Accenture Wins Homeland Security Contract
02 June, 2004
category: Biometrics, Financial, RFID
Charlotte Observer | 06/02/2004 | Accenture wins federal contract to track visitors
“Accenture Ltd. led a group that won a contract worth as much as $10 billion to develop a system to help the Department of Homeland Security track visitors to the U.S.”
“Accenture plans to use radio frequency identification, or RFID, technology to place a microchip containing a person’s fingerprints, photograph and other information in their U.S. visa, said Eric Stange, managing partner of Accenture’s defense and homeland security practice. A file will be created and shared between government departments on every visitor to the U.S.”