ADVISORY/New Digital Fingerprint Scanning Process in Place At Palm Beach International Airport.Business, News & Travel Editors ADVISORY...for Tuesday (Jan. 15) WEST PALM BEACH, Fla.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 14, 2002 In compliance with new FAA regulations, Palm Beach International Airport “KPBI” redirects here. For the television station in Arkansas, see KPBI (TV). Palm Beach International Airport (IATA: PBI, ICAO: KPBI, FAA LID: PBI (PBIA PBIA Pacific Brain Injury Association ) is using the state-of-the-art ID1000 Live Scan Fingerprint fingerprint, an impression of the underside of the end of a finger or thumb, used for identification because the arrangement of ridges in any fingerprint is thought to be unique and permanent with each person (no two persons having the same prints have ever been System to conduct criminal history background checks for employees working at the airport who have access to secure areas. The process involves an inkless scan of a person's fingertips "Fingertips" is a 1963 number-one hit single recorded live by "Little" Stevie Wonder for Motown's Tamla label. Wonder's first hit single, "Fingertips" was the first live, non-studio recording to reach number-one on the Billboard Pop Singles chart in the United States. . A computerized computerized adapted for analysis, storage and retrieval on a computer. computerized axial tomography see computed tomography. file is created and forwarded to the Federal Bureau of Investigation Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), division of the U.S. Dept. of Justice charged with investigating all violations of federal laws except those assigned to some other federal agency. (FBI), which searches its database system for known offenses. Within days, a report detailing all offenses documented by the FBI will be posted to a secure website where PBIA can access the information. Criminal history checks will be conducted on current and future employees of PBIA including airlines, airport tenants, and all others needing unescorted access to secured areas of the airport. The ID1000, created by Palm Beach Gardens based Cross Match Technologies, Inc., is easier to use than the traditional ink-and-paper method. The ID1000 streamlines the criminal background check process, making the turn-around time days, instead of weeks with the traditional method. Media are invited to attend a demonstration of this new technology, on Tuesday, January 15, 2002 at 3 PM in the 3rd Level East End Conference Room, McCampbell Terminal, PBIA. Representatives from Cross Match Technologies will be on hand to answer questions and provide a demonstration. MEDIA PARKING: Parking available in Premium and Short Term Parking areas. All vehicles entering Premium and Short Term Parking areas will be searched. |
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