Hi everyone,
I hope you had a happy New Year and a good holiday. I sit on the Biometrics
Interagency Work Group as Kantara's representative. This report was
released this week. I thought some of you might be interested to read it.
You are also welcome to forward it to others who might be interested. Let
me know if you have any questions. Thank you.
Best,
Kay
*Kay Chopard | **Executive Director*
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From: Janice Kephart <janice.kephart(a)identitystrategy.com>
Date: Tue, Dec 31, 2024 at 1:09 PM
Subject: EO 14074, 13(e), Biometric Technology Report PUBLISHED
To: Kay Chopard <kay(a)kantarainitiative.org>
Dear Colleagues,
Happy New Year!
Executive Order 14074 13(e) required that DHS and DOJ, with support from
the White House Office of Science and Technology, produce a report on
federal law enforcement use of biometrics with best practices for state,
local and Tribal police. While the EO was published in May 2022, the Report
was finally adjudicated and agreed upon this morning.
https://www.dhs.gov/publication/biometric-technology-report
I did lead the production of the baseline report last March that was 127
pages. I cannot, however, take credit for its current organization or edits
made subsequently. Much of the hardest work of this report was done by the
FBI, DHS OBIM FI and S&T, DOJ and DHS Policy along with our mutual Privacy
and Civil Liberties offices. I was grateful to NIST for reviewing and
helping edit the standards sections. I will give specific credit to our
colleagues Jason Ackleson and John Boyd for shepherding through a difficult
process of negotiation at DHS, where I still sit. I did not produce the
current best practices, although I would say they are largely delineated by
good work already done at the state level and state police organizations.
The best practices are not inclusive of the federal government. (That is me
saying all of the above, and not speaking on behalf of DHS).
For those of you at DOD, the EO only required that DHS and DOJ federal law
enforcement biometric use cases be evaluated, thus the limitation on the
discussion. However, the fact that this is a White House supported report
makes its content of potential interest to all.
Janice
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