DHS Forecasts Two $50 Million-Plus Contracts for OBIM Biometric Identity Services
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security expects to seek bids next month on two contracts worth $50 million to $100 million each for biometric identity…
HART
Articles tagged with HART
DHS Awards Thales $11.2 Million Sole-Source Contract for IDENT and HART Fingerprint Matchers
The Department of Homeland Security has awarded Thales DIS USA an $11.2 million contract, without competition, to support the Thales fingerprint and latent…
DHS FY2027 Budget Funds $7.5M Smart Glasses for ICE Biometric ID
DHS has included a $7.5 million smart glasses program in its FY2027 budget, giving ICE agents hands-free real-time biometric identification in the field.
Congress is Fed Up With the DHS’s HART Problems
The US Congress is signalling dissatisfaction and serious concerns with respect to the Department of Homeland Security’s Homeland Advanced Recognition…
Coast Guard Issues RFI for Biometrics At Sea System Upgrade
Preparations are getting underway for an upgrade to the U.S. Coast Guard’s biometrics system, and the army branch has accordingly issued a request for…
DHS Faces Delays and Rising Costs in Rollout of New HART Database
The Government Accountability Office (GAO) is taking the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to task for mismanaging the development of its new Homeland…
DHS Starts Migrating Biometric Database to the Cloud
The US Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is migrating its entire biometric database to the Amazon Web Services GovCloud. The effort represents the first…
New DHS Biometric Records System to be Exempt from Privacy Act
The Department of Homeland Security is setting up a new system to manage biometric records, and is seeking to get it exempt from the Privacy Act. In a posting…
ID Talk Podcast: NEC’s Benji Hutchinson Speaks on Biometric Border Control, Facial Recognition Controversy, and More
September is Government Biometrics Month, so for the most recent episode of the ID Talk Podcast, Peter Counter, Editor in Chief at FindBiometrics and Mobile ID…
Secretive DHS Program Aimed at Comprehensive Biometric Surveillance, says EFF
The Department of Homeland Security is working on a secretive project aimed at dramatically expanding its biometric surveillance powers – and the Electronic…