1. NAPHSIS Congressional Briefing “Vital Records: Vital for a Reason!”
U.S. Passports
NAPHSIS Congressional Briefing
“Vital Records: Vital for a Reason!”
United States Capitol Visitor Center
Room South
Monday, July 22, 2013, 12 p.m.

2. Passport Services 28 Domestic Passport Facilities
22 serve the public directly
1 supports U.S. government travel
3 mega-adjudication centers
2 document print centers
29th Facility to open in San Juan, PR (Winter 2014)
9,000+ Passport Application Acceptance Facilities
Domestic Passport Acceptance Facilities (Post Offices, Clerks of Court, Libraries, etc)
Military Acceptance Facilities Worldwide
Federal Acceptance Facilities
3,500 employees
Government
Contractors (Support processing and customer service functions)

3. Passport Facilities Seattle National Passport Vermont Minneapolis
Buffalo
Connecticut
Boston
Detroit
New York
Philadelphia
San Francisco
Chicago
Denver
Washington and Special Issuance
Los Angeles
San
Diego
Arkansas
Atlanta
Tucson
Charleston
Dallas
El Paso
Houston
New Orleans
Miami
San Juan
Agency
Honolulu
KEY
Adjudication Center
Winter 2014
Print Center

5. Saturation Map PENDING from PPS
Passport saturation map (by zip code)
The mentioned that she would like to see a map of showing where passports are issued. If I recall correctly there is a 2011 map. I am not sure if there is a 2012 map available. I understand that it’s not so easy to come up with a current map.  Please let us know what you can provide.

6. EVVE – Critical to the U.S. Passport Process
EVVE is critical to our efforts to improve the passport adjudication network
49 of 57 entities supply birth data to EVVE
27 of 57 provide death data
More than 70 percent of first time of passport applicants submit a birth certificate as proof of US citizenship
Verified more than 12,000 birth records in last year
Instrumental in identifying 24 instances of felony fraud