Jim Davis writes the two agencies will consolidate research and develop technologies at the 360,000-square-foot center, which will accommodate 1,200 people, according to the report.
âThe partnership embodied by this facility will ultimately strengthen the countryâs ability to combat crime and terrorism in the country and around the world,â Stephen Morris, assistant director of FBIâs Criminal Justice Information Services Division, told attendees at the ribbon-cutting ceremony.
FBI biometrics employees and the U.S. Armyâs Defense Forensics and Biometrics Agency personnel will occupy the facility by the end of 2015, Davis reports.