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DOD�s Offshore Biometric Roll Out

The Department of Defense is moving ahead in South Korea, Japan, and Europe with its largest biometric smart card rollout to date. The project has registered individuals who do not qualify for DOD Common Access Cards. There are about 650,000 military users and contractors registered at Defense Biometric Identification System (DBIDS) around the world.

DOD tries out biometric smart cards overseas, Government Computer News, March 19, 2004