25253: Wharram - News - Cogent Systems Awarded $2.5 Million Contract for AFIS to Support Haiti's Electoral Process (fwd)

[Bob Corbett <corbetre@webster.edu>]

>From Bruce Wharram <bruce.wharram@sev.org>


Press Release	Source: Cogent Systems

Cogent Systems Awarded $2.5 Million Contract for AFIS to Support Haiti's
Electoral Process
Tuesday May 31, 6:00 am ET

SOUTH PASADENA, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 31, 2005--Cogent Systems
(Nasdaq:COGT - News) today announced it has been awarded a $2.5 million
contract for its Automated Fingerprint Identification Systems (AFIS)
solution to be used by the Provisional Electoral Council of Haiti. The
contract was awarded by the Organization of American States (OAS) as part of
its Special Mission to Strengthen Democracy in Haiti program.

The new order for Cogent's AFIS solution will be utilized in Haiti to
capture voters' fingerprints, create a database and match the fingerprints
to authenticate voters' identities and prevent duplicate registration. The
system is expected to support the enrollment of 4.5 million voters for
elections in Haiti that are scheduled to be held in the fourth quarter of
2005. Cogent will also provide installation and maintenance services and
training to system operators to support ongoing voter enrollment in Haiti.

"We are very pleased to have been selected to provide our AFIS solution for
the Provisional Electoral Council of Haiti and are proud to be associated
with the OAS Special Mission to Strengthen Democracy in Haiti program,"
commented Ming Hsieh, President and Chief Executive Officer of Cogent. "In
Haiti, Cogent's technology will be used to prevent voters from enrolling
under multiple identities with the final objective to promote fair elections
and one voter -- one vote."

About Cogent Systems

Cogent is a leading provider of Automated Fingerprint Identification
Systems, or AFIS, and other fingerprint biometric solutions to governments,
law enforcement agencies and other organizations worldwide. Cogent's AFIS
solutions enable customers to capture fingerprint images electronically,
encode fingerprints into searchable files and accurately compare a set of
fingerprints to a database containing potentially millions of fingerprints
in seconds.


Source: Cogent Systems