State taps Identix for facial-recognition pact
The State Department has chosen Identix Inc. to provide facial-recognition software to be integrated into visa application processes.
U.S. Visit hires expert eyes
Sometimes there's no substitute for a pair of human eyes in biometric identification, the Homeland Security Department's U.S. Visitor and Immigrant Status Indicator System program has found.<br>
Hutchinson says biometrics is essential to DHS
The Homeland Security Department makes extensive use of biometrics and is looking to unify its processes, DHS' Asa Hutchinson said today.
Former CIA director sees slow creep toward nationwide fingerprinting
American citizens face the prospect of having to submit fingerprints to the government to make it easier to fight terrorism, James Woolsey says.
State Dept. OKs biometric passports
By December, the State Department plans to choose a vendor for millions of passport covers with biometric chips storing digital images of the holder's face.
Biometric visa program is a victim of its own success, report says
Program's technical success has outpaced State Department's progress in adopting guidance for visa officers on how to use the system.
TSA expands airport access control pilot
The Transportation Security Administration is adding two airports to its Access Control Pilot Program, which is evaluating access-control technologies.
Online extra: State OKs biometrics passports
The State Department plans by December to choose a vendor to provide millions of passport covers bearing biometric chips with digital images of the holder.
TSA to begin TWIC prototype testing
The Transportation Security Administration has awarded a $12 million contract to BearingPoint Inc. for the prototype phase of the Transportation Worker Identification Credential program.
Automated fingerprint matching can be highly accurate
Computerized fingerprint matching can be highly accurate, outperforming facial-recognition systems, NIST reports.
Defense office getting biometrics software
Secretary of Defense Comptroller's Office will use biometrics security software and hardware from Saflink Corp.
Entry-exit strategy
The Homeland Security Department's Border and Transportation Security Directorate, in a way, is the Homeland Security Department.
Feds closing in on biometric policy
A meeting of 28 agencies late last month produced three areas of agreement on governmentwide biometric policy, said John D. Woodward Jr., director of the Defense Department's Biometrics Management Office.
State Dept. wants to leverage PKI
The State Department, one of the four entities cross-certified this year by the Federal Bridge Certification Authority, has big plans for its public-key infrastructure.
Thumbs up
The future of biometric authentication, as the past, lies in fingerprints, FBI experts believe.Monte C. Strait, chief of the FBI's Criminal Justice Information Services Division, said the bureau's Integrated Automated Fingerprint Identification System, with its 46.9 million digital prints of criminals, remains the nation's only large biometric repository.
Defense changes tack in issuing smart cards
Despite having a strong supply chain, the Defense Department missed its deadline last month for issuing smart cards to 3.4 million service members, civilian employees and contract workers, so the department is tweaking demand.
Sony token takes on smart card
The smart card and the USB key-chain storage device have converged in the Puppy fingerprint identity token from Sony Electronics Inc.
Budget committee staff gives a hand to biometric log-on
Richard E. Magee regularly dealt with House Budget Committee staff members who repeatedly forgot their computer passwords. But the committee's information systems manager hadn't felt true user wrath until last year's budget resolution markup, when the network locked out a senior staff member who had repeatedly failed to enter his password accurately.
NIST advocates smarter policies on smart cards
Technical standards in the rapidly evolving smart-card industry fall short in the areas of security and interoperability. But the real barrier to wide-scale use is policy conflict, according to a recent government report.
Biometrics technologies go head-to-hand
In a biometrics face-off between facial recognition and hand geometry, hand geometry wins hands down. For now.
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