U.S. Department of Homeland Security Orders LaserCard Next Generation Encoding Solution

LaserCard Corporation announced that it has received a purchase order to
supply a next generation card encoding solution for the Department of
Homeland Security’s (DHS) U.S. Permanent Resident Card ("Green Card")
Program.

Under the terms of the purchase order, received from DHS U.S.
Citizenship and Immigration Service’s Prime Contractor, LaserCard will
supply 40 next generation encoders, associated software and services.
The new solution will replace "Green Card" personalization equipment
which is more than a decade old. The encoders and software, valued at
approximately $170,000, are expected to be delivered over the next six
months.

"The move to our enhanced encoding solution confirms the
Department of Homeland Security’s continued commitment to optical
memory technology," said Bernard C. Bailey, chairman of LaserCard’s
board of directors. "The award of this purchase order is further
testament to LaserCard’s continuing ability to provide a best of breed
technology for secure ID card solutions and is the precursor to the
introduction of an advanced design optical memory-based Green Card."

The new encoding solution features advanced laser technology which
greatly enhances the resolution and contrast of LaserCard’s
personalized Embedded Hologram. The feature is unique among all data
storage technologies used on cards in that it permanently marks the
digital recording medium with eye visible data, in this case the
facial image of the card holder. This feature has proven to be one of
the most significant visual security components of optical card
credentialing programs and is currently also in use on the US/Mexico
Border Crossing Card, the Canadian Permanent Resident Card, the
Italian Citizen and Resident IDs, the Costa Rica Resident ID and a
Middle Eastern National ID Card.

"The visual and digital information encoded to LaserCard’s optical
memory is tamperproof and has never been compromised. This is crucial
to note in a world where visual inspection is still the most common
means of credential and ID verification," Bailey said. "Optical memory
technology provides the most secure solution available today and
represents a security bridge to the electronic ID future where
infrastructure will be widely available to authenticate credentials
and verify ID automatically."

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Homeland Security

LaserCard Corporation Corp.