Federal biometrics program, NextGen Identity, gets served in an EPIC way

  c/o PC World

A privacy watchdog has filed a lawsuit contending the U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation has failed to provide requested technical information about a biometric identification database expected to be the largest in the world.

"Through the date of this pleading, the FBI has not contacted EPIC again regarding the status of either of EPIC's two FOIA requests," EPIC said in its suit.

REDUX: NSTIC national driver license database anchors in VA

"The DMV has entered the implementation stage of a multi-year identity management plan that starts with sharing authentication data across agencies so that citizens can log in once and access services across many agencies. 

In fact, the Virginia DMV efforts are a focal point of a $1.6 million NSTIC grant given to the American Association of Motor Vehicle Administrators (AAMVA) in September 2012 to work on a pilot. 

In addition, the program is targeted at gluing together state agencies, along with the Virginia Personal Identity Verification program for federal employees and contractors. And in alignment with the standards-based principles of NSTIC, the program will help support a trust framework with AAMVA, integration with other states via the State Identity and Credential Access Management (SICAM) architecture, and with agencies in Canada."

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Abby Martin asks the tough questions

BTC - We want to endorse RT's "Breaking The Set", with an honorable mention for porting underreported privacy and identity news.

Abby Martin, the news show's producer and host, is on the Board of Director's at Project Censored. Project Censored supports outing Real ID and national identity schemes as underreported or treated as managed news by Mainstream Media.

WATCH: RFID Tracking Kids, Citizen Journalism, Occupy Movement

For those with news interests in privacy, identity and technology, Abby Martin's reporting at "Breaking The Set" is one to watch.


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