BLUE BELL, Pa., Oct. 19, 2016 /PRNewswire/ -- Unisys
Corporation (NYSE: UIS) today announced it has been awarded a
contract by the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) to design and
operate phase 2 of its Civil Registry System modernization
project.
Under the 12-year contract, Unisys will deliver digital
government services to modernize the Civil Registry System and
manage the end-to-end process to originate, authenticate, secure
and issue civil registry documents such as birth certificates to
citizens. Unisys will lead a Public-Private Partnership (PPP) to
design, develop, operate and maintain the modernized system.
"The PSA's Civil Registry System is the central repository for
authenticated official documents such as birth, marriage and death
certificates. Citizens need quick and easy access to these trusted
documents as they are the foundation for many other items such as
visas and passports. Unisys has been appointed to further improve
the service we provide our citizens," said Dr. Lisa Grace S. Bersales, National Statistician
and Civil Registrar General, Philippine Statistics Authority.
The transformation program includes modernizing the network
infrastructure and application system based on Unisys InfoImage
imaging software using Unisys digital government expertise. The PPP
will also provide a nine-story building to house a brand new
customer service facility and data center, centralizing the back
office infrastructure. Unisys will also roll-out 40 additional
Civil Registry System outlets, doubling the current number of
outlets where citizens apply for documents, as well as introduce
self-service kiosks and mobile outlets to increase the reach and
accessibility in remote locations. The modernization activity is
expected to be deployed over a two-year period.
"The Philippine government is demonstrating global leadership in
applying digital government technology to better serve citizens
with this project," said Mark
Forman, global public sector leader, Unisys. "The Civil
Registry System touches every family in the Philippines, and Unisys is committed to
bringing best practices and technology to their benefit in this
modernization."
As a PPP arrangement, Unisys will bear the upfront cost of the
development and build and will share with the PSA the fees
collected from citizens for the provision of the service.
The new contract builds on Unisys' previous success improving
the services provided via the Civil Registry System. In 1999 Unisys
was engaged to digitize the largely manual Civil Registry System,
resulting in document requests being fulfilled in as little as 30
minutes in metro Manila and within
two hours outside the capital, tripling the monthly transaction
volume from 292,000 to more than 1 million. Unisys employs local
Filipino staff to man the outlets and all data is kept within
the Philippines.
"Unisys is delighted to continue working with the Philippine
Statistics Authority," said Tony Windever, vice president, Unisys
Asia Pacific. "The Philippines has
a growing population spread across more than 7,000 islands, and the
majority do not have access to the Internet. Phase 2 of the
modernization program is designed to improve the reach and
convenience of services to citizens. In addition to doubling the
number of Civil Registry System outlets, Unisys will use technology
to further increase the accessibility of services to citizens via
the introduction of self-service kiosks and mobile outlets that can
travel to multiple locations."
Unisys has a strong history and experience working with public
sector organizations. More than 300 government agencies worldwide
rely on Unisys solutions.
About Unisys
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company that works with many of the world's largest companies and
government organizations to solve their most pressing IT and
business challenges. Unisys specializes in providing integrated,
leading-edge solutions to clients in the government, financial
services and commercial markets. With more than 20,000 employees
serving clients around the world, Unisys offerings include cloud
and infrastructure services, application services, security
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