Aware Awarded TSA Contract to Provide Biometric Services Platform for Fingerprint System

Aware, Inc.

today announced that it has won a competitive contract to provide the Transportation Security Administration of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security with a "COTS (commercial off-the-shelf) Fingerprints System" and associated installation support, training, and maintenance. The solution will utilize Aware's Biometric Services Platform, a COTS, service-oriented biometric application server, to submit standard-compliant "EFTS" fingerprint records to the FBI for employee background checks, and provide a user interface to view results and generate reports.