superseded by OBIM

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U.S. Department of Homeland Security component U.S. federal government program biometric identity management system

OBIM (Office of Biometric Identity Management) is a U.S. Department of Homeland Security program that manages and uses biometric data to identify and screen visitors and immigrants for security and immigration enforcement purposes.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
OBIM	2
superseded by OBIM canonical	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1349581 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: superseded by OBIM
Context triple: [U.S. Visitor and Immigrant Status Indicator Technology, status, superseded by OBIM]

A. OBR
OBR is the standard rulebook that governs the official rules and regulations of professional baseball, particularly Major League Baseball.
B. OBR
OBR is the independent UK fiscal watchdog that provides official economic and public finance forecasts and assesses the sustainability of government finances.
C. OPAL
OPAL was one of the major particle physics experiments at CERN’s Large Electron–Positron Collider, designed to study electron-positron collisions and probe the Standard Model.
D. OB
OB is an abbreviation used to denote membership in the Order of the Bath, a British order of chivalry.
E. BIE
BIE is a U.S. federal agency within the Department of the Interior responsible for providing and overseeing education services for Native American students in schools on or near reservations.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: superseded by OBIM
Target entity description: OBIM (Office of Biometric Identity Management) is a U.S. Department of Homeland Security program that manages and uses biometric data to identify and screen visitors and immigrants for security and immigration enforcement purposes.

A. OBR
OBR is the standard rulebook that governs the official rules and regulations of professional baseball, particularly Major League Baseball.
B. OBR
OBR is the independent UK fiscal watchdog that provides official economic and public finance forecasts and assesses the sustainability of government finances.
C. OPAL
OPAL was one of the major particle physics experiments at CERN’s Large Electron–Positron Collider, designed to study electron-positron collisions and probe the Standard Model.
D. OB
OB is an abbreviation used to denote membership in the Order of the Bath, a British order of chivalry.
E. BIE
BIE is a U.S. federal agency within the Department of the Interior responsible for providing and overseeing education services for Native American students in schools on or near reservations.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (42)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	U.S. Department of Homeland Security component ⓘ U.S. federal government program ⓘ biometric identity management system ⓘ
abbreviation	OBIM ⓘ linked to: superseded by OBIM
collaboratesWith	Federal Bureau of Investigation ⓘ U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services ⓘ U.S. Customs and Border Protection ⓘ U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement ⓘ linked to: Immigration and Customs Enforcement
country	United States ⓘ linked to: United States of America
dataTypeManaged	biometric identifiers ⓘ personally identifiable information ⓘ
focusesOn	biometric matching ⓘ border management ⓘ identity verification ⓘ
follows	U.S. immigration laws ⓘ U.S. privacy laws ⓘ
formerName	United States Visitor and Immigrant Status Indicator Technology ⓘ linked to: U.S. Visitor and Immigrant Status Indicator Technology
governmentBranch	executive branch of the United States ⓘ
hasObjective	enhance border security ⓘ prevent identity fraud in immigration processes ⓘ support counterterrorism screening ⓘ
headquartersLocation	Washington, D.C. ⓘ
industry	border security ⓘ homeland security ⓘ immigration enforcement ⓘ
jurisdiction	United States federal government ⓘ linked to: United States government
language	English ⓘ
operates	Automated Biometric Identification System ⓘ
parentOrganization	United States Department of Homeland Security ⓘ
partOf	U.S. homeland security enterprise ⓘ linked to: United States homeland security enterprise
purpose	identify visitors ⓘ screen immigrants ⓘ support immigration enforcement ⓘ support national security vetting ⓘ
replaced	United States Visitor and Immigrant Status Indicator Technology ⓘ linked to: U.S. Visitor and Immigrant Status Indicator Technology
sector	public sector ⓘ
serviceArea	U.S. immigration system ⓘ United States borders ⓘ
shortName	OBIM ⓘ linked to: superseded by OBIM
uses	biometric data ⓘ facial recognition data ⓘ fingerprint data ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

U.S. Visitor and Immigrant Status Indicator Technology → status → superseded by OBIM ⓘ

Office of Biometric Identity Management → shortName → OBIM ⓘ

subject linked to: superseded by OBIM

linked to: superseded by OBIM

Office of Biometric Identity Management → abbreviation → OBIM ⓘ