What's In A Name?

The Army-led Biometrics Task Force now goes by the name Biometrics Identity Management Agency. Army Secretary John McHugh ordered the name change in a March 23 general order, noting his authority as the Defense Department's executive agent for biometrics. The one-page order was flagged by the Secrecy News blog.

"The Biometrics Identity Management Agency shall have fund certification authority while remaining in the deputy chief of staff, G–3/5/7 and OA–22 organizational structure, along with manpower management authority to establish and acquire resources needed to fulfill executive manager responsibilities," McHugh wrote.

The "executive manager" designation is an internal Army title conferred upon the former BTF director, and now the BIMA head.