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Homeland Security

Intellicheck Mobilisa Nabs Small Award for TWIC Reader Pilot at NY/NJ

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Wednesday, January 6th, 2010

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The Department of Homeland Security has awarded Intellicheck Mobilisa [IDN] a small contract to supply five handheld biometric-enabled smart card readers to be used for security purposes at the Port of New York/New Jersey this winter under the Transportation Worker Identification Credential (TWIC) program. The award is valued at $240,000 in the first year and contains two one-year options. Intellicheck Mobilisa is supplying its IM2700 reader, which can read and verify a TWIC card, verify a PIN and match fingerprints.…

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