ACS Awarded $73 Million Contract With Department of Justice Immigration And Naturalization Services
DALLAS, Oct. 25 /PRNewswire/ -- ACS (NYSE: ACS), a premier provider of
business process and information technology outsourcing solutions, announced
today that it has signed a contract with the Department of Justice Immigration
and Naturalization Service (INS) to process the arrival and departure forms of
foreign students, businessmen, and tourists visiting the United States. It is
a one-year contract with four one-year options that totals $73.8 million over
the five years.
Under the contract, ACS will process millions of Immigration and
Naturalization Service arrival and departure forms over the next five years,
entering them into a national database. An increasingly important task since
the September 11 terrorist attacks, the information will help alert the
Immigration and Naturalization Service about foreign visitors who remain in
the country after their visas expire.
ACS' business process outsourcing (BPO) services will help the government
maintain better and more timely information on visitors to the country. ACS
will be responsible for capturing data from the arrival and departure forms of
non-immigrants collected at ports of entry. The information will be captured,
digitized, and then sent electronically to update the Non-Immigrant
Information System (NIIS). Student and school system forms will also be sent
to ACS for data capture from ports of entry to update information systems.
"ACS won out on merit," said U.S. Representative Ernie Fletcher. "ACS is
a top-notch company that will be able to do the country a great service."
The ACS operations that will handle the account are based in Kentucky and
currently employ more than 1,700 people statewide. This contract will allow
ACS to create some 100 new jobs at its data-entry centers in Beattyville and
London, Kentucky.
ACS, a Fortune 1000 company with more than 30,000 people in 29 countries,
provides business process and technology outsourcing solutions to world-class
commercial and government clients. The company's Class A common stock trades
on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol "ACS". ACS makes technology
work. Visit ACS on the Internet at http://www.acs-inc.com .
The statements in this news release that do not directly relate to
historical facts constitute "forward-looking statements" within the meaning of
the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These statements are
subject to numerous risks and uncertainties, many of which are outside the
Company's control. As such, no assurance can be given that the actual events
and results will not be materially different than the anticipated results
described in the forward-looking statements. Factors could cause actual
results to differ materially from such forward-looking statements. For a
description of these factors, see the Company's prior filings with the
Securities and Exchange Commission, including the most recent Form 10-K. ACS
disclaims any intention or obligation to revise any forward-looking
statements, whether as a result of new information, future event, or
otherwise.
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