FBI Plans Major Database Upgrade
Wilson P. Dizard III writes on GCN.com:
The FBI’s Criminal Justice Information Service Division is laying detailed plans for a comprehensive revamping of its massive fingerprint database that will enhance interoperability with the Homeland Security Department’s biometric records and clear the path for adding additional types of biometrics.More here.
To mark the major changes, the bureau plans to change the name of its Integrated Automated Fingerprint Identification System to Next Generation Identification. The systems upgrade will involve a procurement in the range of “hundreds of millions of dollars” with a proposal request phase beginning next January, officials said.
posted by Fergie @ 8/29/2006 11:16:00 AM
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