Biometrics

• DHS moves to kill the password with new award for user habit software

  The Department of Homeland Security is moving forward with the White House's "kill the password" initiative with an award for cell phone software that authenticates users without the use of passwords and pins.

  Technology

  August 28, 2015
• Mei Ngan, Computer Scientist, NIST

  Your mom told you not to get a tattoo. Now that magnificent body art could become a sort of biometric identifier for law enforcement. The National Institutes of Standards and Technology and the FBI want to use tattoos to help identify people, be they suspects or victims of natural disasters. NIST shared some of the initial results of its research at a recent workshop. Mei Ngan is a computer scientist with NIST. She joined the Federal Drive with Tom Temin with more on the identification efforts.

  Federal Drive

  June 16, 2015
• DoD to use iris scans, fingerprints for building security

  The Mark Center soon will require employees to provide a fingerprint or iris scan along with the CAC card to enter the facility. The Pentagon is next to implement biometric factors for physical access control. The Army also is looking at where biometrics could impact mission and business functions.

  Federal Drive

  April 06, 2012
• Northrop wins follow-on biometrics task order

  The task order was awarded under the Information Technology Enterprise Solutions 2 Services indefinite delivery, indefinite quantity contract by the U.S. Army Contracting Command - National Capital Region.

  Federal Drive

  May 25, 2011
• DHS to gain real-time access to DoD biometrics

  The Department of Homeland Security already has real-time access to biometric data maintained in the FBI\'s huge database of criminal records. Within the next year, it\'ll be able to share similar data with the Defense Department.

  Defense

  March 01, 2011
• DoD looks to expand biometrics use

  The Defense Department’s success in using biometrics in Iraq and Afghanistan is inspiring the military to expand the use of identification technologies. DoD has several pilots or plans for tests to use biometrics in non-wartime…

  Defense

  August 05, 2009
• Boosting Biometrics Plans

  The Army has boosted its plans for how they use biometrics. The successful use of this technology on the battlefield and to protect Army bases has given the service the incentive needed to do more.…

  Defense

  November 03, 2008