Printrak Ships Fingerprint Equipment for Major Statewide Welfare Enrollment System; Contract Continues Partnership with EDS That Brought Huge Savings to L.A. County.Business Editors and High-Tech Writers ANAHEIM, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Feb. 1, 2000 Printrak International Inc. (Nasdaq:AFIS AFIS Automated Fingerprint Identification System AFIS Aerodrome Flight Information Service AFIS Armed Forces Radio and Television Service AFIS Airborne Flight Information System AFIS Automated Fingerprinting Identification System (Pakistan) ) Tuesday said it has shipped fingerprint fingerprint, an impression of the underside of the end of a finger or thumb, used for identification because the arrangement of ridges in any fingerprint is thought to be unique and permanent with each person (no two persons having the same prints have ever been matching equipment to EDS (Electronic Data Systems, Plano, TX, www.eds.com) Founded in 1962 by H. Ross Perot (independent candidate for the President of the U.S. in 1992), EDS is the largest outsourcing and data processing services organization in the country. for use in a state health and human services Noun 1. Health and Human Services - the United States federal department that administers all federal programs dealing with health and welfare; created in 1979 Department of Health and Human Services, HHS agency. Specific terms of the contract were not disclosed. Working in partnership with prime contractor EDS, Printrak is providing the matching engine that will compare fingerprints Impressions or reproductions of the distinctive pattern of lines and grooves on the skin of human fingertips. Fingerprints are reproduced by pressing a person's fingertips into ink and then onto a piece of paper. of welfare applicants to a database of 7 million records in an effort to prevent duplicate enrollments. A statewide network will connect fingerprint capture workstations at welfare offices in all of the state's counties to the central database in the state's capital. Printrak will also provide software components for EDS workstations in local offices that ensure the quality of fingerprint images before they are transmitted to the central database. Printrak's contract with EDS is valued at $3.4 million. EDS earlier integrated Printrak fingerprint identification technology in the award-winning Los Angeles Los Angeles (lôs ăn`jələs, lŏs, ăn`jəlēz'), city (1990 pop. 3,485,398), seat of Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1850. Country AFIRM AFIRM Armed Forces Institute of Regenerative Medicine (DoD) AFIRM Armed Forces Institute of Rehabilitation Medicine (Rawalpindi, Pakistan) AFIRM Air Force Installation Restoration Management system. 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. an Ernst &Young audit (1994) the program saved the county $116.4 million over a 26-month period. The new system is 10 times larger in terms of database size and anticipated transaction volume, according to Dawn Wilder, client delivery executive at EDS' Los Angeles facility. Company Information Printrak International (www.printrakinternational.com) is a global supplier of enterprise software and related services for information management and decision support that ensures community safety and security. The company's suite of networked applications provides comprehensive management of government records for rapid access and analysis of critical and time-sensitive public information. The systems operate by gathering, validating, warehousing, mining and distributing mission critical data to government agencies and businesses using private networks, the Internet or wireless services. Printrak technology also provides the positive identification infrastructure necessary to reduce fraud and enhance data exchange. The company's systems serve national, state, county and municipal agencies in 36 countries. The statements in this release that relate to future plans, events or performance are forward-looking statements forward-looking statement A projected financial statement based on management expectations. A forward-looking statement involves risks with regard to the accuracy of assumptions underlying the projections. that reflect Printrak International management's current expectations, assumptions and estimates of future performance and economic conditions. Such statements are made in reliance on the 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. provisions of the Securities Act of 1933 and the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. The company cautions investors that any forward-looking statements involve risks and uncertainties that may cause actual results to differ materially from those expressed or implied in such forward-looking statements. Risks and uncertainties include, without limitation, those associated with: development of the marketplace for enterprise solutions; demand for the company's products and services; the ability of the company's partnerships and alliances to succeed and in particular, the ability of the company to complete product development and broadly commercialize and disseminate its products; and other risks as identified in the company's SEC filings. The company disclaims any intention or obligation to publicly update these forward-looking statements to reflect events or circumstances that occur after the date hereof or to reflect the occurrence of unanticipated events. |
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