Robert Mocny

Broad-based use of biometric screening standards worldwide and interoperability between the Homeland Security Department and other agency systems are among the most significant technology improvements since Sept. 11, 2001, says Robert Mocny, DHS director of US-VISIT.

The Homeland Security Department increasingly is able to tap into other countries' fingerprint databases for purposes of identifying individuals, said Robert Mocny, director of US-VISIT. The United States and four other countries--the United Kingdom, Canada, Australia and New Zealand--share fingerprint information through a system called the Secure Real Time Platform.