Are these the Contractors in the Passportgate Controversy?

[1776Forever]

2 reports on the Internet are reporting Stanley Associates and Citigroup are the contractors involved:

http://www.gcn.com/online/vol1_no1/42455-1.html

By Wilson P. Dizard III, GCN Staff
The State Department has awarded a contract potentially worth $164 million over 10 years for passport personalization facilities to Stanley Associates of Arlington, Va., according to the company and federal contract records.

The company will provide one and possibly two turnkey contractor-operated facilities to carry out several stages of the passport production process, according to Stanley and to federal contract documents monitored by Input of Reston, Va.
…..
According to Input, Stanley’s contract calls for the company to handle several stages of the passport production process as follows:
• Receipt, protection, inventory control and accountability of all blank passport books and controlled passport consumables
• Receipt and protection of all data, production statistics, and personal information regarding passport applicants
• The accurate printing of personal information and endorsements in blank passport books
• The accurate writing of personal information on the integrated circuit in passports
• The quality control and review of personalized passport books with issuance data
• Accountability for and destruction of spoiled passport books
• The inclusion of any necessary mailing inserts to be provided with each passport
• The preparation of mailing labels and attachments of such to passport mailing envelopes
• The mailing of passports in appropriate envelopes with appropriate postage required for each envelope, including collaboration with USPS and contract mailing and shipping services.

And reported at:

http://www.legitgov.org/

Citizens for Legitimate Government - CLG's BREAKING NEWS and COMMENTARY
03/21/2008

State Dept. refuses to release name of passport contractor --Why? Just like Bush's other protected species, the telecoms, the State Department's passport contractor(s) are protected at all costs. Any of their potential illegal activities are shielded by Bush-run agencies and 'investigative' arms. By Lori Price 21 Mar 2008 Citizens for Legitimate Government (www.legitgov.org) is digging to find the contractor used by the Bureau of Public Affairs to learn which contractor's employees were fired and disciplined in the Barack Obama passport security breach. Two contractors that produce and issue passports for the US State Department are Stanley and Citigroup, but CLG is NOT stating that the employees of either of these two contractors were involved in the breach of the Obama passport security.

[dkf]

1. What can Citigroup possibly have to do with passports?

Very strange.

[babylonsister]

4. We sent ours in last year to get pages added; they came back

and were sent by Citigroup. At the time I wondered the same thing, but this is nothing new.

[Coexist]

2. I think finding out who the contractor is

so we can find out more about the contractor is very important.

[JoFerret]

5. Looks like one of them is an Obama advisor

But there is probably enough association for all three candidates to go around. In the end it is that state dept. has to be responsible.

[elehhhhna]

3. It is Stanley, Inc. go here for juicy info--

The recent contract is probably a renewal.


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