Cybersecurity
Electronic passport required for visa program
DHS has added biometric identification requirements to Visa Waiver Program restrictions.
Digital Government
How Facial Recognition Might Stop the Next Brussels
Keeping terrorists away from crowded spaces requires recognizing them before they get there, which is no easy task
Cybersecurity
Spy Researchers Take on Biometric ID Hackers
A 4-year project just launched to develop artificial intelligence to automatically detect spoofed fingertips, facial images and irises.
Cybersecurity
How USCIS consolidates immigration data
The agency in charge of processing immigrant visa and naturalization petitions, asylum and refugee applications has a data query service that rounds up data from across DHS.
Cybersecurity
Army looks to bridge biometrics contract
Northrop Grumman is getting an extension on a contract for a military biometrics capability.
Emerging Tech
More Than a Third of Americans Would Undergo Iris Scans for Better Government Services
About 67 percent of respondents would share their cellphone numbers with the federal government if it meant personalized services such as expedited passport processing, but far fewer -- 35 percent -- would offer iris scans.
Cybersecurity
CBP encouraged by facial comparison pilots
Customs and Border Protection officials are seeing success in facial comparison pilot projects and are mulling a long-term investment strategy for the program, according to CBP's Michael Hardin.
Cybersecurity
New FBI biometric tech facility speeds analysis
The FBI's recently-opened center for biometrics technology in West Virginia giving the Bureau and the Department of Defense sharper capabilities, said a top FBI executive.
Cybersecurity
Senate panel complains of slow progress at DHS on biometric exit tracking
Lawmakers grilled officials on the slow pace of progress in setting up a system to gather details on foreign visitors when they leave the U.S.
Cybersecurity
CBP expands facial recognition program to visa-free travelers
Customs and Border Protection will add first-time Visa Waiver Program travelers and ePassport users to the agency's facial recognition tech deployment.
Digital Government
US Considers Using Portable DNA Labs, Iris Scans to Vet Syrian Refugees
The U.S. government is considering a handful of new technologies to strengthen and potentially hasten the screening of Syrian refugees.
Digital Government
Feds Expand Iris Scans at Southern Border
Up to now, U.S. border officials have had no way of knowing who overstays, because while they check everyone who comes into the country legally, they don’t keep a record of who leaves by land for Mexico.
Cybersecurity
Hurd urges changes to Visa Waiver Program
Rep. Will Hurd (R-Texas), one of leading tech experts on Capitol Hill, is looking to pressure European allies to disclose more data to the Visa Waiver Program.
Cybersecurity
Can U.S. border tech detect fake passports?
The Paris terror attacks prompted debate in the United States on a number of policy issues, including passport security.
Cybersecurity
DHS looking to biometrics, more shared info on VWP
DHS is proposing changes to the Visa Waiver Program that would expand the use of biometrics, the sharing of information with Interpol and modifications to existing background check databases.
Cybersecurity
DHS chief looks to Congress on visa waiver gaps
Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson wants Congress to help close data gaps that some say could provide a backdoor entrance for terrorists.
Cybersecurity
Christina Prat
Christina Prat's management helps Border Patrol agents get the data they need quickly and accurately to ensure the safety of everyone involved.
Digital Government
Clinton Says US Should Spend Whatever It Takes to Scrutinize Incoming Syrian Refugees
Screening "is the No. 1 requirement” for Syrians seeking to enter the United States, Clinton said during the debate.
Cybersecurity
State Department seeks more advanced biometrics
The State Department, like the Pentagon, is interested in more sophisticated biometric technologies to help with security overseas.
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