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Episode 16: New HSPD-24 to standardize processes for sharing of biometric data between federal agencies

Monday, June 23, 2008 in News

Released in early June, the Homeland Security Presidential Directive 24 (HSPD-24) mandates that U.S. government agencies use a standardized approach in the “collection, storage, use, analysis, and sharing of biometric and associated biographic and contextual information of individuals.” The stated goal is to better enable cross-agency sharing of biometric data to identify known and suspected terrorists (KSTs). Host Chris Corum discusses the implications of the new directive with the International Biometric Industry Association’s Walter Hamilton.


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