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Feds To Have Unified Biometric Federal ID System

Posted by michael on from the swipe-in dept.

An anonymous submitter writes "There have been rumors flying among the scientific community about a proposed standard for 'Personal Identity Verification' by the National Institute for Standards and Technology (NIST). According to the standard, all federal employees and contractors would require a 'PIV "card" that is "personalized" with data needed by the PIV system to later grant access to the subscriber to Federal facilities and information systems.' Besides the likely efficacy questions, concerns in the scientific community concern what impact this will have on our foreign collaborations (or even grad students)."

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  1. do we want to pay for this? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Do we really want to pay with our hard earned tax dollars for such a system to further alienate us from the international community and the rest of the world? Or would we rather improve our strained international relationships and perhaps our school system which is ranked among the worst in the world?

  2. Re:USA is turning into Soviet by YrWrstNtmr · · Score: 0, Offtopic
    It's hard to call it all paranoia when people and buildings keep getting blown up. And the people who apparently did it say publically that they want to do it again.
    (and no..it's not all Bush's fault. This has been going on far longer than he has been president)

    Yes, the govt is going a bit overboard. But there IS a bigass hole at the south end of Manhattan where 2 buildings and 3000 people used to be.