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USPS Awards Innovations Group Inc. a Multi Year Contract to Provide Mailing Systems for Contract Postal Units.


Contract Includes Technical and Maintenance Services

FAIRFAX, Va. -- Innovations Group Inc. (IGI IGI International Genealogical Index
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IGI Inspector General for Investigations
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) today announced that the U.S. Postal Service The U.S. Postal Service (USPS) processes and delivers mail to individuals and businesses within the United States. The service seeks to improve its performance through the development of efficient mail-handling systems and operates its own planning and engineering programs.  (USPS (1) (Uninterruptible Switching Power Supply) A power supply for a computer that contains its own battery and uninterruptible power supply (UPS) circuitry. See power supply and UPS. ) has awarded the company a contract to provide Mailing Systems to thousands of Contact Postal Units nationwide. The system will provide operators a Point of Sale functionality to sell postal products and services to consumers.

The contract includes application software development, system integration, human factors engineering, software certification, program management, training and documentation, deployment services, help desk services, software maintenance and systems lifecycle support.

Contract postal units (CPUs) allow the Postal Service to reach customers at times when a trip to a Post Office is not possible or convenient. Typical CPU CPU
 in full central processing unit

Principal component of a digital computer, composed of a control unit, an instruction-decoding unit, and an arithmetic-logic unit.
 host locations are drug stores and supermarkets, many feature evening, weekend, and holiday hours. The convenience store industry is the fastest growing segment of the CPU program.

IGI has teamed with Hewlett Packard (HP), Escher Group and CODEplus. "The IGI team's Retail and Postal experience will ensure that the USPS will get the best of class products and services," said Omar Dajani, president and CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board.  of IGI. The IGI team's experience has been proven in both the retail and postal industries worldwide.

About Innovations Group Inc. (IGI)

Headquartered in Fairfax Virginia, Innovations Group Inc. is an ISO (1) See ISO speed.

(2) (International Organization for Standardization, Geneva, Switzerland, www.iso.ch) An organization that sets international standards, founded in 1946. The U.S. member body is ANSI.
 9001 certified systems engineering company. IGI provides hardware/software development, prototyping, installation, training, maintenance and helpdesk solutions in the areas of retail and self-service. The company has contractual relationships with federal and commercial organizations. More information can be found online at www.theinnovationsgroup.com.
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