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Cyber

Despite Budget Challenges, DoD Leadership Committed To Biometrics As Enduring Capability, Official Says

By John Robinson

Thursday, February 20th, 2014

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Despite Budget Challenges, DoD Leadership Committed To Biometrics As Enduring Capability, Official Says

Fiscal constraints are causing the Pentagon to more closely scrutinize programs and find ways to reduce costs, but biometric-related programs are an “enduring capability” that the senior leadership in the Pentagon is committed to, a Defense Department official said on Thursday. However, the level and degree to which DoD leaders are committed to this capability is still to-be-determined, John Boyd, director, Defense Forensics and Biometrics within the Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineering, said at…

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