US defense bill sustains military biometric identification infrastructure
Two modest biometric funding lines in the House version of the Fiscal Year 2027 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) point…
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IRS proposal could turn taxpayer facial verification into long-term fraud database
The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) is considering a proposal that would authorize ID.me to retain taxpayers’ biometric data for years,…
Persona awarded FedRAMP Moderate Authorization status
Persona has achieved Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program (FedRAMP) Moderate Authorization, enabling U.S. Federal agencies to deploy its biometric…
US DoT launches biometric trucker registry with Idemia technology
The U.S. government will require all truck drivers, motor-coach operators and other transport carriers to register in a system that…
GitHub leak exposed CISA, DHS GovCloud keys, internal credentials
A public GitHub repository tied to a contractor for the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) exposed credentials for highly…
NIST, Air Force move to sole-source biometric testing and monitoring contracts
The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and the U.S. Air Force Academy are pursuing separate sole-source contracts tied…
DHS funding law quietly advances biometric, surveillance infrastructure
The Homeland Security and Further Additional Continuing Appropriations Act, which became law on April 30 and broke the months-long shutdown…
Reveal Technology wins formal role in special operations biometrics
Reveal Technology’s Identifi mobile biometric system has been adopted as a program of record by U.S. Special Operations Command (USSOCOM),…
ICE smart glasses plan adds to lawmaker concerns over Palantir, mobile biometric enforcement
The Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS) push to develop biometric smart glasses for immigration agents is intensifying concerns in Congress…
ICE contract secures nationwide access to private iris biometric database
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) is moving to give its Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO) agents nationwide access to…
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