Keep an eye on IDX in next few weeks and definitely next quarter. It is starting to look like a head of steam may be beginning.
Contract with INS is a go (400x$65,000 in additional revenue)
Under Fire, Immigration Agency Changes Its Fingerprinting
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You can tell, I'm excited. a few key extracts below.
"The agency will replace the traditional ink-and-paper method of taking fingerprints with a new technology. The machines, made by Identix, a technology company in Sunnyvale, Calif., optically read a fingerprint pressed on a glass slide and store the image on a computer disk.
The Senate wants the INS or, in some cases, law-enforcement agencies to take over the fingerprinting Oct. 1.
The House is leaning toward a deadline of March 1, 1998. The INS is proposing to phase in the new system by June 1, 1998.
The INS insists it can buy about 400 new fingerprinting machines, install them and train operators by next June.
The fingerprinting machine, which cost $65,000 each, have been used by police departments in California, Arizona, and Washington state. The INS installed the machines at 50 deportation centers around the country last year.
Sylvian Learning Centers still awaiting but it is looking god
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