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New Biometrics Head Working To "Institutionalize" Long-Term Efforts

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Wednesday, March 2nd, 2011

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The new head of the Army's Biometrics Identity Management Agency (BIMA) is working to transition the military's biometrics programs, capabilities and processes from a rapid reaction effort to one that is "institutionalized" to support long-term capabilities. "So we are transitioning from a state where we have urgent capabilities that are in the field and are being refreshed to programs of record," Dr. Thomas Killion, director of BIMA, says at the recent National Defense Industrial Association's annual biometrics conference. "That is…

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