NPR explores U.S. law enforcement interest in real-time facial recognition
With improvements in facial recognition technology delivering the promise of real-time identification, and a lack of legislative guidance on its…
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Questions regarding use of biometrics in AI raised during federally sponsored forum
Concerns about privacy, including ways in which biometrics used in artificial intelligence (AI) could be used by law-enforcement agencies to…
U.S. Homeland Security collecting migrant biometrics in Mexico
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security has installed “scores” of screening terminals in detention centers to collect biometric data from…
Biometrics could get short shrift under admin proposal to gut transit security funding
The Trump administration’s proposal to surprisingly slash funding for the Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS) Transit Security Grant Program (TSGP)…
U.S. DoD’s new Biometric System Integration Laboratory developing numerous new capabilities
A new biometric collection system for the U.S. Department of Defense called Next Generation Biometric Collection is currently in the…
ePassport digital signatures still can’t be verified by CBP
Since 2010 when a Government Accountability Office (GAO) audit discovered the security lapse, Customs and Border Protection (CBP) “still does…
Representatives of UK and U.S. industry and government meet to discuss aviation security collaboration
Representatives of the aviation industry from the UK and U.S. met with government officials from both countries last week in…
Crossmatch receives ESGR Above and Beyond Award from U.S. Department of Defense
Crossmatch has received the U.S. Department of Defense Employer Support for the Guard and Reserves (ESGR) Above and Beyond Award,…
EFF requests clarification, expresses concerns on Biometric Entry/Exit implementation
The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) has published a letter it sent to U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) following a…
Defense contractor settles cost-padding civil suit for half-million dollars
Integral Consulting Services (ICS) has agreed to pay over $500,000 in damages to the United States over allegations that it…
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