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Homeland Security

Next DHS Biometric Rally To Focus On Face Recognition In Small Groups

By Cal Biesecker

Friday, May 20th, 2022

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Next DHS Biometric Rally To Focus On Face Recognition In Small Groups

The Department of Homeland Security's Maryland Test Facility. Photo: DHS

This September the Department of Homeland Security Science and Technology (S&T) Directorate plans to host its next Biometric Technology Rally and is seeking applications from vendors to provide camera systems and face biometric matching algorithms for identifying people in small groups. At the same time, S&T wants to ensure that the screening systems don’t process bystanders who have not opted-in to be screened via the biometric process. “Previous rallies were focused on effectively processing individuals one at a time with…

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