GAO says US military playing too loose with AI development management
In the U.S. government, it is the job of the Government Accountability Office to poke holes in bureaucrats’ spending plans,…
U.S. Government
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TSA has big biometric ID management plans. Privacy, paranoia remain hurdles
Two decades after the U.S. Transportation Security Administration was formed to prevent people from bringing hazards aboard commercial jets, TSA…
GSA finds ‘bias’ in facial recognition errors, plans tests but no deployment
Tests conducted by America’s General Services Administration have shown higher false rejection rates in face biometric systems for African Americans…
US oversight committee wants answers on ID.me biometric accuracy, contracts and more
The leaders of the U.S. House Oversight Committee have penned a lengthy letter to ID.me, The Washington Post reports, to inquire…
No biometrics yet for US government’s Login.gov
The General Services Administration (GSA), an independent U.S. federal agency that oversees the functioning of other agencies, will explore the…
IARPA awards contracts for whole-body biometric identification
The research and development arm of the U.S. Office of the Director of National Intelligence announced a tranche of contracts…
Biometric Signature ID wins US government market access with GSA contract
Biometric Signature ID (BSI) has been awarded a U.S. General Services Administration (GSA) Multiple Award Schedule (MAS) contract. The move…
ID.me picks up Washington employment benefits contract amid heightened scrutiny
Washington’s Employment Security Department is about to be the latest state agency to deploy ID.me’s face biometrics and remote identity…
Critics of facial recognition out-lobbying well-known vendors
A research group picking through U.S. lobbying activity about facial recognition shows fairly modest spending by most organizations last year,…
Identity Management Symposium
Identity Management Symposium Oxon Hill, Maryland April 6-7, 2022 DSI’s 8th Annual Identity Management Symposium will focus on the technologies…
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