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California Department of Social Services
Orders Additional TouchPrint 600 Systems; Sylvan/Identix Joint Venture
to Provide Fingerprint Services for Applicants
SUNNYVALE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Aug. 20, 1998--
Order to Identix Valued in Excess of $500,000
Identix Inc. (ASE:IDX), a leader worldwide in live-scan systems
and biometric identity verification systems, Thursday announced the
receipt of an order from the California Department of Social Services
(DSS) to purchase additional TouchPrint 600(TM) (TP-600) systems.
In addition, the DSS has contracted with Sylvan/Identix
Fingerprinting Centers LLC to provide fingerprinting services for the
screening of prospective Community Care licensees and employees. The
units will be installed at pre-employment processing centers in
various State Community Care Licensing offices to screen prospective
applicants as part of the DSS licensing procedures.
The DSS screens prospective applicants such as foster parents and
day care workers. The order to Identix for the TP-600 systems and
upgrades for DSS existing units is valued in excess of $500,000.
Sylvan/Identix LLC will be compensated separately for providing the
ongoing fingerprinting services.
According to Andy Ah-Po, chief, Criminal Records Clearing Bureau,
Central Operation Branch, the DSS anticipates that the TP-600s will
save the department time, cut costs and improve accuracy in screening
as many as 200,000 applicants per year.
"We are extremely pleased with the two Identix live-scan systems
we have been using, and believe the additional systems, along with
upgrading our original two, will expand our local capability to cut
background screening time to three work days or less," he said.
"Additionally," Ah-Po continued, "the fingerprint services
provided by Sylvan/Identix will greatly reduce both time and expense
for the DSS for the initial screening of applicants. Time and money
that would have been spent actually taking and processing applicant
fingerprints for background checks, can now be directed towards
implementing additional program enhancements and improved customer
service.
"We are confident that this relationship will not only ensure a
more efficient background check, but will also enable the DSS to
provide a more complete overall screening process," he said.
Identix Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer Randall
C. Fowler, commented: "The screening by the DSS for prospective
applicants is an important step in providing quality social services
personnel for the State of California. Our technology promises to
play a key role in the process by providing the DSS with the latest in
leading-edge live-scan equipment, as well as providing fingerprint
services by our joint venture with Sylvan."
Identix is a leader in designing, developing, manufacturing and
marketing products for the capture and/or comparison of fingerprints
for security, anti-fraud, law enforcement and other applications.
The statements in this release that relate to future plans,
events or performance are forward-looking statements that involve
risks and uncertainties, including risks associated with uncertainties
pertaining to customer orders, orders from and contracts with
government entities, availability of government funds, competition,
demand for products and services, development of markets for the
company's products and services and other risks as identified in the
company's SEC filings. Actual results, events and performance may
differ materially. The company undertakes no 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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CONTACT: Allen & Caron Inc.
Damon Wright (investors)
Owen Daley (media)
714/957-8440
KEYWORD: CALIFORNIA
INDUSTRY KEYWORD: COMPUTERS/ELECTRONICS COMED
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