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The Basic Pilot program, the first of the three IIRIRA employment verification pilots to be implemented and the only one still in operation, began in November 1997 in the five states with the largest unauthorized alien populations at the time.8 In December 2004, in accordance with P. L. 108-156, the program became available nationwide, although it remained pri [...] The order read, in part: Executive departments and agencies that enter into contracts shall require, as a condition of each contract, that the contractor agree to use an electronic employment eligibility verification system designated by the Secretary of Homeland Security to verify the employment eligibility of: (i) all persons hired during the contract term by the contractor to perform employment [...] Independent studies of E-Verify, conducted for INS and DHS by Westat and Temple University's Institute for Survey Research over the years, have evaluated whether the system has reduced unauthorized employment and met other policy goals.35 A 2007 Westat study of the Basic Pilot program found that about 5% of new hires screened through the system in the first half of FY2007 received final nonconfirm [...] The effectiveness of E-Verify in reducing unauthorized employment through both final nonconfirmation findings and the discouragement of applications, however, is limited by the small size of the program relative to overall employment. [...] IIRIRA required that the confirmation system, intended to be used as part of all three of the original pilot programs, be designed and operated to, among other things, maximize its reliability.40 . . The independent evaluations of E-Verify conducted by Westat and the Institute for Survey Research have analyzed the accuracy of the system.