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DHS IG Cites Shortcomings In Biometric Planning

By Cal Biesecker

Monday, September 25th, 2023

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DHS IG Cites Shortcomings In Biometric Planning

The Department of Homeland Security has fallen short in several of its areas related to oversight and planning for the use of biometrics, including outdated strategic plans, policy gaps for department-wide collection and use of biometrics, and the lack of a plan to transition a system that Customs and Border Protection uses to store and match facial images to the department’s system of record for biometric data storage and matching, an internal audit agency said on Monday. The department’s Office…

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