EFF asks for privacy review of FBI biometrics database
The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) and several other organizations have formally asked the U.S. Department of Justice to review the…
NGI
NGI: A closer look at the FBI’s billion-dollar biometric program
Representing a $1.2 billion investment by the U.S. federal government, the FBI’s massive Next Generation Identification (NGI) program is a…
Introducing the BiometricUpdate Digital Magazine
BiometricUpdate.com has just published its very first digital magazine, focused on the use of biometric technologies in law enforcement. This…
Law Enforcement and Biometrics
Biometric Update Special Reports provides analysis and competitive industry intelligence for the global biometrics industry including market size, multiple industry…
MorphoTrak supplies technology for the FBI’s NGI system
MorphoTrak, a U.S. subsidiary of Morpho has announced that the FBI’s Next Generation Identification system includes its biometric technology. According to the…
EFF sues FBI for facial recognition records related to NGI program
The Electronic Frontier Foundation is suing the FBI over access to its facial recognition records, based on three FOIA requests the group…
FBI exec appears before House Committee, discusses work with fingerprint and other biometrics
Steven Martinez, the Executive Assistant Director, Science and Technology Branch of the FBI recently made a statement before the House…
Lockheed Martin announces NGI Increment 3 deployment, includes National Palm Print System
Increment 3 of the FBI’s Next Generation Identification was recently deployed by a Lockheed Martin-led team, and the group says…
