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Whether it’s engineering, science or information technology, the UK has a respected reputation for innovation across the globe and for DRS Data Services Ltd. it is no exception. As leaders in large scale data capture, DRS’ skills and expertise are in demand from governments and public sector bodies worldwide. In response, DRS is delighted to announce the appointment of an additional three senior international business managers.

The 13th Annual Association for Educational Assessment Europe (AEA-E) Conference took place in Berlin on 7-10 November 2012 with the theme “Assessment across the Lifespan” and UK global data capture specialist DRS Data Services Ltd, was delighted to be a key sponsor once again.

Last month DRS Data Services Limited Director of e-Assessment, Graham Hudson, was once again invited to address the International Association for Educational Assessment (IAEA) at their Annual Conference in Kazakhstan. Mr Hudson presented a paper focusing on supporting quality control in examinations through the use of technology.

Last month’s annual TUC Conference in Brighton welcomed for the first time UK based global data capture specialist DRS Data Services Ltd, to showcase their Elections offering including manual and electronic counting and electronic voting.

DRS Data Services Ltd has once again shown support to The Association of European Election Officials (ACEEEO) as one of the key sponsors of the 21^st annual conference, which took place in Sarajevo earlier this month.

UK based global election specialist, DRS Data Services Ltd, has successfully provided their world beating electronic counting solution for the National Democratic Party’s (NDP) Leadership Election in Canada.

UK based global data capture specialist, DRS Data Services Ltd, has successfully provided their specialist electronic elections solution for the National Society for Education in Art and Design (NSEAD) and their bespoke data capture services to First TransPennine Express (FTPE), demonstrating why the company has become a trusted partner to governments and local authorities worldwide and UK Trade Unions.

DRS Data Services Director of Electronic Assessment, Graham Hudson, has been invited to share his expertise regarding the challenges of introducing new technologies globally, at the 6th annual Southern Africa Association for Educational Assessment (SAAEA) Conference in Matsapha, Swaziland 11-13 June 2012.

UK based global data capture specialist, DRS, has continued its success in the African market by slashing by two-thirds the time required to run a major examination programme in Ethiopia.Students no longer have to wait for their results as the processing time has been significantly reduced.

Earlier this month DRS Data Services General Manager for education, Sid Spalding, was one of the key speakers at the 29th conference of the Association for Educational Assessment in Africa (AEAA).

Representatives from IntElect, a joint venture between DRS and Electoral Reform Services (ERS), will be on hand to provide advice on reducing the administrative burden of elections, whilst ensuring the security, integrity and accuracy of the results, at this month’s Association of Electoral Administrators’ (AEA) Annual Conference.

Global data capture specialist DRS has been awarded the contract to print and deliver 45 million census forms for the next population census in Pakistan, the sixth most populous country in the world.  This is in addition to the contract to supply Intelligent Character Recognition technologies to capture and process the census data, which DRS was awarded last year.

Leading election specialist DRS has partnered with e-voting expert Mi-Voice to deliver secure multi-channel election voting for commercial elections and consultations. 

Research-based pharmaceutical company, GlaxoSmithKline has deployed DocXP™, an intelligent document and data capture solution supplied by global data capture specialists DRS, to improve standards in its clinical trial data capture.

Peladon Software, a prominent developer of automated capture
and document processing solutions, today announced that a $500 million leading dental practice management company that provides services to 300 dental offices across the nation has signed an agreement to automate their entire Explanation of Benefits (EOB) Processing system using Peladon’s DocXP™ EOB product.

Global data capture specialist DRS has been contracted by the Ministry of Finance and National Planning of the Republic of Zambia, on behalf of the Central Statistics Office, to deliver the data capture solution and associated services for the next population census of Zambia...

Global data capture specialist DRS has been invited to present at the 36th International Association for Educational Assessment (IAEA) annual conference to be held in Bangkok from Sunday 22nd to Friday 27th August 2010.

DRS e-Counting solutions have once again delivered results efficiently and effectively in Scotland, this time in the Drumchapel/Anniesland Ward by-election.

DRS e-Marker® has been successfully piloted by the West African Examination Council (WAEC), in the first use of the education data capture specialist’s electronic examination marking solution across Africa.

Building on a long-standing relationship, two of the world’s leading election specialists, DRS and Electoral Reform Services are joining forces.  This month they will be launching a totally unique integrated election services joint venture for the public sector.

The largest English awarding body, Assessment and Qualifications Alliance (AQA) has awarded global data capture specialist DRS a five-year contract for continued use of DRS e-Marker® technology to electronically capture marks from candidates’ scripts.