Chapter 11.5, Problem 1CTQ

Program Plan Intro

Next Generation Identification (NGI):

The Next generation Identification is developed and deployed by Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI).

• NGI is a biggest biometric database on world.
• Its goal is to make sure the public and national security, giving the biometric leadership in cooperation with state and local governments, enhance the efficacy of biometric data retrieval and investigation, make sure privacy and protection of data, and enable the smooth conversions among existing systems.
• It provides the advance technology such as Facial recognition.
• Its purpose is to minimize the crime rate and avoid the terrorist attacks by enabling the law enforcement.
• The main privacy concerns in this project are compliance with ethical standards. That is, around 52 million images are in private. But only 46 million are criminal photos according to this case study.  Some advocates collects around 4.3 million are pictures at that time of criminal records. Need to know the details of remaining photos around 1.5 million.
• Some companies like Lockheed Martin, IBM, and Accenture will have rights to access the databases which stocks the driver’s licenses, quick feeds, and closed circuit television (CCTV) investigation cameras recordings, biometric data, and criminal proceedings.