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Overdue Update
I took a new job in the DC area a few months ago working for NIST on biometric and identity technologies and standards. It's an exciting time to be working…
Elaine Newton
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PATRIOT ACT Back -- Possibly for good
The House voted to extend the USA Patriot Act, making permanent 14 of 16 provisions and making the remaining 2 provisions (regarding roving wiretaps and another…
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Back in business
Whew, sorry for the lack of posts. Besides my usual gap, I had a password snafu, but now I'm back in business without having to start anew. Yea... Severa…
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Blotter Spotter -- Part 4
More blotters found...Click here for a summary to date of the Blotter Spotter blog entries. First, I've previously posted several of Florida's counties…
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New Year, New Proposals
If you're checking-in to read this blog, thank you for hanging in with me. I went away on a long trip over the holidays to India (among other places). Thi…
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Protecting Public Anonymity Paper
If you read this blog, you may have noticed a new article listed on my CMU website or the Articles section of this blog. But in case you didn't, Granger Mo…
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Biometrics in the debate & FDA approves implanted RFID
Two interesting notes today... * Kerry brought up the use of iris & fingerprint recognition in the final Presidential debate tonight for use in border con…
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Blotter Spotter - Summary to Date
The Blotter Spotter - Summary to Date One of the main topics covered on this blog is online blotters -- that is, online records of people who have been arreste…
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Blotter Spotter - Part 3
Some additions to my list of online blotters... I'm really curious to hear from people; is this useful information to society? Click here for a summary to…
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Patriot Act Block
The AP (via CNN) is reporting that "U.S. District Judge Victor Marrero struck down a provision of the Patriot Act that authorizes the FBI to force Internet…
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Recent Data Privacy Headlines
Interesting debate today (that I listened to via C-SPAN Radio) in the Senate Governmental Affairs Committee on legislation to reform Intelligence, called the “C…
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At the Biometrics Consortium Conference...
I am and will be here for the next few days. I have been a regular with this crowd since getting involved in biometrics in 1999 through RAND's project wit…