Yongsan pedestrians will soon find a new way to enter the installation securely and quickly. The Army is fielding a new automated entry system in Korea. … Army News Service | February 29, 2008 YONGSAN GARRISON, Republic of Korea - The Army is fielding a new automated…

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Government Accountability Office has until June to decide on the $1 billion fingerprint upgrade project. … The FBI’s $1 billion system to upgrade its fingerprint database is on hold. IBM Corp. filed a protest with the Government Accountability Office Feb. 25 against the…

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WASHINGTON — IBM is protesting the $1 billion contract FBI awarded to Lockheed Martin for a biometrics database, a federal watchdog agency said Friday. … The FBI earlier this month selected Lockheed Martin Corp., which built and maintains the bureau’s current…

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Employers would verify the legal status of prospective employees through a new all-electronic system using expanded state databases that may include biometrics under propoposed legislation. … Employers would verify the legal status of prospective employees through a new…

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Fingerprints Help Apprehend and Deter Illegal Migrants Attempting U.S. Entry WASHINGTON, Feb. 29 /PRNewswire/ — The U.S. Coast Guard and US-VISIT announced today that the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is expanding the operation of their successful…

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Can you support Britain’s current DNA database and yet oppose plans for ID cards? … This article was first published on guardian.co.uk on Friday February 29 2008. Photograph: Press Association Can you support Britain’s current DNA database yet oppose plans for biometric…

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In order to harmonize research practices and strengthen communication between agencies Dr. David Tribble, Associate Director, Infectious Disease Clinical Research Program, Preventive Medicine & Biometrics Department, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences (USU), led an effort to…

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Corruption is a cancer eating into the vitals of our society. It does not allow the under developed and developing nations to transcend and become developed nations. Most developing countries are doing well on many fronts except tackling corruption which in turn affects many development projects…

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Kent University has joined the Continuing Education in Electronics Systems Integration (CEESI) Training consortium of 11 UK universities. … has joined the Continuing Education in Electronics Systems Integration (CEESI) Training consortium of 11 universities,…

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Austrian printed electronics manufacturer Nanoident Technologies AG has launched a biometrics subsidiary, Nanoident Biometrics SAS, in Montbonnot-Saint-Martin, near Grenoble (France). … Managed by Alain Jutant, Nanoident Biometrics focuses on low cost multimodal…

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