BIO-key Retains Former Senior FBI Official as Strategic Advisor and Consultant

Thomas Bush III Brings 30 Years of Experience with the FBI, Including
Large-scale Biometrics Systems Expertise

WALL, N.J., Sept. 14 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/-- BIO-key International, Inc. (OTC
Bulletin Board: BKYI), a leader in finger-based biometric identification and
wireless public safety solutions, announced today the appointment of Thomas E.
Bush, III as Strategic Advisor and Consultant to the company. Tom will play a
major role in supporting BIO-key's initiatives to expand its footprint in both
the government and commercial markets.

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At the time of his retirement from the U.S. Federal government in March 2009,
Mr. Bush served as an Assistant Director of the FBI, heading the Criminal
Justice Information Services (CJIS) Division. The CJIS Division is the largest
division in the FBI and serves as the focal point for a wide range of federal
justice initiatives, including the Integrated Automated Fingerprint
Identification System (IAFIS). IAFIS is the US Government's national
fingerprint and criminal history system that provides automated fingerprint
search capabilities, latent searching capability, electronic image storage,
and electronic exchange of fingerprints and responses, 24 hours a day, 365
days a year. IAFIS maintains the largest criminal biometric database in the
world, containing the fingerprints for more than 60 million subjects. The
fingerprints and corresponding criminal history information are submitted
voluntarily by state, local, and Federal law enforcement agencies.

Mr. Bush became an FBI agent in 1979 and served in several FBI field office
and special investigation assignments in addition to leadership positions with
the agency's CJIS Division and Information Resources Division. "We are very
fortunate to have Tom Bush, who brings a unique blend of experience and
stature, join our team," said Mike DePasquale, BIO-key's CEO. "His advice and
counsel will be instrumental in assisting us as we fine tune our
industry-leading fingerprint-based biometric technologies to meet the business
requirements of government and commercial customers."

"We're seeing a strong infusion of biometric solutions into the commercial
markets including healthcare, finance and general services, mostly a result of
the widespread success and expansion of government initiatives that have
proven the security and scalability of finger biometric technologies beyond
forensics," stated Tom Bush. "I look forward to working with BIO-key, a
leader in the biometrics industry, to further increase the adoption and
widespread use of biometrics beyond the conventional while reducing fraud and
malfeasance and increasing convenience of authentication and security for all
consumers."

About BIO-key International, Inc.
BIO-key International, Inc., headquartered in Wall, New Jersey, develops and
delivers advanced identification solutions and information services to law
enforcement departments, public safety agencies, government and private sector
customers. BIO-key's mobile wireless technology provides first responders with
critical, reliable, real-time data and images from local, state and national
databases. 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. Over 1,000
police departments in North America use BIO-key solutions, making BIO-key the
leading supplier of mobile and wireless solutions for law enforcement.
(http://www.bio-key.com)

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limitation, our history of losses and limited revenue, our ability to develop
new products and evolve existing ones, the impact on our business of the
recent financial crisis in the global capital markets and negative global
economic trends, the implementation of our strategic repositioning, our
ability to exploit fully the value of our technology and our strategic
partnerships and alliances, our ability to obtain shareholder approval of this
transaction and our ability to attract and retain key personnel. For a more
complete description of these and other risk factors that may affect the
future performance of BIO-key International, Inc., see "Risk Factors" in the
Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2008 and
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occurrence of unanticipated events.

Contact:
Bud Yanak
BIO-key International, Inc.
732-359-1113
bud.yanak@bio-key.com

SOURCE BIO-key International, Inc.

Bud Yanak of BIO-key International, Inc., +1-732-359-1113,
bud.yanak@bio-key.com