The FBI has declared its new biometric identification system to be in the full operational capability phase nearly one month after the bureau said it completed work to convert 30 million records and
MoreThe FBI‘s Criminal Justice Information Services division has completed the digital conversion of its fingerprint, criminal history and civil files as part of a two-decade effort to completely modernize the division’s biometric file
MoreThe FBI and Defense Department are collaborating to open a biometrics technology center at FBIâs Clarksburg, West Virginia-based campus, Biometric Update reported Monday. Stephen Mayhew writes the 360,000-square-foot center near the campus
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The FBIÂ plans to transition its criminal records and biometric information to a cloud environment in an effort to automate searches of data, Nextgov reported Monday. Aliya Sternstein writes the FBI issued a
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The U.S. Army is seeking information on potential vendors that can perform biometrics-related research, development and implementation work for the Intelligence and Information Warfare Directorate of the Communications Electronics Research and Development Engineering
MoreThe Department of Homeland Security wants to acquire technology for monitoring outgoing foreign visitors through facial and iris recognition, Nextgov reported Thursday. Aliya Sternstein writes the surveillance system is intended to be deployed
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A Department of Homeland Security body is looking into cloud-based storage options to help maintain its burgeoning biometrics database, the Federal Times reported Tuesday. Nicole Blake Johnson writes the Office of Biometric Identity
MoreThe Defense Department is updating standards for its biometric screeening programs and expects to issue an updated directive by the end of this year, Federal Times reported Tuesday. Nicole Blake Johnson writes
MoreThe National Institute of Standards and Technology will issue new standards for federal agencies and contractors to develop identification cards with secure biometric reference, FCW reported Friday. Mark Rockwell writes the NISTâs
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