DHS is going bigger with its next face biometrics rally
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security opened industry applications for its 2022 Biometric Technology Rally. The department’s Science and Technology…
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DHS Biometric Rally 2021 results show accuracy gains, but masks and equality still challenges for some
Three quarters of the errors encountered by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s Science & Technology Directorate (S&T) in its…
DHS discusses difficulties of implementing mDLs
The U.S. Science and Technology Directorate (S&T) has published an article about the difficulties connected with the correct implementation of…
DHS seeks biometric investments for border security; addresses privacy concerns
The Department of Homeland Security announced a call for innovators in the biometrics field to aid in its objective of…
ITIF, former DHS exec push back on criticisms of facial recognition use by US agency
The Internal Revenue Agency (IRS) should have taken a more measured response to the controversy around its use of identity…
Another earful for White House on DHS biometrics, states on surveillance
Development of biometric surveillance systems by U.S. government agencies at different levels continues to intensify, as do the protests of…
DHS SVIP Program offering funding for biometric wearables
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) SVIP (Silicon Valley Innovation Program) has launched a new funding opportunity focused on…
Once little-known data-analysis office in DHS gets heat about facial recognition
Facial recognition was part of the text and subtext of a U.S. Senate intelligence committee hearing last week. The hearing…
Uncle DHS wants you to help him make better biometrics
Better late than never, the U.S. government wants to find out what people think of facial recognition and other AI…
Shiny skin ruining face biometric data? DHS researchers develop fix
Researchers with the U.S. Department of Homeland Security have developed a way to correct for how much lights reflects off…
