Failed ACIC facial recognition project ‘premature’, ‘poorly scoped’: Inquiry
A bungled biometrics project that cost the government at least $26 million was “premature” and “poorly scoped,” a parliamentary inquiry has concluded.
A bungled biometrics project that cost the government at least $26 million was “premature” and “poorly scoped,” a parliamentary inquiry has concluded.
Justice minister Michael Keenan has formally launched the Australian Criminal Intelligence Commission (ACIC), an organisation born out of the fusion of the Australian Crime Commission and CrimTrac.
NEC Australia has been appointed by CrimTrac to deliver a new multi-modal biometric identification system.
CrimTrac, the federal agency that provides information sharing services for state and federal police, is getting a new CEO.
TransACT signed a $14.9 million, 10-year agreement to provide data centre services to CrimTrac.