Follow-up Review of the FBI’s Progress Toward Biometric Interoperability Between IAFIS and IDENT

Evaluation and Inspections Report I-2006-007
July 2006
Office of the Inspector General


Appendix II
Interoperability Events in 2005


IAFIS/IDENT/US-VISIT
Interoperability Events in 2005
March

1

FBI CJIS Division proposes to the DHS an interim interoperability solution involving data sharing in near real time.

14

Department CIO sends letter to Homeland Security Council, transmitting December 2004 OIG report and requesting IAFIS/US-VISIT study.

May

19

DHS Deputy Secretary sends letter to Homeland Security Council, affirming DHS Secretary’s decision to modify US-VISIT to take 10 flat fingerprints for enrollment and 2 flat fingerprints and a photograph for verification.

June

7

Homeland Security Council concurs with the DHS’s decision to modify US-VISIT and concludes that biometric screening of all foreign nationals to the United States will be based on 10 flat fingerprints for enrollment and 2 flat fingerprints and a photograph for verification.

21

FBI, DHS, and DOS sign US-VISIT/DOJ FBI Interoperability Integrated Project Team Charter.

24

FBI begins providing updates of fingerprints of Known or Suspected Terrorists to DHS on a daily basis as an interim interoperability solution.

July

13

DHS Secretary publicly announces decision to accept NIST biometric standard of 10 flat fingerprints for enrollment and 2 flat fingerprints and a photograph for verification.

September

16

As part of the Fast Capture Fingerprint/Palm Print initiative, the National Institute of Justice awards grants to 3 vendors to develop devices designed to capture the equivalent of 10 rolled fingerprints in 15 seconds or less.

October

4

FBI completes enhancement of IAFIS capacity to support up to 20,000 daily TPRS and 60,000 daily CAR transactions from the DHS.

6

JMD provides Congress and OIG with status report on efforts to achieve interoperability among IAFIS, IDENT, and US-VISIT.

November

30

FBI begins transferring the first set of Wants and Warrants records created after November 2005 to the DHS as part of the iDSM.

December

4

FBI completes final system enhancements to make TPRS transactions for the DHS high priority in IAFIS.

30

DHS completes deployment of US-VISIT to all ports of entry.

Source: OIG



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