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Shaffer: Pentagon’s Capabilities Based Assessment On Biometrics To Wrap Up This Fall

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Thursday, April 24th, 2008

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The Defense Department is increasing its focus on biometrics and expects a Capabilities Based Assessment (CBA) of long-term needs for this type of human characteristic- identifying technology to be complete this autumn, a senior Pentagon official said. Alan Shaffer, principal deputy director for defense research and engineering, in an April 14 interview with sister publication Defense Daily said the CBA that began late last year will be ready in the "early fall," and "will in turn lead to a budget…

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