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

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Friday, February 25th, 2011

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By Calvin Biesecker 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. "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, said at the National Defense Industrial Association's annual biometrics conference on…

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Congress

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