Smart card solutions provider OTI - On Track Innovations (Nasdaq: OTIV; Prime Standard: OT5), today announced that its subsidiary OTI America Inc., has been awarded a US General Services Administration (GSA) federal supply schedule contract for OTI's SmartID suite of products for homeland security.
The products were also certified as meeting US Federal Information Processing Standards (FIPS) mandated for federal government homeland security programs.
OTI’s SmartID platform can be used for carrying and verifying credentials such as as ID, e-Passport and national card programs. The SmartID can be utilized for access control to highly sensitive areas, serve as a registered traveler program, and more.
The GSA contract enables US federal agencies, as well as state and local government agencies to purchase OTI’s products and related services easily.
In addition, OTI announced that its HERCULES Operating System has successfully passed the FIPS certification process. The process requires vendors to submit their technologies to one of several independent US laboratories officially approved by the US National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST).
Published by Globes [online], Israel business news - www.globes.co.il - on Monday, January 24, 2005