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This whitepaper provides a brief, updated overview of the market size and technologies available for the law enforcement market in the United States. Courtesy of Biometrics Research Group, Inc. Download today or email us and we will send it to your inbox

Neutralizing the security threat to land, air and sea borders requires expansive, yet scalable border management solutions. 3M offers the proven solutions necessary to help stop growing border threats whatever the access point, while ensuring the efficient, accurate and cost-effective flow of lawful travelers. Whether it’s a threat from terrorist elements, organized crime or illegal immigration, you can depend on 3M to be your partner in meeting your security mandates. Find out more by emailing us at idga@idga.org

In this interview we sat down with Paul Hunter the Chief of Biometrics Strategy at U.S. Citizenship & Immigration Services (USCIS), Department of Homeland Security (DHS). He explores the current and future use of biometric technology at USCIS. He mentions that “Voice holds a lot of promise in the digital age,” and elaborates on ways that voice analytics can help at USCIS. Check out the interview today by emailing us at idga@idga.org

Glenn Wilshire Deputy Port Director discusses with us the Federal Transportation Workers Identification Credential (TWIC) at Port Everglades, and what technologies would have an enormous impact on U.S. Customs and Border Protection. To have this interview sent straight to your inbox, email us at idga@idga.org

Interview with Shonnie Lyon, Acting Director, Office of Biometrics Identity Management, U.S. Department of Homeland Security. To learn more download today, or email us today at idga@idga.org

This whitepaper describes an application that extracts heart rate from video in near real time. It captures both live and pre-recorded video using commercially available cameras. The underlying algorithms use digital signal processing techniques like color magnification coupled with facial land marking to process mobile faces in natural settings. To receive this white paper right in your inbox, email us at idga@idga.org today.

In preparation for the 13th Annual Biometrics for Government and Law Enforcement, we wanted to exclusively share these past presentations with you. Below you will find expert content on:

• 2018 KEYNOTE PRESENTATION: How to Achieve a Person Centric Identity Management System in an Already Existing Infrastructure: Lee Bowes, (A)Deputy Director, Immigration Records & Identity Services, (IRIS) Directorate, U.S. Citizenship & Immigration Services
• 2018 KEYNOTE PRESENTATION: Protecting the Nations Transportation System: Steve Karoly,  Acting Assistant Administrator, Office of Requirements and Capabilities Analysis (ORCA), TSA
• IARPA’s Update on the Odin Program: Dr. Nathan Short, Lead Scientist, IARPA
  
  

Past keynote speaker, Lee Bowes, (A) Deputy Director, Immigration Records & Identity Services (IRIS) Directorate, U.S. Citizenship & Immigration Services, presents on:

• Defining Person Centric
• The benefits of a person centric system
• How to achieve integration of disparate identity missions
  

Past keynote speaker, Steve Karoly, Acting Assistant Administrator, Office of Requirements and Capabilities Analysis (ORCA), TSA, presents on:

• Taking a look into Innovation Task Force’s pilot programs
• ITF’s Biometric Authentication Technology challenges and successes
• The path forward for automating the Ticket Document Checker (TDC) process by verifying and vetting.
• Eliminating the need for a boarding pass via electronic gates
  

Dr. Nathan Short, Lead Scientist, IARPA, presents on:

• Developing biometric presentation attack detection technology
• Nail to nail challenge, update and progress on the competition
• Detecting spoofs and attacks on infrastructure
  

We created a breakdown of biometric and identity management initiatives for DHS, DoS, DoD, and DoJ in 2019. Initiatives such as these are helping federal, state, and local government decision makers accurately identify the people they encounter and determine whether those people pose a risk to the United States.