BSI2000 Updated on INS Contract Award.Business Editors DENVER--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 29, 2003 BSI BSI - British Standards Institute 2000 Inc. (OTCBB OTCBB See OTC Bulletin Board (OTCBB). :BSIO), a developer of optical card-based secure identification systems, reported today the following update relative to its contract with the Immigration and Naturalization Service Noun 1. Immigration and Naturalization Service - an agency in the Department of Justice that enforces laws and regulations for the admission of foreign-born persons to the United States INS (INS INS abbr. 1. Immigration and Naturalization Service 2. International News Service Noun 1. INS ). On Sept. 20, 2002, the INS awarded BSI2000 a contract to deliver its SIGABA 2000 secure identification and border crossing/tracking system to the INS for evaluation in a pilot testing program. BSI2000, a first-time INS contractor, is required to receive an INS security clearance prior to delivering its SIGABA 2000 system. The INS security clearance process has been ongoing since the date of the contract award. The BSI2000's SIGABA 2000 system both reads and validates the authenticity of the 10 million secure optical Green Cards and Border Crossing Cards ("Laser Visas") that have been issued by the INS to date. On April 16, 2003, the INS informed BSI2000 that the INS Office of Security has granted security clearances to the BSI2000 staff. BSI2000 expects to receive INS clearance of its physical facilities shortly, thereby completing the security clearance process. Upon granting the security clearance, the INS will authorize BSI2000 to purchase the INS specially configured optical drives for incorporation into the SIGABA 2000 system. The optical Green Cards are issued to permanent resident aliens and the Boarder Crossing Cards are issued to visitors from Mexico that travel frequently to the United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area. . SIGABA 2000 enables INS officers to verify the identity of border crossers and resident aliens by a combination of biometrics, including fingerprints, cardholder card·hold·er n. One who holds a card, especially a credit card. card hold photographs and other biometric identification stored in encrypted
digital form on the optical cards.
About BSI2000 Inc. BSI2000 Inc., a manufacturer of hardware products and developer of software, has developed a proprietary application of optical card technology for the homeland security market using LaserCard(R) products. Company Web site: www.bsi2000.com (English, German, French, Russian, Arabic) NOTE: Laser-Card(R) is a registered trademark of LaserCard System Corp. (www.lasercard.com). 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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