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U.S. Department of Justice Selects LexisNexis as a Primary Provider
Seven-year, $35 million dollar contract expands LexisNexis services to all DOJ users
DAYTON, OH, September 29, 2004 - LexisNexis U.S., a leading provider of legal, news, public records and business information services, announced today it has been selected as a primary information provider to the United States Department of Justice (DOJ). The new seven-year, $35 million dollar contract, which begins October 1, 2004, continues a 25-year relationship.
As a primary provider, LexisNexis will deliver a complete suite of legal, news, financial, and public records solutions including access to the flagship LexisNexis® services at lexis.com® and Law Enforcement solutions to the 25,000 attorneys, paralegals, librarians, public affairs officers, investigators, agents, and analysts at the DOJ. In addition, the award means that LexisNexis will serve all components of the DOJ - including the US Attorneys Office, FBI, Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), U.S. Marshals Service, and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives (ATF) - with tailored applications to meet their research and investigative needs.
"With a presence in nearly every federal government agency, LexisNexis is best positioned to meet the DOJ’s unique needs," said Kurt Sanford, president and CEO of Corporate and Federal Markets, LexisNexis. "LexisNexis is pleased to further assist the Department of Justice in its mission to enforce federal laws, combat crime and to protect the citizens of the United States against terrorism."
About LexisNexis
LexisNexis® (www.lexisnexis.com) is a leader in comprehensive and authoritative legal, news and business information and tailored applications. A member of Reed Elsevier Group plc [NYSE: ENL; NYSE: RUK] (www.reedelsevier.com), the company does business in 100 countries with 13,000 employees worldwide. In addition to its flagship Web-based Lexis® and Nexis® research services, the company includes some of the world’s most respected legal publishers such as Martindale-Hubbell, Matthew Bender, Butterworths, JurisClasseur, Abeledo-Perrot and Orac.
In the United States, LexisNexis (www.lexisnexis.com) offers an extensive range of products and customized tools that address job-specific and organization-wide information needs, driving productivity and confident decision-making. This includes online and print legal and regulatory research products, customized Web applications and critical e-filing services for legal professionals. In addition, the company provides products and customized tools that address job-specific and organization-wide information needs for corporations, information professionals, government agencies and libraries. Through its risk management flagship products, RiskWise®, PeopleWise®, Banko®, LexisNexis products and services help to locate people and assets, authenticate identity, enable commerce, conduct background screening, and support national security initiatives. Customers include government agencies, top law firms, and major companies in the fields of national security, financial services, collection and recovery, insurance, mortgage, telecommunications, e-commerce and retail.
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