Eid Passport Wins FEMA Award to Screen and Credential Disaster Housing Inspectors Across U.S., Guam, Puerto Rico and Other U.S. Territories

Eid Passport, Inc. announced today that it was selected by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) to screen, credential and manage the identities of FEMA’s thousands of housing inspectors who are dispatched to homes damaged or destroyed by hurricanes, tornadoes and other Presidential-declared natural disasters.

FEMA awarded a single Blanket Purchase Agreement (BPA) to Eid Passport on May 31, 2012 for FEMA’s Housing Inspection Services Identity Background Screening Program. The BPA provides up to five years for Eid Passport to conduct field registrations and fingerprinting, background screenings, and state-of-the-art, high assurance identity credentials for FEMA’s housing inspectors throughout the U.S., Guam, Puerto Rico and other U.S. territories.

“Eid Passport is proud to receive this opportunity,” said Steve Larson, Eid Passport’s CEO. “Housing inspectors often are the first FEMA representatives disaster victims meet. We look forward to partnering with FEMA to be part of the team that helps disaster victims rebuild their lives after a devastating natural disaster.”

FEMA’s housing inspectors verify residential damage and are key in determining disaster relief eligibility. The demand for housing inspectors is greatest during hurricane season. According to FEMA, following Hurricane Katrina, 1.3 million housing inspections were completed in Alabama, Louisiana and Mississippi.

FEMA’s approximately 6,000 housing inspectors are managed by private companies. Eid Passport will enhance existing personnel security measures through Eid Passport’s RAPIDGate^® Program and the issuance of Eid Passport’s new-generation RAPIDPIV-I™ credentials. It is anticipated that every FEMA disaster housing inspector will participate in the RAPIDGate Program.

About Eid Passport

Eid Passport, Inc. (www.eidpassport.com) integrates leading-edge products and services into solutions that combine identity authentication, background screening and access management. Eid Passport’s products and services make facilities, assets, and people safer and more secure. By using Eid Passport’s RAPIDGate^® Information System, highly secure facilities — such as military installations, government buildings, federal agencies, manufacturing and distribution sites, ports and commercial buildings — can increase security and streamline access for a variety of authorized personnel.