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Homeland Security

CBP Not Finding Demographic Bias in Use of Face Recognition Entry, Exit Program

By Cal Biesecker

Tuesday, February 18th, 2020

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Customs and Border Protection (CBP) continues to get match rates between 97 and 98 percent with its use of facial comparison technology where it is deployed to track the entry and exit of foreign nationals and U.S. citizens arriving to and departing from the U.S. and the agency isn’t finding that the technology is discriminating based on individual demographics, an agency official said earlier this month. “We’re not seeing demographic-based” issues in the 2 to 3 percent of instances where…

Congress

Senate Dems Block Consideration Of FY ‘27 NDAA Over Iran War Concerns

Senate Democrats on Tuesday blocked a vote to advance consideration of the chamber’s $1.14 trillion fiscal year 2027 National Defense Authorization (NDAA). The procedural vote was 46-50, failing to reach […]

Congress

Concerns Raised At SASC Hearing On Unobligated Reconciliation Funds And Lack Of Updates On Iran War Cost

Members of the Senate Armed Services Committee (SASC) raised concerns at a hearing on Tuesday about the majority of funds in the $153 billion first reconciliation bill being unobligated thus […]

Unmanned Systems

CBO Says Upfront Costs To Protect Military Installations From Drones Between $1 Million And $74 Million

The initial costs to acquire and deploy counter-small unmanned aircraft system (C-sUAS) defenses at individual Defense Department installations are estimated at between $1.2 million and $73.6 million depending on the […]

Congress

House Heads For Recess Without Moving On NDAA After Procedural Vote Fails

The House will leave for the Fourth of July recess without moving forward on its $1.15 trillion fiscal year 2027 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA), with a procedural vote to […]