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November 7, 2008
Reston, VA - Evolver Inc. today announced that it will help the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) establish a centralized electronic environment for processing applications and determining immigration benefits. Evolver is among a number of companies that will do the work under a contract awarded to IBM worth as much as $491.1 million over five years.
The contract is part of a USCIS effort to transform business processes and reduce turnaround times. The current USCIS process for determining immigration benefits is paper-intensive, and the agency has been working to transform the process. USCIS processed 1.17 million naturalization applications in fiscal 2008 — an increase of more than 422,000 over fiscal 2007 numbers. Officials said they processed those applications in an average of nine to 10 months — down from 16 to 18 months after a surge of applications late in fiscal 2007. The agency said it will reduce processing times to five months by the end of fiscal 2009.
“We are extremely excited about the opportunity to work with IBM and USCIS on this important initiative” said Michael O’Kane, president of Evolver. “Transforming business processes and organizations to be more effective is part of Evolver’s mission statement.”
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