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U.S. Department of Homeland Security announces its intent to
award an extension of US-VISIT contract
to Accenture-led team. SyApps is one of Accenture’s small
business partners on this program. |
Herndon, Virginia, August, 18th 2008 – SyApps LLC - The
U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has notified
Accenture of its intent to continue the contract under which
the company acts as prime integrator for the United States
Visitor and Immigrant Status Indicator Technology (US-VISIT)
program. The original contract was awarded to Accenture
(NYSE: ACN) in May 2004 and included a five-year base period
plus five one-year options.
The US-VISIT program, created in 2003, provides biometric
identification and analysis services to agencies throughout
the immigration and border management, law enforcement and
intelligence communities to help government decision makers
identify, mitigate and eliminate security risks.
US-VISIT's most visible service is the collection and
analysis of digital fingerprints and photographs from non-U.S.
citizens at visa-issuing posts and ports of entry.
Immigration officials rely on this information to help them
make visa-issuance and admission decisions.
To further enhance security, DHS asked the Accenture team to
increase the biometric identity capability at the ports of
entry from two to 10 fingerprints. Work on the
10-fingerprint implementation began in 2007, with the
subsequent roll-out to 10 U.S. airports completed earlier
this year.
DHS plans to replace all two-fingerprint scanners with
10-fingerprint scanners at all U.S.
ports of entry by the end of this year.
Accenture LLP
leads a team that includes L-3 Communications (previously
The Titan Corporation); Raytheon Company; and Systems
Research and Applications Corporation, a wholly owned
subsidiary of SRA International, Inc. Key small business
team members include Blackstone Technology Group;
Intelligent Decisions, Inc.; SyApps, LLC; and TSymmetry,
Inc.
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