The image at the top of this post was taken from the NIST website and is a from an interoperability slide in a 2016 FBI presentation. Although the reference to “IAFIS” suggests that the image was created long before 2016. No NGI, and no HART either.
Because—while this may make some uncomfortable—biometric interoperability between the Departments of Defense, Homeland Security, and Justice is critically important.
For years after 9/11, the (then) systems from the three Departments were NOT interoperable.
Which made it difficult to identify if a military person or citizenship applicant was a criminal.
Today, while the three current systems use three different data interchange standards (based upon work by NIST), they CAN talk to each other.
We just have to ensure that the interoperability is legal and proper.
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