Avineon Wins Contract with IRS to Develop Software for Electronic Filing of Federal Tax Liens

New electronic processing system will allow IRS and state and local offices to reduce costs and increase efficiency

Alexandria, Va. – Dec. 12, 2006 – Avineon, Inc., a successful provider of IT, engineering, geospatial and program management services, today announced the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) has awarded the company a contract to develop a prototype electronic system for the filing and release of the Notice of Federal Tax Liens (NFTL). The project is two fold as Avineon will assist in developing a logical system design for the full implementation of Electronic Lien (E-Lien) software, as well as support proof of concept software development for a subset of the full system. The new electronic system will streamline processes, reducing cost and time while increasing efficiency.

The IRS files more than one million lien documents annually with around 4,000 federal, state and local recording offices that typically require extensive paperwork with minimal standardization. Due to myriad local statutory requirements, the IRS is forced to adapt to various state and local requirements that are paper intensive, burdensome, time consuming and expensive to manage. While the IRS’s current Automated Lien System (ALS) generates the NFTL electronically, the document recorded with the local recording official remains in paper format.

“A fully electronic system that eliminates paper documents will reduce costs for both the IRS and state and local offices,” stated George Crump, E-Lien project manager from the IRS. “Avineon has the experience and resources necessary to ensure we develop a system that meets our goals and streamlines operations.”

Avineon will develop a logical system design compliant with IRS standards. The scope of the design includes the full functionality for an E-Lien system capable of sending liens electronically, receiving back confirmation and interfacing with the IRS’s Integrated Financial System (IFS). Design components for the E-Lien software to be developed include the system accepting files from ALS and maintaining a database of liens. The system will also have an easy-to-use and self documented Web-based user interface. For the software proof of concept development, Avineon will develop the detailed physical design and the software that will build the E-Lien database, user interface, data extraction logic, data transformation to XML, interfacing with one state and local recording office and provide reporting capability.

Hee Sun Choung, vice president of Avineon’s IT Services division, stated, “Avineon has delivered high-quality IT development and security services to the Department of the Treasury since 1999. Our rigorous development methodologies will enable Avineon to produce robust software to help the IRS increase its efficiency in processing and filing tax liens.”

This is Avineon’s first win under the company’s Treasury Information Processing Support Services-3 (TIPSS-3) contract to provide information systems support to the Department of the Treasury and all of its bureaus. Avineon won the TIPSS-3 contract administered by the IRS in November 2005 to provide expertise in all three functional areas, including Information Systems Services, System Security Services and Strategic Business Services.

About Avineon
Avineon, a CMMI Maturity Level 3 and ISO 9001:2000 registered company, is a diversified high technology company that provides Information Technology (IT), geospatial, engineering, and program management services. With headquarters in Alexandria, Virginia, and offices in Alabama and Florida, Avineon employs more than 140 staff in the United States, and with subsidiaries in Europe and India employs a total staff of 400. In IT, Avineon specializes in web-based architecture, systems engineering, application development, and on-going network and security support. For additional information and photos of the new facility please visit www.avineon.com.

Company Contact :
Charles Erdrich / 703-671-1900 / cerdrich@avineon.com

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