2007 Innovations Awards Program Application - RI - DMV/AAA - Viisage/L-1 - PDF

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9. Please provide a two-sentence description of the program.
The State of Rhode Island partnered with The Automobile Association of America, “AAA,” to offer renewal options for Rhode Island drivers’ licenses and registrations at any Rhode Island AAA branch. The state’s Division of Motor Vehicles, “DMV,” provides necessary equipment, data access and training, and the AAA provides staff at their existing facilities in order to reduce the number of customers in DMV branches while providing the AAA with service options to its members.

14. What were the program’s start-up costs? (Provide details about specific purchases for this program, staffing needs and other financial expenditures, as well as existing materials, technology and staff already in place.)
Start-up costs were limited to equipment costs for the purchase of digital image license systems; the RI DMV’s equipment vendor was Viisage—which is now owned by L-1 Identity Solutions. The purchase price was approximately $65,000 for all units at installed at AAA branches.

2007 Innovations Awards Program Application

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Using hardware and software from L-1 Identity Solutions, a Connecticut-based corporation, local branches of the DMV will scan documents to a central office, run by a specialized staff, where they will be checked for authenticity. A spokeswoman for L-1 Identity Solutions said the company supplies similar document verification technology to 21 states and to multiple state DMVs.

Separately, L-1 will provide facial recognition software that will check license photos against each other to prevent the issuance of fraudulent IDs under multiple names, a process that a spokeswoman for the Mr. Spitzer's office, Jennifer Givner, described as "a tremendous security feature." Among county clerks, who this week voted overwhelmingly in opposition to the policy, there are many who are skeptical of the screening equipment's effectiveness and the timetable for implementation. Last week, the Wayne County clerk, Michael Jankowski, mockingly referred to the document scanners as a "magic box coming down from Albany" and said he had been given few details on its specifications

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