The U.S. Marine Corps began efforts to enhance an existing identification technology employed by law enforcement battalions. The Expeditionary Forensics Exploitation Capability is a portable toolset designed to help law enforcement troops
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The Government Accountability Office has urged the Defense Department to address gaps in the department’s efforts to institutionalize its biometric and forensic systems. GAO said in a report published Monday that DoD has
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The U.S. Army has stood up a program office, that falls under the Program Executive Office of enterprise information systems, designed to manage acquisition of defensive cyber operations, C4ISR and Networks reported Wednesday.
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National Science Foundation Biological Anthropology Program Director Rebecca Ferrell and Sgt. Troy Lawrence – director of the digital forensic lab for Fort Worth, Texas’ police department — will join the National Commission on Forensic Science that develops policy
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The first batch of midshipmen who took the cyber operations course at the U.S. Naval Academy will graduate on May 27, the U.S. Navy reported Monday. The Navy said the 27 graduates compose the inaugural class
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FBI Director James Comey has told the House Committee on Homeland Security about the bureau’s efforts to counter terrorism and cyber threats as well as improve intelligence gathering. Comey said in a
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Amy Hess, executive assistant director of FBI‘s science and technology branch, has outlined the bureau’s work on Rapid DNAÂ during a hearing with a subcommittee of the House Judiciary Committee on Thursday. Hess
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Researchers at the U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center have created a guide and a training course designed to help frontline servicemen speed up the analysis of craters caused by improvised
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The National Institute of Standards and Technology has established a subcommittee dedicated to digital evidence under the Organization of Scientific Area Committees as the institute aims to further build up the field of forensic science in the U.S. Up
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The FBI plans to transition its operational technology division to an Amazon-hosted could environment, FCW reported Thursday. Adam Mazmanian writes the FBI issued a request for proposals seeking an Amazon cloud platform
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