Markland Technologies Announces Participation in Smart Border Alliance Team

Added: (Tue Jun 22 2004)

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For Immediate Release:
June 22, 2004

Markland Technologies Announces Participation in Smart Border Alliance Team

RIDGEFIELD, Conn. - June 22, 2004 - Markland Technologies, Inc. (OTCBB: MRKL - http://www.marklandtech.com) an integrated homeland security company, announced today that it is a member of the Smart Border Alliance Team which was recently selected by the Department of Homeland Security to design and implement the United States Visitor and Immigrant Status Indicator Technology (US-VISIT) program. The US-VISIT program was created to improve the security of U.S. citizens and visitors, expedite legitimate travel and trade, ensure the integrity of the immigration system, and safeguard the personal privacy of visitors and immigrants.

The Smart Border Alliance team has been selected to help develop and implement a new entry/exit system to be deployed at the nation's air, land and sea points of entry for biometric and other technologies in order to check identities of foreign visitors to America. The U.S. Congress has mandated that US-VISIT compatible systems must be deployed at the top 50 U.S. land points of entry by December 31, 2004 and that US-VISIT compatible systems must be deployed at over 100 additional points of entry by mid 2005. Markland expects to be asked to install and maintain systems at these land border points of entry under this program.

Markland has unique experience with the system currently installed at five land border ports, named SENTRI. US Visit contemplates a system very similar to this to be implemented at all land border crossings. At this time, Markland does not know the total value of potential work that may be awarded to it under this program nor does Markland known the timing of any such awards.

Markland Technologies provides border logistic services to the Department of Homeland Security through its subsidiary, Ergo Systems, Inc.

"We are very excited about the potential value of this award to Markland shareholders," said Markland President, Ken Ducey. "We look forward to utilizing Markland's experience to expand and enhance the technologies at the borders. The combination of Markland's experience and personnel the other Smart Border Alliance Team members will provide for exciting possibilities to make our borders more secure, and make our country safer. There is a tremendous amount that must be completed, and this is important first step to this multi-year task."

About Markland Technologies

Markland Technologies, Inc is committed to helping secure America by providing innovative emerging technologies and expert services to meet the country's needs to protect our people, our borders and our infrastructure assets. The Company is a Board member of the Homeland Security Industries Association (http://www.hsianet.org).

"Forward-Looking Statements"

Investors are cautioned that certain statements contained in this document as well as some statements in periodic press releases and some oral statements of Markland Technologies officials during presentations about Markland Technologies, are ``forward-looking'' statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 (the "Act"). Forward-looking statements include statements which are predictive in nature, which depend upon or refer to future events or conditions, which include words such as "expects", "anticipates", "intends", "plans", "believes", "estimates", or similar expressions. In addition, any statements concerning future financial performance (including future revenues, earnings or growth rates), ongoing business strategies or prospects, and possible future actions, which may be provided by management, are also forward-looking statements as defined by the Act. Some of the factors that could significantly impact the forward-looking statements in this press release include, but are not limited to: insufficient cash flow to continue to fund the development and marketing of the Company's products and technology; a rejection of the Company's products and technologies by the marketplace, and; disputes as to the Company's intellectual property rights. Forward-looking statements are based upon current expectations and projections about future events and are subject to risks, uncertainties, and assumptions about Markland Technologies, its products, economic and market factors and the industries in which Markland Technologies does business, among other things. These statements are not guarantees of future performance and Markland Technologies has no specific intention to update these statements. More detailed information about those factors is contained in Markland Technologies filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

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