The words
"estimate," "project," "intends," "expects," "believes" and similar
expressions are intended to identify forward-looking statements.

For more information contact:
Julie Garand
508-460-4036
Julie.
D'Amuro's twenty-six-year career at the FBI has been devoted to
counterterrorism, in which he is an internationally recognized expert."
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Huntington Police Expand BIO-key Mobile System as Part of Project Hoosier SAFE-T

City Arms Public Safety Officers In Five Additional Surrounding Communities
With Mobile Regional Data Sharing Capability

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R-DEx is an FBI-led initiative and a crucial element of the Law
Enforcement Information Sharing Program (LEISP) under the U. "Our technologies
minimize the risks because they do not require any changes to the underlying
data, formats, or schemas and are designed to efficiently and securely support
a large number of users accessing different data sources while operating
throughout a distributed network.

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Head of New York Division of FBI New York Office, 26-Year Veteran,
Counterterrorism Expert to Lead Giuliani Security and Safety

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management consulting firm Giuliani Partners LLC, today announced that
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Project Hoosier SAFE-T is an Indiana statewide initiative that allows for
seamless, interoperable and reliable communications among local, state, and
federal public safety agencies during routine, emergency and task force
situations.

D'Amuro, currently the Assistant Director in Charge of the
Federal Bureau of Investigation in New York, recently announced his
retirement from the FBI, effective March 31, 2005. D'Amuro was appointed
Inspector in Charge of the FBI's investigation of those attacks. The Giuliani Security and Safety team
includes experts from both the private and public sector with
unparalleled experience and a demonstrated commitment to excellence
and integrity.

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bio-key. For a more complete description of these and other risk
factors that may affect the future performance of BIO-key International, see
"Risk Factors" in the Company 's Annual Report on Form 10-KSB and its other
filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission . Giuliani said, "Pat D'Amuro has made very important
contributions to law enforcement, justice, and homeland security
throughout his years at the FBI.

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About BIO-key
BIO-key develops and delivers advanced identification solutions and
information services to law enforcement departments , public safety agencies,
government and private sector customers. Such
forward-looking statements are made based on management's beliefs, as well as
assumptions made by, and information currently available to, management
pursuant to the "safe-harbor" provisions of the Private Securities Litigation
Reform Act of 1995. VAI Tools are Key to Sharing Crime Data among Different Law Enforcement
Agencies

POOLESVILLE, Md. VisuaLinks and DIG play a major role in enabling
the R-DEx system to achieve its goal of sharing and analyzing different forms
of information. After
the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, Mr.

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Using VisuaLinks and DIG, R-DEx dramatically reduces the investigation
time and provides immediate availability of pertinent information for law
enforcement officials."
Mr.

About Giuliani Security + Safety LLC

Giuliani Security + Safety is a division of Giuliani Partners,
focused on investigative, safety , security, and emergency consulting
and analysis.
In addition to Mayor Giuliani, other members of the Giuliani
Security + Safety team include Mr.

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newscom. His experience and expertise will be
extremely valuable to our team and to our clients.

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The additional agencies;
Huntington County Sheriff's Dept . Louis area and the FBI is planning
additional deployments in more than a dozen metropolitan regions .
R-DEx uses both the VisuaLinks and Digital Information Gateway (DIG)
systems, created by Visual Analytics, to provide powerful search, retrieval,
and analytical capabilities. Giuliani Security + Safety is
a division of Giuliani Partners dedicated to security consulting. Pasquale D'Amuro, former Assistant
Director in Charge of the FBI in New York, Mr.

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"In addition to the integrated communications, our officers will share
regional information and have rapid access to wants, warrants, stolen vehicles
and other criminal justice information, enhancing our officer safety and
productivity" said Chief Terry Stoffel. Department of
Justice.

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BIO-key's high -performance,
scalable, cost-effective and easy-to-deploy biometric finger identification
technology accurately identifies and authenticates users of wireless and
enterprise data to improve security , convenience and privacy and to reduce
identity theft.S.
"Visual Analytics Inc. VAI's technologies are integrated into R-DEx through a
Plumtree web portal providing a single sign-on capability and enhanced
security.

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S. This approach removes the need for a
centralized master database; allows distributed control, security, and
accountability of the data; and does not require a physical data warehouse -
increasing speed and reducing costs. Mr. Richard
Sheirer, former Emergency Management Commissioner and Director of New
York City Homeland Security, Daniel Connolly, former Special Counsel
to the Corporation Counsel of the City of New York, Laurence Levy,
former Deputy Counsel to Mayor Giuliani, Maureen Casey, former Deputy
Commissioner of the New York City Police Department; Christopher
Rising, former Inspector and Special Counsel to the Police
Commissioner, New York City Police Department and numerous other
administration leaders from the public safety, economic development ,
and legal areas.

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, Roanoke, Warren, Markle, and Andrews have
implemented BIO-key's MobileCOP(TM ) and VirtualCOP(TM) mobile data solutions
as part of Project Hoosier SAFE-T. Over 2,500 police, fire and emergency services departments in
North America use BIO-key solutions, making BIO-key the leading supplier of
mobile and wireless solutions for public safety worldwide. Readers are cautioned
not to place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements, which speak
only as of the date made.com) announced that its information sharing and
visualization technologies played a key role in the development and deployment
of the FBI's first pilot project under the Regional Data Exchange (R-DEx)
system.
R-DEx is now operational in the St. Much of Mr. He has served our nation with
integrity and skill on important issues ranging from organized crime
to terrorism and many others . D'Amuro served as Assistant Director for
Counterterrorism at FBI Headquarters and Executive Assistant Director
for Counterintelligence and Counterterrorism. D'Amuro has
provided advice and briefings to the President of the United States,
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The BIO-key fully integrated mobile
wireless system provides these agencies with access to criminal database
queries, alarm capabilities and text messaging between their departments. SAFE-T will strengthen community safety and security, minimize
costs and barriers to communications, and break down regionalization of
systems to combat crime, natural disaster and terrorism.com

The overall goal of R-DEx is to securely share Sensitive but
Unclassified (SBU) crime information between federal, state and local law
enforcement agencies to impede criminal and terrorist activities. Accountability, credibility, and
leadership are at the core of Giuliani Security + Safety's services,
solutions, and personnel.

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(OTC Bulletin Board: BKYI), the leader in finger-based biometric
identification and wireless public safety solutions, has been awarded a
contract for additional licenses to equip law enforcement professionals in the
five surrounding agencies of Huntington City PD.
"BIO-key is proud to support the Huntington Police Department , one of the
numerous regional data sharing initiatives across the nation who have selected
BIO -key for their wireless mobile data system," said Randy Fodero, Senior VP
of Sales. "Our solutions improve officer safety while generating value for
our customers through increased staff productivity and faster response to the
community," he concluded. The Company also undertakes no obligation to
disclose any revision to these forward-looking statements to reflect events or
circumstances after the date made or to reflect the occurrence of
unanticipated events.com.

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This implementation will connect to the Seattle Law Enforcement
Information Exchange (LInX) system , sponsored by the Naval Criminal
Investigative Service. (VAI) is a privately-held company,
based in the Washington, DC metropolitan area, focused on Superior Pattern
Discovery and Data Sharing Solutions . Also on staff are security experts with backgrounds
in both public safety and private security consulting .

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Subsequently, Mr. Giuliani Security + Safety provides services related to
threat and vulnerability assessment, crisis management and emergency
planning strategies, crime reduction and prison management , and
security management strategies.

For further information on Giuliani Partners LLC and its
divisions, please refer to www.giulianipartners.

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BIO-key Safe Harbor Statement
This news release contains forward-looking statements that are subject to
certain risks and uncertainties that may cause actual results to differ
materially from those projected on the basis of these statements. has worked closely with the FBI and the rest of the
team to help make history by providing a standard platform from which to
quickly and easily integrate, share, and analyze different sources of data"
said David O'Connor, VAI's Chief Technology Officer.

About Visual Analytics
Founded in 1998, Visual Analytics Inc.

D'Amuro joined the FBI in 1979, and has worked on a wide array
of criminal investigations, including white collar crimes, major
property crimes, violent crime, organized crime, and terrorism.

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SAFE-T was designed
to include wide voluntary participation of public safety agencies/first
responders while respecting local autonomy. Marshals Service (USMS), will be
integrated and shared with participating state and local law enforcements
agencies. Giuliani
Security and Safety is the unrivaled leader in this area and I look
forward to working with Mayor Giuliani and the numerous other
professionals who are about to become my colleagues. In these capacities, he
was instrumental in the creation and management of the FBI's Terrorism
Threat Integration Center and Terrorism Watch List.

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VAI serves markets requiring
sophisticated data sharing and high-end analytics.

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Visual Analytics Provides Core Technologies in Support of the FBI's Regional Data Exchange System (R-DEx)

These tools allow police and other law enforcement officials to
quickly share and relate new information from different FBI regions and
support the rapid presentation and visualization of combined investigative
information. D'Amuro, Assistant Director in Charge of the FBI's New
York office will become Chief Executive Officer of Giuliani Security
and Safety LLC, effective April 1, 2005. Attorney General , the Director of the FBI, and the National
Security Council, among others. Thomas Von Essen,
former Commissioner of the New York City Fire Department, Mr.

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, BIO-key International, Inc. Using a virtual data warehouse approach facilitated by Visual
Analytics' DIG technology, the FBI can easily search different data sources in
different formats with minimal effort.
Visual Analytics is a member of the R-DEx team along with iMapData,
Plumtree, Project Performance Corporation and Booz Allen Hamilton , the prime. VAI has created a suite of
tools, collectively called "The Data Clarity Suite," based on the
VisuaLinks(R) and Digital Information Gateway (DIG(TM)) technologies that are
used to search , structure, and present data for analysis and discovery. D'Amuro said, "When I decided to retire from the FBI I knew
that I wanted to continue working in what I believe is the most
challenging field; working to help individuals and corporations meet
the safety and security challenges posed by today 's world.

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BIO-key's mobile wireless technology
provides first responders with critical, reliable , real-time data and images
from local, state and national databases.
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(http:/ /www.visualanalytics. The next
phase of the rollout will be based in Seattle where data from a number of
federal agencies, including the FBI, the Drug Enforcement Administration
(DEA), the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF), the
Bureau of Prisons (BOP), and the U. More
information on VAI can be found at http://www.
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