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[{"type":"text","content":"\n Intercede Group PLC\n23 November 2006\n\n23 November 2006\n\n\n\n INTERCEDE GROUP plc\n\n ('Intercede' or 'the Company')\n\n\n\nFirst Orders Received from VeriSign under OEM Contract in Fulfillment of HSPD-12\n Orders from US Federal Government Customers\n\n\n\nIntercede is pleased to inform the market that the first orders have been\nreceived from VeriSign, Inc., under the OEM contract with Intercede which was\nannounced on 12 December 2005. These orders relate to the sale of VeriSign's\nintegrated PIV Card Management System to the US Department of Education and a\nfurther Executive Department. VeriSign's integrated PIV Card Management System\nis powered by MyID.\n\n\n\nIntercede Chief Executive, Richard Parris, said: 'These orders, following soon\nafter previously announced selections of MyID powered solutions by a significant\nExecutive Branch Department, the US Environmental Protection Agency, the Federal\nTrade Commission and the Federal Housing Finance Board, firmly establish\nIntercede as the market leader in Personal Identification Verification (PIV)\nIdentity and Card Management Systems (CMS).\n\n\n\nVeriSign's own press release on the US Department of Education award is as\nfollows:\n\n\n\nU.S. Department of Education Turns to VeriSign for Meeting HSPD-12 Deadline\n\n\n\nSeamlessly Integrated Card Management System Distinguishes VeriSign Managed PKI\n\n\n\nMOUNTAIN VIEW, CA, November 13, 2006 - VeriSign, Inc. (Nasdaq: VRSN), the\nleading provider of intelligent infrastructure for the networked world,\nannounced today that the U.S. Department of Education has chosen its integrated\nauthentication services to comply with Homeland Security Presidential Directive\n12 (HSPD-12), the Federal Government's secure identity credentialing mandate.\n\n\n\nVeriSign will provide the government agency with its integrated Personal\nIdentification Verification (PIV) Card Management System (CMS) and Shared\nService Provider (SSP) Public Key Infrastructure (PKI) solution. The\nintegrated, managed solution helps enable quick deployment and faster compliance\nwith the mandate.\n\n'VeriSign's managed PKI solution made it possible for us to deploy an\nHSPD-12-compliant solution without making costly infrastructure investments,\nsaving time and taxpayer dollars,' said Winona Varnon, Esq., director of\nsecurity services, Department of Educa...