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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

DHS S&T concludes facial recognition can work for small groups, while maintaining privacy

The results from the “2022 Biometric Technology Rally” could inform the way forward for TSA and other government agencies as they increasingly adopt…

Automation

FILE - This Sunday, April 5, 2020, file photo, shows an envelope containing a 2020 census letter mailed to a U.S. resident in Detroit. A U.S. Census Bureau director couldn't be fired without cause and new questions to the census form would have to be vetted by Congress under proposed legislation which attempts to prevent in the future the type of political interference into the nation's head count that took place during the Trump administration. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya, File)

Researchers ask Census to stop controversial privacy method

Agency Oversight

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

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Facial recognition’s surveillance capabilities should concern feds, watchdog says

Federal Drive

Understanding what regulation the tech industry needs

What's Working in Washington

Former WH senior advisor talks data privacy

CyberChat

NIST updating cyber guidance as agencies continue to adopt internet of things

Technology

Exclusive

Secure privacy on Facebook – March 24, 2018

Hosted by Dr. Richard Shurtz and Jim Russ. Sponsored by Stratford University. Today: Facebook is monetizing your data at the expense of your privacy….

Stratford University's Tech Talk

Living in the age of the internet of things

Stacey Gray of the Future of Privacy Forum discusses the privacy and safety implications of the so-called “internet of things.”

Of Consuming Interest

When modernizing means less citizen service

Tom Temin Commentary

The U.S. Postal Service toughens its policy language on its preference for centralized mail deliveries.