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Biometrics Office Developing Pilot Effort For Blue Force Database

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Monday, January 25th, 2010

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By Calvin Biesecker The Defense Department's Biometrics Task Force (BTF) is putting together a pilot project that would enroll and identify friendly forces in a biometric database as part of an effort to incorporate biometrics into access control procedures at military installations and facilities in the United States, the director of the office said last week. The purpose of the ID Protect project would help DoD understand the technology, policy, and business administration of managing biometrics on the "blue side,"…

Congress

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Army

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