01-10-2012, 05:18 PM
Government Applications of Biometric Technologies
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Drivers: 2003
Legislative requirements
Visa & passport reform: biometrics on all travel documents
Transportation security: worker & traveler identification
Health, Finance & “E-Sign”
Programmatic initiatives
DoD Common Access Card, GSA Smart Card
DHS US-VISIT: +US$1 billion infrastructure project
TSA airport trials, transport worker identification card
Awareness & Interest
General understanding of “fit” for biometrics in security
Privacy in perspective
Removing the Last Barriers
Standardization
National Institute of Standards & Technology & M-1 Committee
ICAO
IATA Simplifying Passenger Travel Interest Group
R&D, Large Scale Deployment
National Biometric Security Project (NBSP)
Center for Information Technology Research (Consortium of Universities and Companies)
Government Policy
Defining uses and resolving conflicts: 1:n or 1:1?
Biometrics & Border Control
November 2002 Report by U.S. General Accounting Office (GAO)
Examined uses for biometrics in two areas:
Document issuance (passport and visa)
Multiple identities
Criminal record
Border clearance
Linking bearer to issued document
Expediting clearance
Practical Applications
US-VISIT Entry-Exit System (2003-)
All visas
Future U.S. passports
All visa waiver travelers
Canada-U.S. “Smart Border” Initiative
SENTRI, NEXUS, CANPASS-Air
Registered Traveler
United Airlines & Transportation Security Administration (TSA) trial