Login.gov’s upcoming biometric pilot aims to focus on equity, usability
The General Services Administration is working with internal technology equity experts for the site’s facial recognition pilot.
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How often do law enforcement agencies use high-risk AI? Presidential advisers want answers
A national AI advisory group will recommend this week that law enforcement agencies be required to create and publish annual summary usage reports for facial recognition and…
Peaceful protests, lawful assembly can’t be sole reason for DOJ facial recognition use under interim policy
The Justice Department shared details of its interim facial recognition technology policy in testimony to the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights, which is looking into federal use…
Civil rights commissioner slams DOJ, HUD absence at facial recognition briefing
Mondaire Jones, a Democratic appointee on the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights, said he would have urged the use of subpoenas if the panel was given “adequate…
CBP leaning into biometrics on controversial app, raising concerns from immigrant rights advocates
As Customs and Border Protection looks to expand the use of biometrics in its CBP One app, two different internal components of the Department of Homeland Security…
AI advisory committee wants law enforcement agencies to rethink use case inventory exclusions
The National AI Advisory Committee’s Law Enforcement Subcommittee voted unanimously to edit CIO Council recommendations on sensitive use case and common commercial product exclusions, moves intended to…
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Justice Department discloses FBI project with Amazon Rekognition tool
The disclosure comes after Amazon said in 2020 that it would institute a moratorium on police use of Rekognition.
Proactive approach from White House, NIST needed for facial recognition technology, report says
A National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine report sponsored by the FBI and DHS recommends executive action regarding facial recognition technology and making NIST the “logical…
Bipartisan Senate bill to ban TSA use of facial recognition technology gains support of civil rights groups
The bill aims to tackle TSA’s proposed plan to implement facial recognition scans at over 430 U.S. airports within the next several years.
Homeland Security adds facial comparison, machine learning uses to AI inventory
Inventory now includes a facial comparison tool being used by the Transportation Security Agency and Customs and Border Protection.