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Identix Live Scan Systems Adopted by Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Cent
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TO BUSINESS AND TECHNOLOGY EDITORS:
Identix Live Scan Systems Adopted by Department of Veterans Affairs
Medical Centers to Help Speed Employee Background Checks
Identix Opens New Healthcare Market for Its Live Scan Systems
LOS GATOS, Calif., May 6 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ --
Identix Incorporated (Nasdaq: IDNX), a worldwide leader in providing
fingerprint biometric authentication, security, and identification solutions,
announced today that it has extended the reach of its Live Scan systems for
applicant screening into a new healthcare market. The Company has received
orders for its Identix Live Scan TouchPrint(TM) 2000 Applicant Fingerprint
Systems (TP 2000 AFS) from six Veterans Administration Medical Centers to
facilitate the processing of background checks of potential employees.
Department of Veterans Affairs Hospital employees are Federal government
employees and are required to undergo a background check prior to employment.
Five Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Centers in the New York area --
Bronx, Hudson Valley, NY Harbor/Brooklyn, Northport, Long Island and East
Orange/Lyons NJ -- and the Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center in
Portland, will each receive one TP 2000 AFS. Installation of all of the
systems is expected to take place by the end of June 2002. The U.S.
Department of Veterans Affairs operates approximately 171 medical centers and
500 Community Based Outpatient Clinics across the nation.
The TP 2000 AFS supports direct connections to state and Federal Automated
Fingerprint Identification Systems (AFIS) networks to permit rapid screening
of job applicants to help prevent the hiring of personnel with past criminal
records for industries such as airports, school systems, banking/financial and
securities firms and segments of the healthcare field. Identix Live Scan
systems can speed the processing of applicant background checks to days versus
the several weeks traditional ink and paper methods require.
Identix Executive Vice President Worldwide Sales Valerie Lyons commented,
"We are very pleased to continue to see new applicant markets open across the
Nation for our Live Scan systems. We believe our Live Scan systems can play a
critical role in assisting employers across all industries receive timely
feedback on the backgrounds of job applicants. We will continue working
toward expanding the reach of our technology further into the healthcare
industry, as well as more fully into the general commercial markets."
On February 22, 2002, Identix and Visionics Corporation (Nasdaq: VSNX)
announced that they had entered into a definitive merger agreement in an
effort intended to create the world's leading multi-biometric security
technology company. The merger remains subject to additional customary
closing conditions, including approval of the companies' shareholders.
Additional information regarding the terms of the proposed merger are
contained in an amended registration statement on Form S-4 filed by the
parties with the SEC on April 25, 2002.
About Identix
Identix Incorporated, www.Identix.com , is a leader in designing,
developing, manufacturing and marketing products for the capture and/or
comparison of fingerprints for security, anti-fraud, law enforcement, physical
access and other applications. Identix designs and develops proprietary,
cost-effective, security products and solutions for personal identification
and authentication. Through itrust, Identix offers an array of Internet and
wireless web secure transaction processing services, and provides a wide range
of applications to markets that include corporate enterprise security,
Intranet, extranet, and Internet, wireless Web access and security,
E-commerce, government and law enforcement agencies.
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