IDENT/Homeland Advanced Recognition Technology

What this funds

The FY 2027 Budget provides $15.0M to develop the HART system, a unified biometric platform that strengthens National security and public safety for DHS and its partners. HART supports multiple biometric modalities, is scalable for future needs, and ensures efficient, accurate identity verification across DHS missions. Funding will cover the development, deployment, and integration of advanced identity services, biometric tools, and enhanced analytics to meet the evolving needs of front-line personnel and decision-makers. ' Continued development of HART Core Foundational Infrastructure. ' Began parallel operations with IDENT and HART to refine HART system performance & message comparisons. ' Began operational assessment for production testing by an independent authority to focus on measures of performance and effectiveness. ' Conduct operational assessment for production testing by an independent authority to focus on measures of performance and effectiveness. ' Implement final on-boarding of latest IDENT stakeholders into HART. ' Initiate planning of future HART capabilities based on the requirements prioritized by HART stakeholders. ' Complete time sensitive, post-IOC, DHS priorities such as implementation of new biometric data sharing with key international mission ' Begin onboarding international partners to bilateral identity information exchanges under the Biometric Data Sharing Platform. ' Expand outbound biometric queries from ICE, CBP, USCIS, and other stakeholders to participating Enhanced Border Security Partnership partners, which will allow DHS to significantly strengthen immigration processing, improve risk assessment accuracy, and reinforce National Office of Biometric Identity Management - PPA IDENT/Homeland Advanced Recognition Technology ' Continue implementation of prioritized new capabilities in HART based on administration and stakeholder priorities. ' Provide additional tools and capabilities to expand biometric verification of candidates. ' Support biometric examiner capabilities with enhanced analysis and decision-making tools. ' Increase interoperability of HART through a Web-based portal. ' Provide a holistic view of identities to assist customer adjudication and decision making related to access, credentials, or benefits. ' Continue onboarding international partners to bilateral identity information exchanges under the Biometric Data Sharing Program (BDSP) 2Key milestone events for FY 2025 and FY 2026 were or will be conducted under MGMT. FY 2027 milestone events will be conducted under OSEM.

Extracted from Office of the Secretary and Executive Management, p. 5. Verbatim; nothing here is paraphrased.

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