[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 30 (Tuesday, February 14, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Page 9489]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2023-03110]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Institute of Standards and Technology


ANSI/NIST-ITL Standards Update Workshop: Data Format for the 
Interchange of Fingerprint, Facial & Other Biometric Information

AGENCY: National Institute of Standards and Technology, Department of 
Commerce.

ACTION: Notice of open meeting.

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SUMMARY: The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) is 
hosting a public workshop to inform an update of the ANSI/NIST-ITL 
standard, ``Data Format for the Interchange of Fingerprint, Facial & 
Other Biometric Information.'' This event will be completely virtual 
and occur February 21-23, 2023, from 9:00 a.m.-4:00 p.m. Eastern 
Standard Time. The purpose of this workshop is to solicit 
recommendations to identify and pursue updates needed to the above-
referenced standard.

DATES: The workshop will take place February 21-23, 2023 from 9:00 
a.m.-4:00 p.m. Eastern Standard Time. Subject Matter Expert (SME) 
working group meetings will occur on February 22-23, 2023.

ADDRESSES: This meeting will be held virtually, and additional 
participation information and logistics will be provided once 
registration is completed.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Diane Stephens at 
[email protected] or (301) 975-4493 or at [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Law enforcement and related criminal justice 
agencies, as well as identity management organizations, procure 
equipment and systems intended to facilitate the determination of the 
personal identity of a subject or verify the identity of a subject 
using biometric information. To effectively exchange identity data 
across jurisdictional lines or between dissimilar systems made by 
different manufacturers, a standard is needed to specify a common 
format for the data exchange.
    Biometric data refers to a digital or analog representation of a 
behavioral or physical characteristic of an individual that can be used 
by an automated system to distinguish an individual as belonging to a 
subgroup of the entire population or, in many cases, can be used to 
uniquely establish or verify the identity of a person (compared to a 
claimed or referenced identity). Biometric modalities specifically 
included in this standard are: fingerprints, plantars (footprints), 
palm prints, facial images, DNA and iris images. Identifying 
characteristics that may be used manually to establish or verify the 
identity of an individual are included in the standard. These 
identifying characteristics include scars, (needle) marks, tattoos, and 
certain characteristics of facial photos, iris images and images of 
other body parts. Latent friction ridge prints (fingerprint, palm print 
and plantars) are included in this standard and may be used in either 
an automated system or forensically (or both).
    NIST's Information Technology Laboratory (ITL) led the development 
of this American National Standards Institute (ANSI) approved American 
National Standard using the NIST Canvass Method to demonstrate evidence 
of consensus. NIST, as the Editor of the ANSI/NIST-ITL Standard, is 
soliciting recommendations and/or presentations to highlight specific 
updates the community of interest may want included in the next update 
of this document. Hence, NIST is hosting a public workshop to update 
the ANSI/NIST-ITL 1-2001 Update: 2015 standard, ``Data Format for the 
Interchange of Fingerprint, Facial & Other Biometric Information'' 
(NIST Special Publication 500-290 Edition 3 (2015)). This event will be 
completely virtual and occur February 21-23, 2023, from 9:00 a.m.-4:00 
p.m. Eastern Standard Time. Federal, industry, and academic 
stakeholders and interested parties who wish to participate in this 
workshop should please use this link to register: https://www.nist.gov/news-events/events/2023/02/ansi-nist-itl-standards-update-workshop.

Alicia Chambers,
NIST Executive Secretariat.
[FR Doc. 2023-03110 Filed 2-13-23; 8:45 am]
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