Accenture Wins $10B Border Security Deal

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Accenture Wins $10B Border Security Deal

Business News - June 1, 2004

Accenture Wins $10B Border Security Deal

June 1, 2004 03:39 PM EDT


WASHINGTON - Accenture LLP, a technology and management consulting company, was awarded a government contract Tuesday worth up to $10 billion to develop and expand biometric technology for checking identities of foreigners visiting America.

The system, known as US-VISIT, requires foreigners to be
fingerprinted and photographed upon entering the United States at a major airport or seaport. The technology also can include iris scans to identify people.

The Department of Homeland Security awarded Accenture the contract over two other bidders, Lockheed Martin, based in Bethesda, Md., and Computer Sciences Corp. of El Segundo, Calif. Accenture's parent company is Accenture Ltd., which is incorporated in Bermuda.

The contract is for five years with five one-year options beyond
then. Homeland Security officials put its value at between $10
million and $10 billion. It was announced by Asa Hutchison, the
department's undersecretary for border and transportation security.

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http://start.earthlink.net/newsarticle?cat=1&aid=D82UEJ3O0_story

comments:

$10B is a lot of US dollars. So, is Accenture tax-exempt?

As a spin-off on book-cookers Arthur Andersen, does Andersen have financial interests?

They really should award Federal Contracts to American-based
companies. Accenture 'wins; I think, Microsoft gains, too (Avanade, joint venture between the two)*

Accenture
22 Victoria St.
Hamilton, HM12, Bermuda


* info from Accenture's website re business alliances

Alliance Organization:

ABB, Intel Corporation, Microsoft Corp.

Overview:
The Industrial IT Alliance enables "shop floor to top floor" connectivity across a global network of plants to enhance business visibility, decision-making, financial performance

Alliance Organization:

Avanade

Overview:
Accenture formed a strategic alliance with Avanade, a company co-owned by Microsoft and Accenture, to deliver Internet and technology solutions based on the Windows 2000 enterprise platform.


More on Accenture

July 7, 2003

DoD Votes for Accenture's eDemocracy

By Roy Mark


Just a month after acquiring election.com, IT consulting firm Accenture has won a contract with the Department of Defense (DoD) to establish trial Internet voting for overseas U.S. personnel for the 2004 elections. Terms of the contract were not disclosed.

Accenture will support the DoD's Federal Voting Assistance Program (FVAP) in the a Secure Electronic Registration and Voting Experiment (SERVE), which Congress has mandated as way to improve voting opportunities for Americans.

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In the U.S., Accenture developed Florida's Central Voter Database (CVD), which was used during the 2002 mid-term elections. The CVD serves as a repository of all State of Florida voter registration information and provides local county election officials with the information to determine a voter's eligibility.

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http://www.internetnews.com/bus-news/article.php/2231671

I think Cruella Harris contracted Accenture to replace ChoicePoint.

[Robert Oak]

1. This is a Sham

they are incorporated in Bermuda, have a Ltd. to just "barely"
meet the legal definition so they can bid on DoD contracts,
were notorious for the cook the books schemes with Enron where
they renamed themselves and finally are one of the BIGGEST
outsourcers of them all.

Nobody believes they can deliver for they chase the globe in search
of the cheapest engineer and this particular project has multiple
components that are cutting edge research.

It's a complete insult to Americans to use 10B of our taxpayer dollars
to award the contract to the incompetent poster child for Benedict
Arnold corporations.

[Robert Oak]

2. Lou Dobbs 06.07.04 op. ed. on Benedict Arnold Accenture

http://times.hankooki.com/cgi-bin/hkiprn.cgi?pa=/lpage/opinion/200406/kt2004060720131354210.htm&ur=times.hankooki.com&fo=print_kt.htm

3. I hope you are aware that this co. was formerly Arthur Anderson...?

How reassuring.