OASIS Press Release to Announce BIAS

["Carol Geyer" <carol.geyer@oasis-open.org>]

--PLEASE NOTE QUOTE DEADLINE IS MONDAY, 26 JUNE--

OASIS Members:

The Consortium is in the process of drafting a press release to announce the
formation of the OASIS Biometric Identity Assurance Services (BIAS) Technical
Committee. We have targeted Wednesday, 28 June, for distribution.

While OASIS deeply appreciates the contributions of all members to our
technical work, only Foundational Sponsors and Sponsor members elect to receive
promotional benefits, such as inclusion in announcements directed to the press.


Sponsors
The BIAS press release will feature the names of all sponsor members of the
Committee, which includes Booz Allen Hamilton, NIST, Raining Data, and Sun
Microsystems. If you represent one of these organizations, and you do *not*
wish to be included in the press release, please notify me.

Quotes
*Any* Sponsor member organization represented on the OASIS BIAS TC may submit a
quote in support of this work. Eligible members should email quotes to me,
including a name and title at your company to whom the quote can be attributed.

If your organization is not a Sponsor member of OASIS, and you would like to
submit a quote for this press releases, please contact Peter Roden
(peter.roden@oasis-open.org) immediately for information on upgrading your
membership to take advantage of this promotional benefit.

More information

OASIS BIAS TC: http://www.oasis-open.org/committees/bias
OASIS Media Relations Policy:
http://www.oasis-open.org/news/media_relations_policy.php


**Our absolute deadline for accepting Sponsor quotes for this press release is
Monday, 26 June.**

Regards,
Carol

______________________________
Carol Geyer
Director of Communications
OASIS
Voice: +1.978.667.5115 x209

OASIS Symposium: The Meaning of Interoperability, 9-12 May, San Francisco
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