
Two congressional staffers on Tuesday suggested that Congress is unlikely to approve a request by the Obama administration to transfer the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) office responsible for enterprise biometric identity matching services to the largest user of those services, Customs and Border Protection (CBP).The DHS FY ’17 budget request calls for moving the Office of Biometric Identity Management (OBIM) from the National Protection and Programs Directorate (NPPD) to CBP. Paul Anstine, the staff director on the House Homeland…