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To: Bob Biersack who wrote (49032)	4/12/2002 4:10:42 PM
From: Frederick Langford	Respond to of 208838

I'm still bullish on IDNX. I love the merger. I got some in mid 7s Fred

To: Bob Biersack who wrote (49032)	4/14/2002 12:08:00 AM
From: Frederick Langford	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 208838

US Funds Research on Facial Recognition Technology Fri Apr 12, 5:20 PM ET WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Federal spending on facial recognition technology doubled in the past five years to more than $10 million, even before the Sept. 11 attacks generated new interest in the technology as a security measure, a congressional study obtained on Friday showed. Four departments -- State, Justice, Energy and Defense -- reported spending a combined total of $10.7 million in fiscal 2001 up to June 30 for research and development of the technology, which turns an image of a face into a digital code. A computer may then be used to compare the converted image with others in a database. In fiscal 1997, the four said they had spent a combined total of $5.6 million, the General Accounting Office (news - web sites), the audit arm of Congress, said in the survey dated March 14 that was requested by House of Representatives Majority leader Dick Armey, Republican of Texas. The survey was conducted in August so the figures do not reflect spending after the September attacks. "Following the terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001, federal interest in biometrics technology, especially facial recognition technology as a security measure, appears to have increased," the study said. Biometrics involves the use of a person's physical characteristics such as fingerprints, hand geometry, iris scan or facial recognition to check identity. Although no agency reported using funds for deployment of it through January, the State Department's Bureau of Intelligence and Research said it planned to work with the Bureau of Consular Affairs to integrate the technology into a counterterrorism database in the current fiscal year, which ends Sept. 30. story.news.yahoo.com. Fred