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Article: Pentagon Boosts Support for Biometrics with New Acquisition Designation.
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- Terror Response Technology Report
- Article date:
- October 1, 2008
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Early last month Pentagon Acquisition Chief John Young directed that the DoD Biometrics Office, led by the Army, be designated an Acquisition Category 1 (ACAT-1) program, initiating a process that is expected to lead to the various programs managed by the office to have their own budget lines beginning in the FY '10 budget request that will go to Congress early next year.
The Sept. 2 Acquisition Decision Memorandum says the Biometric Enterprise Core Capability (BECC) and the Biometric Family of Capabilities for Full Spectrum Operations (BFCFSO) are included in the ACAT 1 designation (TR2, Sept. 17). The BECC refers to the Defense Department's current and ...