[Infowarrior] - US Biometrics Agency?

[Richard Forno]

http://www.fas.org/irp/doddir/army/bima.pdf

As of last week, there is now a U.S. Government national security  
agency called the Biometrics Identity Management Agency (BIMA).  It  
supersedes a Biometrics Task Force that was established in 2000.

Though nominally a component of the Army, the biometrics agency has  
Defense Department-wide responsibilities.

“The Biometrics Identity Management Agency leads Department of Defense  
activities to prioritize, integrate, and synchronize biometrics  
technologies and capabilities and to manage the Department of  
Defense’s authoritative biometrics database to support the National  
Security Strategy,” according to a March 23 Order (pdf) issued by Army  
Secretary John M. McHugh that redesignated the previous Biometrics  
Task Force as the BIMA.

http://www.fas.org/blog/secrecy/2010/03/biometrics_agency.html