General Dynamics to Develop Secure Employment Cards for U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services Program

General Dynamics to Develop Secure Employment Cards for U.S. Citizenship and
Immigration Services Program



FAIRFAX, Va., Oct. 15 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- General Dynamics Information
Technology, a business unit of General Dynamics (NYSE: GD), has been awarded
an indefinite delivery, indefinite quantity contract by U.S. Department of
Homeland Security's Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) to develop
secure credentials for immigrants seeking employment within the United States.
The contract has an initial value of $1 million and a maximum potential value
of $22 million over five years if all options are exercised.


Under this contract, General Dynamics will support the USCIS Employment
Authorization Document Identification Card program by developing the design
and security characteristics for the new counterfeit-resistant polycarbonate
Employment Authorization Document, an identification card issued to legal U.S.
immigrants to demonstrate their eligibility to work in the United States.
Production will begin in 2010 once the design phase has been completed.


"General Dynamics understands USCIS' increasing need to verify the identities
of those working in the United States and to protect the American public from
potential foreign threats," said Marcus Collier, senior vice president of
General Dynamics Information Technology's Civilian and Homeland Security
Solutions Division. "We will partner with the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration
Services to use our expertise to support that need."


As a trusted systems integrator for more than 50 years, General Dynamics
Information Technology provides information technology (IT), systems
engineering, professional services and simulation and training to customers in
the defense, intelligence, homeland security, federal civilian government and
commercial sectors. With approximately 16,000 professionals worldwide, the
company manages large-scale, mission-critical IT programs delivering IT
services and enterprise solutions. More information about General Dynamics
Information Technology is available at www.gdit.com.  


General Dynamics, headquartered in Falls Church, Va., employs approximately
92,000 people worldwide. The company is a market leader in business aviation;
land and expeditionary combat systems, armaments and munitions; shipbuilding
and marine systems; and information systems and technologies. More information
about General Dynamics is available online at www.gd.com.


SOURCE  General Dynamics Information Technology

Mark Meudt of General Dynamics Information Technology, +1-703-246 0525, Fax,
+1-703-246-0206, Mark.Meudt@gdit.com


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