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Terrorism Think Tank A team of more than 50 social scientists will extend its research into radicalization and the formation of terrorist groups in the U.S. and abroad. The researchers will also study the effectiveness of counter-terror strategies, as well as efforts to build community resilience...
Tags: Clear, fingerprint, Government, PRODUCTIVITY, security, terrorism, Transportation Security Administration
Research articles 2008-08-18
Maryland legal community asks: Is the evidence right at your
Prosecutors and defense attorneys had just closed their arguments on the admissibility and reliability of fingerprint evidence in criminal trials during a program here at the Maryland State Bar Association's annual meeting. So it was fitting that a judge was among the first members of the audience to respond. ...
Tags: analysis, FBI, fingerprint, Government
Research articles 2008-06-16
STRATEGIC SOLUTION FOR US-VISIT PROGRAM NEEDS TO BE BETTER DEFINED, JUSTIFIED, AND COORDINATED
GAO-08-361 Homeland Security: Strategic Solution for US-VISIT Program Needs to Be Better Defined, Justified, and Coordinated February 29, 2008 Statement of Joel C. Willemssen, Managing Director, Information Technology Issues The Honorable Bennie G. Thompson Chairman The Honorable Peter T. King Ranking Member Committee on Homeland Security House...
Tags: Biometrics, fingerprint, Government, ICE, Immigration, immigration, Pub, SECURITY, Strategy, U.S., U.S. Department of Homeland Security
Research articles 2008-04-01
Airlines balk at fingerprinting departing foreigners
WASHINGTON -- Airlines are protesting a government plan that would require them to take fingerprints of foreign travelers as they fly out of the USA, saying it could create massive lines at airport check-in counters. Congress has required that the 33million foreigners a year coming into...
Tags: fingerprint, foreigner, Government, Outsourcing, Transportation, U.S., U.S. Department of Homeland Security
Research articles 2008-03-17
Biometrics technology a cause for concern?
IN the beginning was the fingerprint. It was in the 19th century that scientists realized the ridged whorls on the tip of the finger constituted a unique marker that could be used to tell one person from another. And the FBI built a massive database of fingerprints. ...
Tags: Biometrics, Biotechnology, DNA, FBI, fingerprint, Government, SECURITY, SOFTWARE
Research articles 2008-02-11
Fingerprints Grabbed at U.S. International Airports
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security DHS is now collecting additional fingerprints from international visitors arriving at three major U.S. airports. The change is part of the DHS's upgrade from two- to 10-fingerprint collection in order to enhance security and fingerprint matching accuracy. "Anyone who's...
Tags: Authentication/Encryption, Biometrics, fingerprint, Government, SECURITY, U.S. Department of Homeland Security
Research articles 2008-01-28
A dark and stormy night: the mystery of the missing science in fingerprint identification.
IN MAY of 2004, the FBI issued an unprecedented apology to Brandon Mayfield, the Portland, Oregon lawyer who was tied to the Madrid train bombings via an erroneous fingerprint identification. (1) The print in question had been positively identified as Mayfield's by three highly qualified FBI...
Tags: analysis, Cir, Cole, FBI, fingerprint, Madrid, Mitchell, Patterson, Simon, technique, U.S., U.S. Department of Justice
Research articles 2008-01-01
Ten Fingers? Ten Toes?
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security DHS is now collecting additional fingerprints from international visitors arriving at Washington Dulles International Airport. The change is part of the department's upgrade from two- to 10- fingerprint collection in order to enhance security and fingerprint matching accuracy. "Anyone...
Tags: Authentication/Encryption, Biometrics, FBI, fingerprint, Government, SECURITY, U.S. Department of Homeland Security
Research articles 2007-12-17
Price of visa to US goes up
WASHINGTON AFP — The US State Department announced Thursday it was raising the price of most visas for foreign visitors to the United States by more than 30 percent. The move is aimed at helping pay for increased security measures for visitors, especially costs relating to the finger-printing of...
Tags: fingerprint, Government, U.S. Department of State, visa
Research articles 2007-12-13
Fingerprints, eye scans stop suspects in tracks
The U.S. military needed construction workers, and one Iraqi civilian in particular looked like a good candidate. He dressed in a white robe and presented an Iraqi government-issued identification card when he applied for a job in Anbar province one day in 2006. Then Marines working...
Tags: Biotechnology, database, DNA, fingerprint, Iraq, U.S. Department of Defense
Research articles 2007-11-12
Proof of identity: U.S. government driving the advance of biometric technologies.(RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT)(Cover story)
[ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] BALTIMORE -- TECHNOLOGY COMPANIES ARE developing devices that can scan 10 fingerprints at a time, instantly recognize facial features, irises, veins, voices, the way a person walks or even the shape of ears. It all falls under the rapidly developing...
Tags: Authentication/Encryption, Biometrics, fingerprint, identity, R&D, SECURITY, technology, U.S. Department of Defense, U.S. Government
Research articles 2007-11-01
Air France to trial biometric boarding cards
PARIS AFP — French airline Air France said Wednesday it planned to trial biometric boarding passes that would allow passengers to be fast-tracked through airport checks using a scan of their fingerprint. Passengers who volunteer to take part in the pilot scheme, from end 2007, will be asked to...
Tags: Agence France-Presse, chip, fingerprint, HARDWARE, NETWORKING, Scanners, Semiconductors
Research articles 2007-09-05
Money at your fingertips as digital payments hit German stores
FRANKFURT AFP — For those who frequently arrive at the supermarket check-out only to find they have left their wallets at home, help is at hand. A new system that scans customers' fingerprints and deducts the grocery bill from their bank accounts has taken supermarkets in southwestern Germany by...
Tags: Agence France-Presse, bank, FINANCE, fingerprint, Germany, payment, supermarket
Research articles 2007-09-03
Cross Match Receives Order from U.S. State Department for 675 Guardian Biometric Fingerprint Scanners and Related Software
PALM BEACH GARDENS, Fla. -- Cross Match Technologies, Inc., a leading global provider of innovative biometric systems and technologies, has received an order from the U.S. Department of State's Bureau of Consular Affairs CA for 675 L SCAN([R]) Guardian([TM]) livescan fingerprint scanner units and related software. Cross Match previously...
Tags: fingerprint, Guardian, HARDWARE, Palm Inc., Scanners, software, U.S. Department of State
Research articles 2007-08-28
Texas.(legislative bill introduced by Texas. Legislature)(Brief article)
BACKGROUND SCREENING. The Texas Legislature has introduced a bill (S.B. 21) that would require owners, directors, and operators of daycare centers to submit their fingerprints for an FBI background check. Before being hired to work at a daycare center, all prospective employees must also undergo background...
Tags: director, FBI, fingerprint, Government, Texas
Research articles 2007-04-01
Two studies examine fingerprinting.(Intelligence)
LEFT HAS ALWAYS been treated as inferior to right. In Latin, the word for left means "sinister." In French, left translates as gauche, or clumsy, while right means skillful. It turns out that left and right differ even in the mundane world of fingerprint...
Tags: fingerprint, HARDWARE, NIST, Scanners
Research articles 2007-04-01
Ore. lawyer settles suit over Madrid bombings
WASHINGTON -- An Oregon lawyer erroneously linked to the Madrid train bombings received a written apology and $2 million from the federal government Wednesday. The monetary settlement involving Brandon Mayfield comes more than two years after he was detained by U.S. authorities who had misidentified a fingerprint lifted from the...
Tags: FBI, fingerprint, Government, Madrid, Oregon, SOFTWARE, U.S.
Research articles 2006-11-30
Fingerprint evidence.
In May 2004, agents from the Federal Bureau of Investigation showed up at Brandon Mayfield's law office and arrested him in connection with the March 2004 bombing of a train station in Madrid, Spain. The Oregon lawyer was a suspect because several experts had matched one of...
Tags: computer, FBI, fingerprint, Government, PRODUCTIVITY
Research articles 2006-05-03
One Card Fits All
Industry and government address challenges in creating a universal access credential. A U.S. government effort will lighten the load of identification badges personnel must carry, but both federal officials and industry representatives now realize that they have run into a few snags. While substantial progress has been made,...
Tags: agency, fingerprint, HSPD-12, MARKETING, NIST, security, standards
Research articles 2006-02-01
Electronic fingerprinting device.(PRODUCTS & TECHNOLOGY)
ClearID2000 by BSI2000 Inc. captures rolled fingerprints electronically to completely eliminate manual inking procedures and increase the accuracy and reliability of print collection by providing immediate scan quality feedback to the operator. ClearID2000 reduces the time required for positive identification. The system electronically prints the...
Tags: FBI, fingerprint, Government, HARDWARE, Keyboards
Research articles 2005-09-01
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