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OBIM Budget Request Maintains Support for IDENT During Transition to HART

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OBIM Budget Request Maintains Support for IDENT During Transition to HART
The current arrival process to the U.S. includes a fingerprint check of foreign nationals and a manual photo taken by a CBP officer. CBP is adding facial recognition to the arrival process. Photo: CBP

The Office of Biometric Identity Management (OBIM) is requesting $274.1 million in fiscal year 2020 to continue development of its next-generation identity storage and matching capability while sustaining the start of that new capability and the system it is replacing. The bulk of OBIM’s budget request is for operations and support of the new system, Homeland Advanced Recognition Technology (HART) and the existing IDENT system. OBIM, which is now within the Management Directorate of the Department of Homeland Security, is…

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