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DoD ABIS Goes Operational
In January, Next Generation Automated Biometric Identification System (NG-ABIS) v1.0 was deployed to support the DoD biometrics mission by improving upon the current DoD biometrics authoritative data source. The system, now known as DoD ABIS, is operated by the BTF and in just a few short months, “customer response has been overwhelmingly positive,” according to Mark Downs, DoD ABIS Operations Manager for the BTF.
“ With the enhancements delivered in the new DoD ABIS, Operations is now much better equipped to provide an identity management service for force protection, including operational encounters, base access, and detainee management,” he said. Operators are experiencing results that exceed required response times during demonstrations of the enhanced system.
The prior DoD ABIS was a rapid prototype based on a single-modality biometric system that supported finger print matching only.
Significant updates to DoD ABIS hardware and architecture have improved the interface mechanisms to include multiple modalities and biometric data fusion, decrease electronic (non-human intervention) transaction times by one magnitude or more, and reduce the number of yellow resolves (requiring human intervention) by more than 50%. This translates directly into faster and more efficient operational support to the biometrics user community, resulting in enhanced safety and in-theater effectiveness of the warfighter.
This improved system has been developed by the U.S. Army Program Executive Office Enterprise Information Systems (PEO EIS) as material developer for DoD ABIS. PEO EIS and PM Biometrics, specifically, are responsible for addressing system problems and change requests (including software and system configuration management and sustainment) and for developing future versions of the DoD ABIS system, efforts that are currently underway. DoD ABIS serves as the Department’s authoritative biometric repository supporting this era of persistent conflict.
Source: Department of the Army, Biometrics Task Force