Army Wants Feedback on Base-Entry System Used by 1.5 Million
Published Date: 11/4/2026
Notice
Summary
The Department of Defense is updating how it collects info from people who want to enter Army bases, like visitors, contractors, and service members. They’re asking for public feedback by December 4, 2026, to improve the Automated Installation Entry system, which includes both online and in-person registration. This update affects over 1.5 million annual users and aims to keep base access safe and smooth without adding extra time or cost.
Analyzed Economic Effects
4 provisions identified: 1 benefits, 3 costs, 0 mixed.
AIE vetting can grant or deny base access
The Army uses information from the AIE system to verify identity, authenticate credentials, vet against government data sources and access-denial lists, determine fitness for installation access, and to issue, manage, or deny local access credentials or visitor passes. This process is used to protect personnel, facilities, equipment, and other resources at Army installations.
Army collects personal and biometric data
The Army’s Automated Installation Entry (AIE) system collects personally identifiable information from people who request access to Army installations, including visitors, contractors, service members, dependents, retirees, and civilian employees. Information collected may include identifying and contact data, identity-credential information, and, when required for identity proofing and vetting, biometric and other identifying information.
Short time burden to register (about 2 minutes)
If you register to enter an Army installation, each AIE registration takes about 2 minutes on average. The notice reports 1,532,796 annual responses and a total annual burden of 51,094 hours across in-person and online registrations.
Multiple ways to register (online, kiosks, in-person)
You can provide AIE information through an online visitor-registration portal, at a Visitor Control Center, through self-service kiosks, or by authorized personnel at an installation access-control point. The notice describes separate respondent counts for in-person (1,016,570 respondents) and online registration (516,226 respondents).
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