Posted on 06/07/2004 11:44:30 AM PDT by NormalGuy
could be worth as much as $10 billion.
The Department of Homeland Security said Tuesday it has picked Accenture as the prime contractor for US-Visit, an IT-based system that will control entry of foreigners into the country. The five-year contract, which could be lengthened to 10 years, could be worth up to $10 billion. Some people questioned whether the U.S. government would award Accenture the contract because it's incorporated in Hamilton, Bermuda. But only a handful of employees are situated there; 25,000 of Accenture's 90,000 workers are based in the United States. Accenture, with operations in 48 countries, says it maintains no corporate headquarters.
The government began to solicit bids in November, with contractors submitting them in January. The US-Visit Program Office led the source selection process, supported closely by department's border-management unit, representatives from other Homeland Security offices, as well as the State and Justice departments.
According to Homeland Security, each proposal was evaluated on four key factors: the business and technical solutions suggested to achieve the vision of US-Visit as an end-to-end management system; the management approach and proven capability to deliver a complex set of solutions; and the development and implementation strategy to deploy US-Visit entry and exit capabilities at the 50 busiest land ports of entry. Cost was also a major factor considered in the award decision.
Asa Hutchinson, Homeland Security's undersecretary of border and transportation security, said in a statement announcing Accenture's selection that the award marks an important milestone in the history of homeland security. "By harnessing the power of the best minds in the private sector, we have taken a major step toward accomplishing our goals of enhancing the security of our country while increasing efficiency at our borders," he said.
Accenture will provide a range of professional services, including strategic support, design and integration activities, technical solutions, deployment activities, training, and organizational change management.
The government's vision of US-Visit is to deploy end-to-end management and sharing of data on foreign nationals covering their interactions with federal officials before they enter the United States, when they enter, while they are here, and when they exit. Hutchinson contends that this comprehensive view of border management will lead to the creation of a virtual border and will set a course for improved processes to manage and share data on foreign nationals.
Since deploying US-Visit entry capabilities at 115 airports and 14 seaports on Jan. 5, more than 4.5 million foreign nationals have been processed without adversely impacting wait times, Homeland Security says, adding that since its launch, US-Visit has helped the government intercept more than 500 people with prior or suspected criminal or immigration violations. These include convicted rapists, drug traffickers, individuals convicted of credit-card fraud, a convicted armed robber, and numerous immigration violators and people using falsified documents.
US-Visit requires that most foreigners traveling to the United States on a visa and arriving at an airport or seaport have their two index fingers scanned and digital photographs taken to verify their identities at the port of entry. By Sept. 30, this process will also apply to visitors traveling under the visa waiver program at all airports and seaports of entry.
Spoken like a true patriot. (/sarcasm)
Or, perhaps, they chanced to enter "karl marx" and "free trade" in Google and got some interesting results.
Free traitors keep interesting company. They just don't like to be reminded. Do they, poohbah?
Why do let yourself get so worked up on these outsourcing threads? What exactly is your vested interest that makes you so touchy about the topic?
Ah yes, the Google numbers = valid argument approach.
Google search: Results 1 - 10 of about 99,300 for Karl Marx free trade
Google search: Results 1 - 10 of about 1,320,000 for Vampires
nuff said!
next argument!
Mad Dawgg
Sorry, I value freedom more than I value the US government.
So you contend that intelligent analysis of the raw results is superfluous? Truly pathetic.
Why not find a WWII veteran - say, one who was at Normandy - and share that sentiment with them. I'm sure they'll find it interesting. Perhaps they'll remember it as they reflect on their friends who didn't survive.
Thank you for showing everyone your values. I'm confident they'll be an inspiration to all who value cheap prices for consumers above all else.
Like the Normandy veteran I know who went expat in '93 because of confiscatory taxation? How about the veteran of Sicily who decided to go expat in '86 because of the same issue? Their employees were sure happy that the boss was getting soaked every April 15th...right up to the moment the pink slips arrived...
Thank you for showing everyone your values. I'm confident they'll be an inspiration to all who value cheap prices for consumers above all else.
I value freedom more than I value the United States government. You, conversely, value the US government over freedom.
Freedom? Or cheap prices for consumers? Only recently have you cared about freedom; previously, you've been the outspoken champion of cheap imported trinkets.
Whatever, you've stated your views. I've added a link to this thread so I can refer to it easily. I'll let others draw their own conclusions about your values.
No I contend that Marx was wrong on all points of communism including the fact that FREE TRADE promoted such.
You are the one that offered goggle results as a valid argument. I just showed you how idiotic it sounds when one uses goggle as a measuring stick.
Sorry if I destroyed your premise by using logic but you will have to get used to it since we are working under Real world conditions.
I spent eight years of my life as a Marine protecting your freedom, so that you could advocate confiscatory taxation of my income, all because you're a worthless parasitical gobshite who can't live in the manner he would like to become accustomed to without stealing from everyone around you.
Foxtrot Oscar, pogue.
It is you and your left-leaning ilk who cry that corps are not paying their fair share, yet when it is pointed out that all the will happen is higher prices you assert that we in opposition are touting th cheap prices as our cause.
Nice try but that monkey don't dance.
What is being pointed out to you time and time again is that taxes on corps will not have your desired effect no matter what you try save for price controls. Which I am sure is your next step, if so then it is Katie-bar-the-door and we can watch as all the major corps flee or fold.
The only people who believe Marx was right are Marxist-Leninist university professors and Marxist-Buchanist protectionists. Both are equally worthless.
My ancestors were chased out of Ireland, England, Sweden, and Germany. They came here to America in search of freedom.
Alas, nothing lasts forever, not even free nations. Perhaps my grandchildren will need to emigrate to another country to find freedom. So be it...
And 100 years from now, the neutrinos of this world will be posting on FR, wondering why the country is falling apart, and why America can't be rich like Siberia, Anarctica, or wherever it was all the productive Americans emigrated to.
Likewise, I'm sure.
Yeah, sure. You have duty rack, pogue. Mister IRS wants to have a good time.
Time constraints prevent me from investing time in crafting extensive responses to proponents of so-called free trade. Nevertheless, I will not leave you mired in an outdated and misguided economic philosophy without first providing you some resources whereby you may extricate yourself. The links listed below will help your thinking to evolve beyond the outdated and erroneous concepts of the self-trained amateur economist David Ricardo, the originator of the free trade concept who died in 1823.
In fact, free trade is a global welfare system intended to transfer wealth from the U.S. and her people to the third world. An example of their scheme can be viewed here
You should also be aware that China and India, despite their whining protestations to the contrary, are no longer poor. China, in fact, is right behind the U.S. in terms of GDP. Think what this implies for the future as China's military becomes stronger. You can read more here
I look forward to the day when those who have favored free trade recognize the error of their ways. They will cease to promote the U.N.'s global welfare schemes. They will abandon the path favored by Karl Marx. They will instead embrace America and her people.
You first. I'm sure we can all learn from your experiences in this sort of activity.
Getting rather shrill, aren't you? It must be terribly uncomfortable to be in an untenable position.
A bloodier civil war when the Gods of the Copybook Headings start reminding China about the consequences of one child per family.
Getting screwed by the IRS?
Yeah, I have a LOT more experience in that department than you do. After all, unlike you, I actually pay taxes.
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