ALPHARETTA, Ga., Aug. 14 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- The ADAM system, a service of ChoicePoint (NYSE:CPS), will be using enhanced fax server technology provided by Captaris to increase the success rate in recovering missing children across the United States. ADAM was developed by ChoicePoint in 2000 and donated to the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children (NCMEC) to increase the chances of safely recovering missing children by dramatically improving NCMEC's ability to inform authorities and the public of tips and leads in the areas children are most likely to be found. ADAM uses Captaris RightFax(R) technology to send missing child posters to police, news media, schools, businesses, medical centers and other recipients within a specific geographic search area, such as a state, ZIP code, area code or a combined search area near a city and ZIP code. NCMEC sends a photo and an announcement of a lost child to ADAM, including a city believed to be the target. ADAM examines a database of all possible recipients and finds just those within a designated mile radius of that city. Using RightFax, ADAM automatically transmits the data and photo of the missing child to targeted recipients and the search is under way. Since no human faxing is involved, the transmitted posters are distributed much faster and, when it comes to recovering a child, every second counts. According to a study by the State of Washington's Office of the Attorney General, 74 percent of child abduction homicides occurred within the first three hours following the abductions. This terrifying fact led a team of ChoicePoint associates to work nights and weekends to develop ADAM. "In National Center cases, one in six missing children is recovered because someone saw a child's photo and called authorities," said Ernie Allen, NCMEC co-founder, president and CEO. "Through this new enhancement, the ADAM program will prove to be an even more invaluable tool in allowing us to rapidly distribute photos and missing child data to targeted areas. The program is a key component of our recovery efforts." Through a continuing partnership with NCMEC, ChoicePoint technologies have assisted law enforcement officers in the investigation of thousands of cases and in the recovering of more than 200 missing or runaway children. In recent incidents: - A recovery involved a three-year-old child in Arkansas who was abducted by a stranger. Posters were faxed to locations in Arkansas, Mississippi and Tennessee, where the abductor was believed to have taken the child. The abductor's mother saw several posters and convinced the abductor to voluntarily turn the child over to a local social services agency. - A one-year-old boy was abducted by his father, prompting the dissemination of posters to several states. A motel manager in New Mexico saw the posters and contacted NCMEC to report that the child and his father were staying in the motel. Authorities recovered the child and arrested the father. - A 16-year-old endangered runaway, who left her home in North Carolina, was recovered as a result of a ChoicePoint fax. A store manager saw the faxed poster and contacted law enforcement agencies, who confirmed the child's identity and reunited her with her father. "We are thrilled to be able to make our ADAM program even better," said Trish McCall, ChoicePoint's ADAM project manager. "ADAM has proven to be very successful and we look forward to helping many more families in the future with this enhanced fax server technology." "We are proud to be associated with the incredibly vital work of the ADAM program," said Jurgen Stephan, vice president of global marketing for Captaris Inc. "There is no better example of the benefits of fast and reliable document delivery using RightFax." ADAM is named in honor of Adam Walsh, whose kidnapping and murder brought the horror of child abduction to national attention more than 20 years ago. About ChoicePoint ChoicePoint (NYSE:CPS) helps businesses, government agencies and nonprofit organizations make better decisions through information and technology solutions. Each year, ChoicePoint helps more than six million people get the jobs they deserve and more than 100 million people get fairly priced home and auto insurance. Small businesses can obtain affordable commercial insurance because of our products. Businesses grow revenue with our marketing services and cut costs through our authentication and anti-fraud tools. Government agencies use our data and technology to fulfill their missions in all parts of the world. Visit http://www.choicepoint.com/ for more information. About Captaris Captaris, Inc. (NASDAQ:CAPA) is a leading provider of software products that automate business processes, manage documents electronically and provide efficient information delivery. Our product suite of Captaris RightFax, Captaris Workflow and Captaris Alchemy Document Management is distributed through a global network of leading technology partners. We have customers in financial services, healthcare, government and many other industries, and our products are installed in all of the Fortune 100 and many Global 2000 companies. Headquartered in Bellevue, Washington, Captaris was founded in 1982 and is publicly traded on the NASDAQ National Market under the symbol CAPA. For more information please visit http://www.captaris.com/. ChoicePoint and the ChoicePoint logo are registered trademarks of ChoicePoint Asset Company. DATASOURCE: ChoicePoint CONTACT: Chuck Jones of ChoicePoint, +1-770-752-3594, or cell, +1-770-289-0894, or Web site: http://www.choicepoint.com/ http://www.captaris.com/

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