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FBI Aims For Initial NGI Capability By Late 2010

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Wednesday, February 11th, 2009

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By Calvin Biesecker The FBI expects to have a greatly improved capability for matching fingerprints by late 2010 as part of its Next Generation Identification (NGI) system under the current program baseline and then make improvements and add capabilities on an annual basis, the agency's program manager for NGI said in a recent interview. Whether that improved fingerprint matching is fully implemented by late 2010 or just an initial operating capacity will depend on the agency's confidence in the solution,…

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Army

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Army

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