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Two of the most critical requirements in support of producing reliable face-recognition systems are a large database of facial images and a testing procedure to evaluate systems. The Face Recognition Technology (FERET) program has addressed both issues through the FERET database of facial images and the establishment of the FERET tests. The FERET database is divided into two portions. The development portion is provided to researchers for algorithm development and the sequestered portion provides a set of images not seen by the researchers to test algorithms. The set of test is the third in a sequence of FERET tests. This test was administered in September 1996 and March 1997. The Sept96 test provided a detailed assesment of the state of the art, measurement of algorithm performance on large databases, and a comparison among face recognition algorithms.