As the need to identify known and suspected combatants has elevated the importance of biometrics in the Department of Defense DoD , RAND researchers assessed how current activities are supporting end users and how DoD is preparing to focus biometrics on different missions. As overseas contingency operations wind down, DoD s biometrics program must move in a new direction, and continued funding must be justified in new ways. | An Assessment Of The Assignments And Arrangements Of The Executive Agent For Dod Biometrics And Status Report On The Dod Biometrics