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Despite Budget Challenges, DoD Leadership Committed to Biometrics as Enduring Capability, Boyd Says

By Cal Biesecker

Tuesday, February 25th, 2014

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Fiscal constraints are causing the Pentagon to more closely scrutinize programs and find ways to reduce costs although the Pentagon’s senior leaders are committed to biometric-related programs as an “enduring capability,” says a Defense Department official. However, the level and degree to which DoD leaders are committed to this capability is still to-be-determined, John Boyd, director of Defense Forensics and Biometrics within the Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineering, says at a biometrics conference hosted…

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