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Sara Church at the Dept. of the Treasury asked me to help her to post this
announcement:
Research Opportunity
Evaluation of Counterfeit Deterrence Features in U.S. Currency
Scope
The Securities Technology Institute (STI) at the Bureau of Engraving and
Printing (BEP) is interested in sponsoring a research study to determine
the effectiveness of counterfeit deterrent features in the new series of
U.S. currency. The study, which is expected to begin in September and must
be completed by the end of May 2000, is to be funded through a competitive
government procurement process under the direction of STI. We would like to
have the study designed and conducted by one or more qualified research
professionals with expertise in human perception and visual psychophysics.
We will arrange access to genuine notes and counterfeits agreed to be
needed for the study, potentially near or at the study laboratory site.
Interested parties responding to this announcement will receive the full
solicitation package, with additional details concerning the study
requirements and the procurement process. The Series 1996 new design and
new features were primarily intended to better enable the general public to
authenticate their currency, to distinguish genuine currency from
counterfeits. Using standard research methods, the study would be expected
to assess how effectively the new design and features have accomplished
that goal. Included in the assessment should be the following
characteristics of all three of the denominations produced to date in the
1996 Series: larger, off-set portrait (relative to the pre-1996 designs),
microprinting, fine line interference patterns (face and back), color
shifting ink color pairs, color shifting ink design elements and engraving
treatments, embedded thread concept, thread location, thread graphics,
thread fluorescence scheme, registered watermark, and overall integrated
design.
Materials
The researcher is expected to provide all labor, materials and equipment
during the period of the study, except for most sample genuine notes and
counterfeits. The government will furnish sample notes and counterfeits for
use in the study, as well as providing instruction and technical support
required to carry out the study. All government-supplied genuine notes and
counterfeits will be handled in accordance with established BEP or Federal
Reserve procedures for handling U.S. securities and all counterfeit notes,
and all counterfeits will be handled in accordance with United States
Secret Service procedures.
Contact
Interested researchers should contact:
Sara Church,
Department of the Treasury,
Bureau of Engraving and Printing (BEP),
Securities Technology Institute,
14th & C. Streets, S.W., Washington, DC 20228,
sara.church@bep.treas.gov,
tel 202-874-2700, fax 202-874-3483.
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Sara Church at the Dept. of the Treasury asked me to help her to post
this announcement:
<fontfamily><param>Times</param><bigger><bigger> Research Opportunity
Evaluation of Counterfeit Deterrence Features in U.S. Currency
Scope
The Securities Technology Institute (STI) at the Bureau of Engraving
and Printing (BEP) is interested in sponsoring a research study to
determine the effectiveness of counterfeit deterrent features in the
new series of U.S. currency. The study, which is expected to begin in
September and must be completed by the end of May 2000, is to be funded
through a competitive government procurement process under the
direction of STI. We would like to have the study designed and
conducted by one or more qualified research professionals with
expertise in human perception and visual psychophysics. We will arrange
access to genuine notes and counterfeits agreed to be needed for the
study, potentially near or at the study laboratory site. Interested
parties responding to this announcement will receive the full
solicitation package, with additional details concerning the study
requirements and the procurement process. The Series 1996 new design
and new features were primarily intended to better enable the general
public to authenticate their currency, to distinguish genuine currency
from counterfeits. Using standard research methods, the study would be
expected to assess how effectively the new design and features have
accomplished that goal. Included in the assessment should be the
following characteristics of all three of the denominations produced to
date in the 1996 Series: larger, off-set portrait (relative to the
pre-1996 designs), microprinting, fine line interference patterns (face
and back), color shifting ink color pairs, color shifting ink design
elements and engraving treatments, embedded thread concept, thread
location, thread graphics, thread fluorescence scheme, registered
watermark, and overall integrated design.
Materials
The researcher is expected to provide all labor, materials and
equipment during the period of the study, except for most sample
genuine notes and counterfeits. The government will furnish sample
notes and counterfeits for use in the study, as well as providing
instruction and technical support required to carry out the study. All
government-supplied genuine notes and counterfeits will be handled in
accordance with established BEP or Federal Reserve procedures for
handling U.S. securities and all counterfeit notes, and all
counterfeits will be handled in accordance with United States Secret
Service procedures.
Contact
Interested researchers should contact:
Sara Church,
Department of the Treasury,
Bureau of Engraving and Printing (BEP),
Securities Technology Institute,
14th & C. Streets, S.W., Washington, DC 20228,
sara.church@bep.treas.gov,
tel 202-874-2700, fax 202-874-3483. </bigger></bigger></fontfamily>
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