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Viisage Awarded Arizona Driver License Contract

9 February 2000

Viisage Awarded Arizona Driver License Contract

    LITTLETON, Mass., Feb. 8 -- Viisage Technology, Inc.
, a leader in enabling e-commerce through facial recognition
biometrics technology and in providing identification systems and solutions,
announced today that it has been awarded a new contract with the Arizona
Department of Transportation (ADOT). Viisage has been the provider of
Arizona's Digital Drivers' Licenses for the past five years. The new contract
does not have a specified term but has an annualized revenue potential of
nearly two million dollars.
    Stan Duci, Vice President of Customer Service, said, "We are pleased to be
able to continue our valued relationship with Arizona.  Arizona was our second
customer and one of the first states in the nation to deploy instant-issuance
digital licensing technology."
    The demands for reliable, consistent and quality service for driver
licensing systems are extraordinary as this experience is the most ubiquitous
service offered by state governments. As a result, Viisage has consistently
invested in systems and processes to offer the best service in the industry to
satisfy customer needs and build long-term customer relationships.
    Viisage is the leader in enabling e-commerce with facial recognition
biometrics technology and in providing digital identification systems and
solutions.  The Company focuses on identification solutions that improve
personal convenience and security; deter fraud; and reduce identification
program costs.  Viisage combines its patented facial recognition technology,
systems integration capability, software design expertise, proprietary
products and other best-in-class products to create turnkey customized
customer solutions.  Applications include Internet, electronic and physical
access control; real-time image identification and verification; drivers'
licenses; voter registration; national ID's; law enforcement; and social
services.  Domestically, Viisage products annually produce more than 20
million identification documents at more than 1,500 locations in 13 states.
    This news release may contain forward-looking statements that involve
risks and uncertainties.  Forward-looking statements in this document and
those made from time to time by the Company through its senior management are
made pursuant to the safe harbor provisions of the Private Securities
Litigation Reform Act of 1995.  Forward-looking statements concerning future
plans or results are necessarily only estimates and actual results could
differ materially from expectations.  Certain factors that could cause or
contribute to such differences include, among other things, potential
fluctuations in quarterly results, the size and timing of award and
performance on contracts, dependence on large contracts and a limited number
of customers, lengthy sales and implementation cycles, changes in management
estimates incident to accounting for contracts, availability and cost of key
components, market acceptance of new or enhanced products and services,
proprietary technology and changing technology, competitive conditions, system
performance, management of growth, dependence on key personnel and general
economic and political conditions and other factors affecting spending by
customers.
    For more information on Viisage, via fax at no charge, Dial 1-800-PRO-INFO
and enter ticker symbol VISG.