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Homeland Security

DHS Wants Multi-Finger Mobile Biometric Solutions

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Wednesday, June 10th, 2009

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The Department of Homeland Security's (DHS) Science and Technology (S&T) Directorate soon plans to issue a Broad Agency Announcement (BAA) related to the development of mobile biometric systems that can capture multiple fingerprints at once, an S&T official tells TR2. The forthcoming BAA follows a requirements gathering session last year from the operational component agencies of DHS to get a handle on long and short-term needs, says Arun Vemury, a program manager with S&T's Innovations Office who is also working…

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