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To: Smart_Money who wrote (4598)	7/6/2000 2:06:08 PM
From: Frederick Langford	Respond to of 24256

Viisage Awarded $21 Million Contract Business Editors LITTLETON, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--July 6, 2000--Viisage Technology, Inc. (NASDAQ: VISG), a leader in identification systems and solutions, today announced that it has been selected to design, develop and implement a new digitized drivers' license system for the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (PennDOT). The initial five-year term of the project is valued at $21 million. Design and development of the system will begin immediately and will be deployed at all PennDOT Driver License and Photo Centers across the state within a year. Viisage is the leader in enabling e-commerce with face recognition biometrics technology and in providing digital identification systems and solutions. The company focuses on identification solutions that improve personal convenience and security, deter fraud and reduce identification program costs. Viisage combines its patented face recognition technology, systems integration capability, software design expertise, proprietary products and other best-in-class products to create turnkey, customized customer solutions. Applications include Internet, electronic and physical-access control, real-time image identification and verification, drivers' licenses, voter registration, national IDs, law enforcement and social services. Domestically, Viisage products annually produce more than 20 million identification documents at more than 1,500 locations in 13 states. This news release may contain forward-looking statements that involve risks and uncertainties. Forward-looking statements in this document and those made from time to time by the company through its senior management are made pursuant to the safe harbor provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Forward-looking statements concerning future plans or results are necessarily only estimates and actual results could differ materially from expectations. Certain factors that could cause or contribute to such differences include, among other things, potential fluctuations in quarterly results, the size and timing of award and performance on contracts, dependence on large contracts and a limited number of customers, lengthy sales and implementation cycles, changes in management estimates incident to accounting for contracts, availability and cost of key components, market acceptance of new or enhanced products and services, proprietary technology and changing technology, competitive conditions, system performance, management of growth, dependence on key personnel and general economic and political conditions and other factors affecting spending by customers. --30--jtp/ny* CONTACT: Porter, LeVay & Rose, Inc. Pamela Roderick, Sr. Account Executive Elisa Keys, VP-Media Relations Nicholas Patruno, Account Executive 212/564-4700 or Viisage Technology, Inc. Thomas Colatosti, President and CEO 978/952-2211 KEYWORD: MASSACHUSETTS INDUSTRY KEYWORD: COMPUTERS/ELECTRONICS E-COMMERCE INTERNET Today's News On The Net - Business Wire's full file on the Internet with Hyperlinks to your home page. URL: businesswire.com Jul-06-2000 15:57 GMT Symbols: US;VISG Source BW Business Wire