FBI dedicates $1 billion to massive biometrics identification program | The Raw Story

FBI dedicates $1 billion to massive biometrics identification program | The Raw Story: "The Federal Bureau of Investigations announced recently that it is dedicating up to $1 billion for a Lockheed Martin-developed system that will enable on-the-fly analysis of detailed identification information that can be instantaneously shared with law enforcement all around the world.

It's called the 'Next Generation Identification System' (NGIS), and if you're a fan of television dramas like the CBS crime drama NCIS, it may sound pretty familiar.

The FBI says their forthcoming system is an 'incremental' upgrade to their currently-existing 'Integrated Automated Fingerprint Identification System' (IAFIS), but it's more than just an upgrade: it's a revolution in law enforcement technology that's bound to draw comparisons to the 'Total Information Awareness' (TIA) project Congress ostensibly shut down in 2004."