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Prepared by: Judy McCloskey

Date Prepared: 8/27/02 Job Code: 320087

Record of Interview National Institute Of

Standards and Technology

(NIST) ;9/ll P e r s o n a l P r i v a c y

Purpose To obtain information on the joint State, NEST, and Department of

Justice report on biometric technologies. I

Contact Method Telephone interview

Contact Place See above.

Contact Date August 27, 2002

Participants Mr. Charlie Wilson, N1ST|_ J

Ms. Judy McCloskey, Senior Analyst GAO/IAT

Comments/Remarks Mr- Wilson provided the following information.

- The Department of Justice, NIST, and State will issue their joint
report on the use of biometric technologies in screening visa 0
applicants by the date specified in the USA PATRIOT Act and the
Border Security Act—November 2002. (Note: See w/p CRS-2/4 p. 9
and CRS-2/7 p.9 for the report deadline.)
- In order to complete the joint report, NIST is preparing three
separate technical reports on (1) face recognition; (2) fingerprinting
verification and identification; and (3) a fingerprinting algorithm
similar to that employed by the FBI, based on results of an algorithm
developed by Lockheed Martin and a Mitre report completed a year
ago. NIST should have these three reports completed by mid-
October 2002.

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Prepared by: Judy McCloskey
Date Prepared: 8/27/02 Job Code: 320087

- Mr. Vance Hitch, CIO of the Department of Justice, is responsible

for overseeing the release of the joint State, DOJ, and NIST/Treasury
report.

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