facial recognition

CBP, TSA expanding facial recognition for traveler identity verification

TSA is looking to scale up a pilot program that uses CBP’s “Traveler Verification Service” to check the identity of travelers at airports.

Technology

(Photo by Glenn Fawcett)

As part of CBP’s one-to-one biometric facial recognition testing on inbound, international flights, a traveler has his photo taken and compared against his passport photo to confirm his identity at Dulles Airport. Photo by Glenn Fawcett

Customs and Border Protection expands use of facial recognition

Technology

Members of the Maine National Guard arrive for orientation an empty wing at Central Maine Medical Center, Thursday, Dec. 16, 2021, in Lewiston, Maine. The Guard will work as nursing assistants, helping to open a swing bed unit of the hospital that has been closed due to a nursing shortage. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty)

National Guard members can unionize if and when they’re called up by governors

Federal Newscast

FILE - In this Oct. 7, 2020, file photo, a video surveillance camera is installed on the ceiling above a subway platform in the Court Street station in the Brooklyn borough of New York. State lawmakers across the U.S. are reconsidering the tradeoffs of facial recognition technology amid civil rights and racial bias concerns. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan, File)

Biden administration trying to find happy medium when it comes to facial recognition

Federal Newscast

FILE - In this March 22, 2013 file photo, the exterior of the Internal Revenue Service building in Washington. As millions of Americans file their income tax returns, their chances of getting audited by the IRS have rarely been so low. The number of people audited by the IRS last year dropped for the sixth straight year, to just over 1 million. The last time so few people were audited was 2004, when the population was significantly smaller. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File)

IRS ‘struck a nerve’ with facial recognition, but pieces missing in fight against fraud

Agency Oversight

FILE - In this March 9, 2021, file photo, Army health specialists fill syringes with the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine in Miami. Despite the clamor to speed up the U.S. vaccination drive against COVID-19, the first three months of the rollout suggest faster is not necessarily better. (AP Photo/Marta Lavandier, File)

New IG report shows Air Force, Army had issues rolling out vaccine overseas

Federal Newscast

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IRS walks away from facial recognition to access online tools after backlash

IT Modernization

Why maybe, just maybe, the era of the password is finally sunsetting

Cybersecurity

CBP building on facial recognition successes as travelers reap benefits of expedited process

Technology

Facial recognition technology gaining speed within federal agencies

Technology

In this photo taken Tuesday, May 7, 2019, is a security camera in the Financial District of San Francisco. San Francisco is on track to become the first U.S. city to ban the use of facial recognition by police and other city agencies as the technology creeps increasingly into daily life. (AP Photo/Eric Risberg)

DoD, DHS vet facial recognition tools for reliability in effort to build trust

Technology

With Afghan government falling, Pentagon deciding what to do with money for security forces

In today’s Federal Newscast, the Pentagon is determining what it should do with billions intended for the Afghan armed forces.

Federal Newscast

Artificial intelligence and machine learning could be used to boost efficiencies in various DLA processes, a working group from DLA's Analytics Center of Excellence recently found. (Graphic courtesy U.S. Army)

Does affective computing have a place in federal law enforcement?

The Department of Homeland Security has dabbled with affective computing to see if it detects lies among people seeking entry to the country. But Alex…

Artificial Intelligence

DHS biometric recognition program replacement is 3 years behind schedule

Agency Oversight

The Department of Homeland Security set out in 2016 to replace its facial and fingerprint recognition system. But little has gone right for the Homeland Advanced Recognition Technology program.