Antonella Demartini

PA: 755

December 15, 2011

Biometrics & theU.S. Government

Presentation Overview

Framing the Analysis

Biometric Technology

Who uses it?

What for?

The Future

How the Pieces Fit Together: biometric technology; knowledge management; information management

Framing the Analysis

Defining my sectorPrivate vs. public sectorImmigration legalization services field

United States Citizenship & Immigration Services (USCIS)

Executive Office of Immigration Review (EOIR)/ Department of Justice (DOJ)

U.S. Department of State (DOS)

Biometric Technology

Biometrics “use algorithms to translate an image captured of a live person into a . . . digital template, which can then be compared against images stored in a database” (Gates, 2006, 35).

Authentication vs. identification

Fingerprints, photographs, eyes, veins, voice

Varying degrees of accuracy when not used in conjunction with fingerprints

Who uses biometric technology?

What is it used for ?

The U.S. Government!

USCIS

EOIR/DOJ

DOS

Processing applications for immigration relief

U.S. VISIT program – identifying foreigners visiting the United States

What could the future of biometrics hold?

Increasing the capability of biometric data to be able to identify an individual without using fingerprint data Facial featuresEyesVoiceHandsVeins

Biometrics cards storing an individual’s biometric profile that can only be activated by one of the individual’s biometric features - to replace passports

How the Pieces Fit Together Biometric technology is extremely expensive, like any IT

project

Federal agencies are facing immense retirements which will create knowledge gaps

Strategy (1) Manage retirements: Knowledge management

initiative with information management sub-set Office of Knowledge Management Chief Knowledge Officer Knowledge Committee Biometric technology communities of practice

(2) Earmark funding for investing in biometric technology development

References

Images:

Altis Inc.http://www.altisinc.com/resources/Biometric/techniques.php

Biometric Technology Inc.http://www.bioconsulting.com/

Ridge Globalhttp://www.ridgeglobal.com/expertise/technology_innovation_and_integration/index.php

Tec Inc.http://tekedia.com/7908/what-is-biometrics-technologies-issues-opportunities-and-challenges/

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