal government has been working steadily on a government-wide standard for biometrics data capture, storage, and sharing. Currently each agency uses its own methods to collect, store, and utilize biometric data. This disparity in the deployment and use of technology has slowed the government’s efforts to share this data between agencies. The new standardized system would remedy this disparity and would lead to greater efficiencies in data sharing. But creating a standardized system for storing and sharing biometric data across governmental agencies may have a downside as well.
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