BSI2000 Partner Moves Ahead With Italian National ID Card.Business Editors/High-Tech Writers DENVER--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Aug. 4, 2003 BSI BSI - British Standards Institute 2000, Inc., (OTCBB OTCBB See OTC Bulletin Board (OTCBB). :BSIO) a developer of optical card based systems for homeland security Noun 1. Homeland Security - the federal department that administers all matters relating to homeland security Department of Homeland Security executive department - a federal department in the executive branch of the government of the United States and other applications, today announced that its partner, L. C. Sistemia, based in Rome, has received a $2.4-million card order for the Italian National Identification Card project through its subsidiary, Laser Memory Card SRL 1. SRL - Bharat Jayaraman. ["Towards a Broader Basis for Logic Programming", B. Jayaraman, TR CS Dept, SUNY Buffalo, 1990]. 2. SRL - Schema Representation language. 3. SRL - Structured Robot Language. C. Blume & W. Jacob, U Karlsruhe. . L. C. Sistemia has been awarded the prime contract on the optical card project by the Italian government. In 2001, BSI2000 and L. C. Sistemia signed an agreement that gives BSI2000, as a subcontractor, the exclusive right to provide the integrated optical card terminals needed for the Italian project. In discussions with BSI2000, L. C. Sistemia estimated that the Italian Government could require 8,000 or more of BSI2000's Civilitas 2000(TM) secure Citizen Identification Terminals over the life of the project. The Italian digital ID card program is called Carta d'Identita Elettronica ("CIE (Commission Internationale de l'Eclairage, International Commission on Illumination, Vienna, Austria, www.cie.co.at) An international organization that sets standards for all aspects of lighting and illumination, including colorimetry, photometry and the measurement of visible and ") and is the first optical card-based national identification card program to be deployed within the European Union European Union (EU), name given since the ratification (Nov., 1993) of the Treaty of European Union, or Maastricht Treaty, to the European Community . The Italian Government has indicated that the national services to be included in the full-up version of the card system may include healthcare, voting, social pensions, and educational programs. Italy has a population of 58 million people. Jack Harper, President of BSI2000, Inc., said, "We demonstrated our Civilitas 2000(TM) system to the Italian Government. We have been working the Italian national ID card project for some time through our Rome partner and are delighted to see it move forward in such a profound way." About BSI2000, Inc. BSI2000, Inc., a manufacturer of hardware products and developer of software, has developed proprietary applications of optical card technology for the homeland security and other markets using LaserCard(R) products. Company Web site: www.bsi2000.com (English, German, French, Russian, Arabic) NOTE: LaserCard(R) is a registered trademark of LaserCard System Corp. (www.lasercard.com). Civilitas 2000, Transact 2000 and Crypto 2000 are trademarks of BSI2000 Inc. Patents pending. Safe Harbor Safe Harbor 1. A legal provision to reduce or eliminate liability as long as good faith is demonstrated. 2. A form of shark repellent implemented by a target company acquiring a business that is so poorly regulated that the target itself is less attractive. Statement under the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act The Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 (PSLRA) implemented several significant substantive changes affecting certain cases brought under the federal securities laws, including changes related to pleading, discovery, liability, class representation and awards fees and of 1995: Statements contained in this document which are not historical fact are forward-looking statements based upon management's current expectations that are subject to risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from those set forth in or implied by forward looking statements. |
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