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Homeland Security

Briefing

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Wednesday, February 20th, 2008

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*The White House National Science and Technology Council Subcommittee on Biometrics and Identity Management has issued for public comment a draft standards registry that lists recommended standards to enable government agencies to easily share biometric data. For example, the use of such standards ensures that biometric data on known or suspected terrorists collected by the Defense Department in war zones are also useable by the Department of Homeland Security's screening operations at U.S. border crossings, according to the National Institute…

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