Biometrics

Tracking visitors to US on schedule, but plan showing integration with other programs needed
DHS has done a good job keeping various visitor tracking programs on schedule; the point now is to show how they all integrate in a cohesive whole
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New market for biometrics: Nurseries
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As Registered Travel gets nears, smart card interoperability issues emerge
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Demand for biometrics grows in Middle East
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CyberKey, HISS in marketing agreement
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TSA to launch Registered Traveler on 20 June
Security and privacy concerns about Register Traveler have not subsided, but TSA sets mid-June as launch date for the controversial program, and calls on private companies to apply for the right to run it
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Genex shows 3D facial recognition technology
Current generation of facial recognition technology suffers from the limitations of 2D technology; Genex now offers 3D technology to address these limitations
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Investment in voice verification biometrics
As voice recognition biometrics becomes more popular — one advantage it has is remote recognition — investments in it grow
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New RFID ID card to replace passports among Western Hemisphere countries
U.S. government unveils a plan to equip citizens of several countries in the Western Hemisphere with a biometric card which could serve as a passport substitute
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US Biometrics, CSI in biometric solution for financial institutions
Two companies in the identity authentication business team up to offer financial institutions a robust identity solution
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Questions raised about traveler screening programs
Remember the nine-month old Pennsylvania toddler who was not allowed to board a plane with her mother because her name was on the TSA No-Fly list? And Senator Ted Kennedy is still being pulled over every time he walks through a security line; who is on this list, anyway?
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U.K. launches mugshot database for police use
U.K. law-enforcement authorities launch first-in-the-nation mugshot — or facial recognition — database to make it easier and quicker to identify criminals and terrorists
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Growing investment in airport IT services, including biometric check-in
Airport-related IT services and products constituted a $2.5 billion market in 2005; the growing interest in biometric travel documents will increase the size of this market in the next three years
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