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MAINE AWARDS $4.5 MILLION DOLLAR VOTER REGISTRATION CONTRACT TO COVANSYS & PCC
State to Utilize ElectioNet™ To Meet Federal HAVA Mandates, Covansys Continues to Dominate Public Sector with Fourth Announced Win
FARMINGTON HILLS, MI, February 8, 2005 –
Covansys Corporation (NASDAQ: CVNS), a global consulting and technology
services company, along with its subcontractors PCC Technology
Group (PCC), a leading provider of election management solutions,
and Aradyme Corp. (OTCBB: ADYE), a next-generation database company,
announced today that it was awarded a $4.5 million contract by
the state of Maine Secretary of State’s Office to implement
a voter registration system. This is the fourth announced HAVA
win for Covansys, which recently announced a $4.6 million voter
registration contract with the state of Nevada.
This technology will help Maine’s 503 municipalities meet
the mandates set forth by the Help America Vote Act (HAVA). HAVA
requires that all states put in place a centralized and interactive
statewide voter registration system that will be defined, maintained,
and administered at the state level by January 2006. The state
of Maine’s voter registration system is scheduled to be fully
implemented by the end of December 2005.
“Implementing this new system is a significant undertaking
for the state of Maine, but the benefits are clear,” said
Maine’s Secretary of State Matthew Dunlap. “This voter
registration system will enhance the integrity of Maine’s
electoral process by improving the quality of Maine’s voter
registration list, introducing an efficient and uniform voter registration
process, and helping election administrators safeguard voters’ rights.
We are very pleased to be working with industry leaders like Covansys
and PCC, and are confident that the team will provide us with a
cost effective solution that will benefit the state of Maine and
its citizens for years to come.”
Covansys will provide the design, development, and implementation
of the new system utilizing PCC’s ElectioNet™ software.
The system is expected to provide a number of benefits for the
state including:
- The
ability to share voter registration data with other municipalities
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Interface with state agencies (such as BMV and Vital Records)
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The facilitation of real-time statewide voter
search for all authorized state election officials
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Detection of duplicate registrations
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Voter validation and identification (unique
identifiers)
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Digitized signature support and scanning of
voter registration cards
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The ability to generate voter lists
- Petition
management
- Voter
history information
- Management
reporting and standard/custom reports
For the voters of Maine, the system will increase customer service
by standardizing and centralizing the registration process and
ensuring accurate and consistent registration practices throughout
the state. Additional benefits include the ability to support a
more streamlined process for absentee ballots for uniformed and
overseas citizens, as well as voter signature scanning and voter
correspondence.
“With the HAVA deadline less than a year away, there is
a demand for vendors that can help states meet the federal mandate.
The ElectioNetTM solution is unmatched in the industry, and we’re
very pleased that Maine recognizes the value in it,” said
Arvind Malhotra, senior vice president of Covansys’ Public
Sector Practice. “It can be customized to offer non-HAVA
compliant states a straightforward solution that will create better
election systems for citizens, with virtually no ramp-up time at
all.”
For nearly 20 years, Covansys has provided public sector solutions
to more than 47 states plus the Virgin Islands, District of Columbia
and Guam in the areas of health and human services, public retirement,
public health, motor vehicle services and unemployment insurance
systems. To date, Covansys has been selected by six states to implement
a HAVA solution including the states of Rhode Island, Idaho, Nevada
and New Hampshire.
About Covansys Corporation
Headquartered in Michigan, Covansys Corporation (Nasdaq: CVNS)
is a global consulting and technology services company specializing
in industry-specific solutions, strategic outsourcing and integration
services. Clients gain competitive advantage by leveraging our
unique on-site, offsite delivery capability to achieve rapid deployment,
world-class quality and reduced costs. A leader in the public sector
market, Covansys is also known for application maintenance and
development outsourcing in the healthcare, financial services,
retail and distribution, manufacturing, telecommunications and
high-tech industries. Two of the company's three wholly owned development
centers in India are assessed at Level 5 in SEI CMM ®. All
three are ISO 9001:2000 certified and assessed at Level 5 in PCMM®.
Covansys was named one of the leading IT companies for state and
local governments in 2002 and 2003 by Washington Technology magazine,
and one of the top 500 solution providers in 2002 and 2003 by VAR
Business magazine. Visit our web site: www.covansys.com.
About PCC Technology Group
PCC Technology Group is a leading provider of Government Centric
Information Technology Solutions with offices in Boston and Bloomfield.
PCC operates under five primary practices that include: Elections
Division, Homeland Security, Healthcare, Gaming and Custom Solutions.
There are numerous PCC developed e-Government applications being
used nationwide. Deloitte and Touche, and the Connecticut Technology
Council have recognized PCC as one of the fifty fastest growing
technology companies in 2001 and 2002.
PCC's Elections Division brings vast experience with our customer
driven team of Election Product Specialists that concentrate on
Federal and State laws in the areas of Campaign Finance and Centralized
Voter Registration. PCC's ElectioNet Suite of products is unique
in the marketplace because its architecture was developed to run
on any platform, which allows each state to easily transition to
a real-time web-based technology. With their Centralized Voter
Registration in compliance with the Help America Vote Act they
stand ready to assist any state with meeting the requirements mandated
by law and ensure a successful implementation.
For more information on the election products and services that
PCC provides visit www.electionet.biz.
About Aradyme Corp.
Aradyme Corp. is a next-generation database company that provides
the most advanced and innovative data migration solutions and
application development available in the marketplace today. These
services and solutions are made possible by a suite of exclusive
database management tools and a database platform. The company's
technology, which is 100% dynamic-schema driven, is the result
of several breakthroughs the company has made in its underlying
database management system (DBMS) technology that enable it to
assist customers in overcoming many of the constraints and limitations
that have plagued the database industry for years. Using Aradyme,
customers are able to gain more control over the data in their
DBMS and legacy systems; have greater flexibility and utility
of both data and database applications; efficiently and accurately
solve database-related business problems and realize more cost-effective
solutions; accelerate the deployment of new database management
solutions; and better manage and grow their businesses. For more
information about Aradyme, call 801-756-9585 or visit the company's
Web site at www.aradyme.com.
For More Information, Contact:
Covansys Corporation
Michelle Jones, (248)848-2269
email: mjones@covansys.com
PCC Technology Group
Patty Cormaggi, (860)242-3299 ext. 240
email: pattyc@pcctg.com
Aradyme Corporation
Russell Arnold, (801)756-9585
email: rarnold@aradyme.com
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