Florida chooses Unisys to deliver digitized driver's licenses to reduce fraud, speed public service.BLUE BELL, Pa.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 15, 1995--Unisys Corp. Wednesday announced that it has been awarded a five-year contract from Florida Department Florida is a department (departamento) of Uruguay. Population and Demographics As of the census of 2004, there were 68,181 people and 21,938 households in the department. The average household size was 3.1. For every 100 females, there were 100.4 males. of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles (DHSMV DHSMV Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles ) valued at $11.2 million to provide the state's motorists with digitized driver licenses. The contract also has the option of three one-year renewals, worth an additional $8 million, contingent upon Adj. 1. contingent upon - determined by conditions or circumstances that follow; "arms sales contingent on the approval of congress" contingent on, dependant on, dependant upon, dependent on, dependent upon, depending on, contingent satisfactory performance. As prime contractor, Unisys will integrate advanced photo imaging applications and other components into a statewide system that produces tamper-resistant driver licenses in under three minutes "Three Minutes" is the 46th episode of Lost. It is the twenty-second episode of the second season. The episode was directed by Stephen Williams, and written by Edward Kitsis and Adam Horowitz. It first aired on May 17, 2006 on ABC. . The licenses resemble a credit card with a photograph and an information-encoded magnetic stripe A small length of magnetic tape adhered to credit cards, badges, permits, passes and tokens. The tape is read by magnetic stripe readers incorporated into ATMs, identification readers and payment terminals. . According to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. Sandy Lambert, director, Division of Driver Licenses, DHSMV, "The new licenses will be faster to make and tougher to fake. They also offer public and private businesses a quick, easy way to access and record basic information by swiping the encoded licenses through a card scanner. These benefits further our key objective of improving customer service while streamlining government operations This article aims to describe the financial expenditure associated with the operations and processes of world governments of all levels. Size of economic footprint
The Unisys solution comprises Unisys PC-based photo imaging stations, which will be placed in more than 150 state driver license offices. To capture the digitized images of drivers and their signatures, DHSMV employees use video cameras, electronic signature pads and Unisys PC workstations running front-end imaging software from DataCard Corp. of Minnetonka, Minn. The images -- along with demographic data collected from other state databases -- are combined on screen in a Windows environment (1) (upper case "W") Refers to computers running under a Microsoft Windows operating system. (2) (lower case "w") Also called a "windowing environment," it refers to any software that provides multiple windows on screen such as Windows, Mac, Motif and X Window. and then printed on "PVC PVC: see polyvinyl chloride. PVC in full polyvinyl chloride Synthetic resin, an organic polymer made by treating vinyl chloride monomers with a peroxide. " cards, like those used for credit cards. The licenses, produced using DataCard printers, are encoded with a magnetic stripe containing the same demographic data appearing on the front of the card. The entire operation is completed in under three minutes. A statewide network connects the imaging stations to a Unisys UNIX UNIX Operating system for digital computers, developed by Ken Thompson of Bell Laboratories in 1969. It was initially designed for a single user (the name was a pun on the earlier operating system Multics). central image "server" system, which is automatically updated with new photos, signatures and demographics. The digitized images can be available within seconds over the statewide network, giving police officers, for example, the ability to visually confirm an applicant's identity. Unisys is providing integration services for the various hardware and software components as well as the project management services to implement the new system. Harvey Weiss, vice president and general manager of Unisys Public Sector, United States/Canada Division, said, "This partnership between the state and Unisys is a perfect example of what we call Customerize -- the creative application of technology to improve service to our client's customers." Currently the Florida DHSMV is piloting an expanded version of the Unisys solution, which captures digitized images of fingerprints as well. This capability ensures the proper identification of the license holder and is an additional safeguard against license fraud. Unisys in the Public Sector Unisys information management solutions are helping governments be more responsive to their citizens in every major area, including health & human services, justice and public safety, revenue and taxation, customs and postal services. As one of the top three providers of commercial information services See Information Systems. and technology, Unisys solutions are at work in the U.S. federal government, all 50 state governments and more than 1,500 government agencies worldwide. Unisys solutions help deliver benefits to more than half of all U.S. public assistance recipients, help protect the lives and property of more than half of the U.S. population and help process 250 million income tax returns annually. -0- Unisys is a registered trademark of Unisys Corp. -0- All other brands and products referenced herein are acknowledged to be trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective holders. CONTACT: Unisys Corp., Blue Bell Susan Beck, 215/986-6036 Internet: becks@po6.bb.unisys.com |
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