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Military & Aerospace Electronics November 2004	Lockheed Martin to Build Fingerprint I.D. System for DOD This new system will be patterned after the Integrated Automated Fingerprint Identification System (IAFIS). The contract was awarded as a task order under the U.S. Army's Information Technology Enterprise Solutions (ITES) contracting vehicle.
Popular Mechanics June 30, 2008 Erik Sofge	FBI's Next-Gen ID Databank to Store Face Scans--A Good Idea? Lockheed Martin is building a massive digital warehouse of criminal information, set to bring facial recognition and eye scans to local law enforcement. Privacy advocates say there's reason for law-abiding citizens to worry.
CIO May 1, 2003 Ben Worthen	Database Cracks Murder Case Now, searching a set of prints against the 45 million on file in the FBI's national database takes only a couple of minutes. The system helped crack a case that had been closed for 45 years.
CIO July 1, 2001 Beth Stackpole	To Catch a Thief CIOs are moving integrated criminal justice systems to the top of the priority list. But even with political support, funding is problematic...
National Defense July 2013 Stew Magnuson	DNA Testing Machine Reduces Labs to the Size of a Desktop Printer The RapidHit 200 Human Identification System promises to radically alter the way law enforcement conducts investigations.
National Defense April 2010 Stew Magnuson	Face, Iris and Fingerprint Biometrics Good Enough for Now, Says White House Staffer Federal agencies that collect biometric data to screen individuals should concentrate their efforts on fingerprints, faces and irises, and perfect the collection of those technologies first.
InternetNews April 10, 2009 Alex Goldman	FBI Throws Data-Sharing Tech at Serial Killings The Internet allows law enforcement agencies to collaborate in tracking highly mobile criminals who have escaped detection for years - sometimes for decades.
Job Journal October 28, 2007	Career Snapshot: Police Officer Police officers can be sure of steady demand for their courage and dedication.
Fast Company Nikita Richardson	Fingerprints of 5.6 Million Government Employees Stolen In Cyberattack Since it was announced in June that hackers had breached the U.S. Government's Office of Personnel Management database, the full breadth of the crippling cyberattack has gone from bad to worse.
IEEE Spectrum December 2010 Sargur N. Srihari	Beyond C.S.I.: The Rise of Computational Forensics Pattern recognition and other computational methods can reduce the bias inherent in traditional criminal forensics
National Defense April 2009 Rusling, Erwin & Magnuson	Letting Local Police Check Detainees' Immigration Status Causes Concern The Department of Homeland Security is undertaking a new initiative to allow local police to check the immigration status of those persons it takes under custody. The plan has sparked protest by at least one human rights group.
Entrepreneur March 2005 Amanda C. Kooser	Touch and Go Fingerprint readers mean better security--and no more tricky passwords.
Information Today April 16, 2007 Paula J. Hane	New Database Pools Info to Fight Retail Crime Retailers and U.S. law-enforcement agencies have joined forces in an effort to combat the growing problem of organized retail theft.
InternetNews August 30, 2005 Roy Mark	GAO: Feds Not Protecting Citizen Privacy Government agencies are making progress, but are still not completely complying with federal rules regarding data mining and personal information.
Chemistry World April 1, 2011 Hayley Birch	Nanoparticles help reveal hidden fingerprints A technique using gold nanoparticles in combination with antibodies has shown promising results for enhancing fingerprints that are over a week old.
AskMen.com Bernie Alexander	5 Things CSI Doesn't Tell You About Forensics With the topic being hotter than ever, let's look at five things that CSI hasn't told you about forensics.
Reason September 2004 Julian Sanchez	Extra Credit An April report from the General Accounting Office (GAO) shows an audit of charge cards issued to federal employees found the cards were routinely abused, and the abusers were seldom punished.
T.H.E. Journal August 2004	identiFi This biometric fingerprint identification system is designed for use in schools to verify things such as class attendance, cafeteria and library account access, and medication distribution in the nurse's office.
National Defense November 2007 Stew Magnuson	U.S. Government Driving The Advance of Biometric Technologies Technology companies are rapidly developing biometric devices. But privacy policies, the tech backbone to effectively connect the scanners, and a market beyond the U.S. government, are lagging.
Reason November 2007 Roger Koppl	Breaking Up the Forensics Monopoly America's forensics system, the part of our criminal justice system responsible for scientific examinations of crime-scene evidence like fingerprints and DNA, is rife with errors. Here are eight ways to fix the broken system.
InternetNews April 17, 2009 Alex Goldman	Microsoft Talks Data Tools for Law Enforcement Taking a page from its business intelligence and enterprise collaboration tools, Microsoft releases a suite of data-sharing and analysis software for law enforcement agencies
BusinessWeek December 12, 2005 Chester Dawson	Prepaid Cards: Candy For Criminals? Law enforcement officials say prepaid cards are ready tools for thieves, drug rings - even terrorists.
Chemistry World June 6, 2008 Lewis Brindley	Fingerprints Recovered From Wiped Metal Forensic scientists can now find fingerprints on metal surfaces that have been wiped clean. Scientists have developed a way of enhancing the patterns that fingerprint residues corrode in metal surfaces.
PC Magazine August 17, 2004 John R. Quain	Dusting for Music Prints Biometric firm VeriTouch has a scheme for a new breed of MP3 player that would use built-in fingerprint readers to unlock encrypted music tracks.
Entrepreneur November 2006 Amanda C. Kooser	Identify Yourself How will increasingly sophisticated biometric technologies affect you?
BusinessWeek December 13, 2004 Stephen H. Wildstrom	Security at the Touch of a Finger There's a new generation of low-cost, simple fingerprint readers on the market that can make computing easier, more secure -- or both.
Chemistry World May 17, 2012 Rebecca Brodie	Enhancing Fingerprints with Electrochromism Scientists have developed a method to enhance latent fingerprints on metal surfaces using electrochromism, a process that causes a color change when a charge is applied.
IEEE Spectrum May 2011 Joshua J. Romero	Fast Start for World's Biggest Biometrics ID Project In India, a few million people have been registered for a biometric database so far - only a billion left to go.
InternetNews July 19, 2005 Roy Mark	GAO: Federal Systems Security Still Lacking A new report finds major security weaknesses at 24 major federal agencies.
National Defense September 2007 Breanne Wagner	Reluctance to Share Information Hampers Counterterrorism Efforts As part of an ambitious plan to improve the flow of intelligence among law enforcement agencies, the U.S. government has set up several command centers where federal, state and local officials can share information.
Popular Mechanics July 27, 2009 Brad Reagan	The Truth About 4 Common Forensics Methods Room for doubt in deciphering the information in four important types of criminal evidence
Military & Aerospace Electronics February 2005	Briefs Coast Guard contract starts second big Maritime Security Cutter... RFID-tag market to approach $3 billion in 2009... Motorola offering to improve fingerprint identification... etc.
PC Magazine April 28, 2006 Oliver Kaven	Silex SecurePrint This slick (if somewhat pricey) fingerprint-reading system makes sure that nobody but you sees your printouts.
Popular Mechanics August 2009 Brad Reagan	CSI Myths: The Shaky Science Behind Forensics Bite marks, blood-splatter patterns, ballistics, and hair, fiber and handwriting analysis sound compelling in the courtroom, but much of the "science" behind forensic science rests on surprisingly shaky foundations.
Military & Aerospace Electronics April 2005	Homeland Security News Briefs ImageWare ID-management gets FBI Livescan Certification... Deepwater program scores with Coast Guard's Matagorda... DHS wants information on National Biodefense Analysis and Countermeasures Center... Pa. state police expands Lockheed Martin's information-sharing system... etc.
Chemistry World May 19, 2015 Simon Neil	Cocaine users sweat over fingerprint analysis Scientists in the UK and the Netherlands have revealed a rapid, single-fingerprint test for cocaine use.
Chemistry World May 14, 2014 Tim Wogan	Fingertip sweat pore maps to catch criminals The technique uses a water-sensitive polymer to detect the unique pattern of sweat pores on fingertips and may one day help the police to identify fingerprints left on surfaces that are impossible to scrutinize with current techniques.
ifeminists July 8, 2007 Stephen Baskerville	Welfare and the "Road to Serfdom" As conservatives congratulate themselves on ten years of welfare reform, they need to start looking at the larger picture and all that was left undone.
Popular Mechanics July 2006 David Dobbs	Forensics Under Fire The unparalleled accuracy of DNA analysis has forced traditional forensic science to stand trial.
PC World November 2004 Andrew Brandt	Listening In to Net Phone Conversations The ability to make phone calls over the Internet creates new communication options for all of us--including, unfortunately, criminals. Federal law enforcement officials want to make sure that when bad guys use Net phones, the cops can listen in.
Reason February 2004 Tim Cavanaugh	Bad Report Card Does private management of failing public schools make a difference? A recent General Accounting Office (GAO) report looked for a consistent trend, but with little success, as the data the had to work with weren't of high quality.
CIO August 1, 2003 Michael Goldberg	Thumbs Down for Lunch The old "I lost my lunch card" excuse won't work for students in Akron, Ohio, this fall. The Akron school board voted in May to install biometric scanners so middle school and high school students will soon have their fingerprints checked along with their IDs in order to be served lunch in the cafeteria.
National Defense January 2009 Stew Magnuson	Defense Department Under Pressure to Share Biometric Data Within minutes of knocking down the door of a suspected bomb maker in Iraq, U.S. troops can fingerprint everyone they find inside, send the scans across a satellite link, and find out if the subjects are suspected terrorists.
CIO April 15, 2003 Ben Worthen	What to Do When Uncle Sam Wants Your Data As the czars of data, CIOs better be prepared when the FBI knocks on their doors.
InternetNews August 12, 2005 Roy Mark	Lieberman Raps Federal IT Security Systems The senator points to latest GAO report underscoring pervasive computer security weaknesses in 24 major government agencies. According to the report, the deficiencies place federal operations and assets at increased risk.
Fast Company Neal Ungerleider	What Cops And Other Law Enforcement Officials Think About #CrimingWhileWhite The viral flood of responses under the hashtag #CrimingWhileWhite purport to tell of times crimes (ranging from the petty to the serious with everything in-between) that were ignored or forgiven by law enforcement.
PC Magazine June 7, 2007 Neil J. Rubenking	M2SYS Desktop Biometrics Suite Trade in your Windows log-on password for a simple fingerprint.
Chemistry World April 5, 2012 Heather Montgomery	Shining a light on fingerprint detection Scientists in China have discovered a method for visualizing latent fingerprints found at the scene of a crime, which they say is very simple, rapid, does not require professional forensic treatment and does not destroy the print.