DOD advances biometric security while DHS faces privacy concerns
A new Government Accountability Office (GAO) audit report has raised red flags about privacy vulnerabilities in the Department of Homeland…
Homeland Advanced Recognition Technology (HART)
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DHS seeks info on upgrading to cloud biometrics for national security database
The long and winding path to an upgraded biometric data management system for the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS)…
DHS to award sole source contract for NEC face biometrics software licenses
The Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS’s) Office of Biometric Identity Management (OBIM) has announced that it intends to procure face…
DHS’s beleaguered HART still hasn’t addressed privacy ‘gaps’
The US Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS) repeatedly delayed and now estimated $3.1 billion Homeland Advanced Recognition Technology (HART) program…
OBIM’s Futures Identity team looks at needs for tomorrow and three decades ahead
Dr. Alicia Locker is an academic engagement specialist with the Office of Biometric Identity Management (OBIM)’s Futures Identity Team at…
US plan to link biometric databases for travelers in limbo
The United States’ plan to access European fingerprint databases in order to vet travelers arriving at its territory has stalled…
New biometric data-sharing compact with US too hot for European Commission
Never mind that enhanced border security plan between the EU and U.S. to share the biometric and other personally identifying…
US feds say right words about updating biometrics policy, but might just be talk
The U.S. Homeland Security Department has agreed with four biometrics-related recommendations made by an inspector general. The inspector general’s advice…
US oversight body demands biometrics privacy, training upgrades at DHS, FBI
The U.S. Government Accountability Office wants federal agencies to work on protecting the privacy and civil liberties of Americans in…
Another year, another list of missed biometrics recommendations at DHS
U.S. Congress’ primary watchdog agency is nudging the Department of Homeland Security to get moving on some important biometrics-related recommendations…
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