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Biometrics - Topics A-Z
Topics A-Z listing of articles and resources about the adoption of biometrics technology by government.
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- Biometrics: A - R - Archive
- Resources about the use of biometrics and how it can be used for identification and authentication purposes.
Added: 30 November 2005
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- Biometrics: S - Z - Archive
- Resources about the use of biometrics and how it can be used for identification and authentication purposes.
Added: 30 November 2005
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- Biometrics.gov
- "Biometrics.gov is the central source of information on biometrics-related activities of the [United States] Federal government... Biometrics.gov provides basic information and links to specific biometric activities in the Federal government..."
Added: 20 April 2007;
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- Biometric ID requirements touted for permanent residents
- Postmedia News. Times Colonist, April 27, 2012. "Immigration Minister Jason Kenney says he supports extending biometric ID requirements to permanent residents and would consider amending his omnibus immigration bill to make it happen..."
Added: 3 May 2012;
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- Active Authentication
- DARPA Information Innovation Office. "The current standard method for validating a user's identity for authentication on an information system requires humans to do something that is inherently unnatural: create, remember, and manage long, complex passwords. Moreover, as long as the session remains active, typical systems incorporate no mechanisms to verify that the user originally authenticated is the user still in control of the keyboard. Thus unauthorized individuals may improperly obtain extended access to information system resources if a password is compromised or if a user does not exercise adequate vigilance after initially authenticating at the console. The Active Authentication program seeks to address this problem by developing novel ways of validating the identity of the person at the console that focus on the unique aspects of the individual through the use of software based biometrics..."
Added: 22 March 2012;
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- DARPA: Dump passwords for always-on biometrics
- By Kathleen Hickey. Government Computer News, March 21, 2012. "The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency wants to eliminate passwords and use an individual's typing style and other behavioral traits for user authentication. Creating, remembering and managing long, complex passwords is 'inherently unnatural', the agency said on its Active Authentication site. And most active sessions don’t have mechanisms to identify that the current user is still the one originally authenticated..."
Added: 22 March 2012;
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- Electronic Biometric Transmission Specification - in pdf format (220kb)
- (This document requires the use of Adobe Acrobat Reader). US Department of Defense, Biometrics Task Force, Version 2.0, 27 March 2009. "This Department of Defense (DoD) Electronic Biometric Transmission Specification (EBTS) is based on the American National Standards Institute (ANSI)/National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) Information Technology Laboratory specification number 1-2007 (ITL 1-2007). The DoD's EBTS builds upon the ITL 1-2007 to meet DoD requirements via additions to and customizations of the ITL 1-2007 data format..."
Added: 22 February 2012;
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- Post Office wins biometric collection contract
- Checks on foreign nationals to include online service for employers, by Mark Say. Guardian Professional, Wednesday 7 December 2011. "The Post Office has won a contract to take photographs and fingerprints of foreign nationals seeking biometric residence permits (BRPs). Immigration minister Damian Green announced the plan as part of a package of measures, also including an online checking service for employers, aimed at reducing the number of illegal workers in the UK..."
Added: 8 December 2011;
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- Govt agencies answer the call of voice-based automation
- Use of voice as a biometric for identification is becoming a core feature of IVRs, By Stephen Bell - Wellington. Computerworld Tuesday, 29 November, 2011. "Voice recognition of keywords and the use of voice as a biometric for identification are becoming core features in interactive voice response (IVR) systems, delegates at the Voice Leadership Forum in Wellington this month were told. First-hand reports of user experience of service through the automated voice channel came from New Zealand's Inland Revenue (IRD) and Ministry of Social Development (MSD) as well as the BNZ and Westpac banks, were shared at the event..."
Added: 29 November 2011;
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- Biometrics boost for Immigration New Zealand
- Fingerprinting technology to be implemented, By Randal Jackson - Auckland. Computerworld, Wednesday, 26 October, 2011. "Immigration New Zealand now has the ability to store photos of all non New Zealanders and to require fingerprints at entry points to the country. Immigration minister Jonathan Coleman says in a press release that extending the use of biometrics will strengthen border security and enable Immigration to speed up visa application processing..."
Added: 26 October 2011;
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- RailCorp goes biometric for employees
- By Michael Lee, ZDNet Australia, October 10, 2011. "RailCorp is planning to overhaul its time sheet and attendance system for employees, replacing the manual processes with biometric scanners to electronically capture what time staff clock in and out..."
Added: 11 October 2011;
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- The intelligent face of surveillance systems
- by Jennifer Foreshew. The Australian, September 6, 2011. "Policing agencies and airports are expected to benefit from a Google-style search ability that uses soft biometrics to find someone in surveillance footage. Australian researchers are working on a way to use soft biometrics such as estimated height, weight, skin and hair colour to identify a particular person in video footage..."
Added: 7 September 2011;
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- Government plans biometrics working group
- By Luke Hopewell, ZDNet Australia, May 26, 2011. "The national science and security division within the Department of Prime Minister and Cabinet (DPC) is looking to establish a new working group with industry to tackle biometric security initiatives..."
Added: 30 May 2011;
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- Malaysia to take foreigners' biometric data
- By Xinghui Guo. FutureGov, 25 March 2011. "From 1 June 2011 onwards, foreigners entering Malaysia will have their thumbprints taken under a biometric system..."
Added: 28 March 2011;
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- Queensland biometric driver licence rollout begins
- The rollout follows successful trials by the Queensland Government, by Hamish Barwick. Computerworld, 5 November, 2010. "A biometric driver licence system has been unveiled in Toowoomba as the Queensland Government begins replacing old licences to combat identity fraud. The cards, which are embedded with a computer chip, store product and personal information..."
Added: 15 November 2010;
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- SA Government delays prison biometrics rollout
- Biometrics housing to be built in Adelaide, by Hamish Barwick. Computerworld, 11 November, 2010. "Plans by the South Australian Government to roll out biometrics at a number of prisons acrosss the state have been delayed due to required construction work..."
Added: 11 November 2010;
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- Texas biometrics program targets wanted illegal immigrants
- Secure Communities is scheduled to be deployed in all U.S. counties by 2013, By Kevin McCaney. Government Computer News, October 18, 2010. "Texas is going statewide with a Homeland Security Department program that searches the fingerprint records of inmates in local jails in search of illegal immigrants wanted for serious crimes..."
Added: 25 October 2010;
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This category last updated: 3 May 2012
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