Government ID, Smart Cards, Identification and Authentication

Biometric products must pass new test for airport use

Friday, February 1, 2008 in Library

Transportation Security Administration creates Qualified Products List to approve products

The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) was directed by the Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act of 2004 to develop standards for use of biometric technology in airport access control systems. The goal of this effort is to establish procedures for implementing biometric systems to ensure that individuals do not use an assumed identity to enroll in a biometric system and to resolve failures to enroll, false matches, and false non-matches.

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