Congress deepens investment in DHS biometrics
As lawmakers race to avert a government shutdown ahead of the January 30 funding deadline, negotiators have released the FY…
OBIM
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General Dynamics wins new OBIM support contract
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has awarded General Dynamics Information Technology (GDIT) a $36 million contract to continue supporting…
DHS’s biometric power shift raises oversight concerns
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is undergoing a significant realignment of authority over the federal government’s largest biometric database,…
ICE’s facial recognition app raises alarms over expansion of domestic surveillance
In early 2025, Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) quietly expanded its biometric surveillance footprint with the deployment of a powerful…
Internal struggle over US federal biometric data management intensifies
As the U.S. federal government expands its use of biometric technologies to manage everything from border security to federal benefits,…
ICE advances sole source deal with Palantir for new surveillance backbone
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) is preparing to move forward with a sole-source contract to Palantir Technologies for the…
DHS invites comments on new biometric sensor performance studies
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is inviting public comments on a proposed information collection initiative that is aimed…
DOGE’s infiltration into core of federal biometrics management sets off alarms
The Trump administration’s Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) has now insinuated itself into the Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS) Office…
OBIM spec enables vendors to build products to interact with DHS biometric system
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has opened its specification for interacting with the nation’s largest biometrics database to…
DHS preps to migrate 300M latent fingerprint biometric records to the cloud
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security wants to set up a cloud-based latent fingerprint biometric examination capability within its Automated…
