Civilian Agencies Get $12.5 Billion for New Initiatives in FY06

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"The federal and national government sector is a key vertical market for
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Research Director, Gartner Research.A.

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spending includes new government initiative spending versus existing
initiative maintenance and will provide technology vendors additional federal
contracting opportunities. These include
contracts with the Her Majesty's Revenue and Customs and the Foreign
Commonwealth Office.

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6 billion in FY05 to close to
$1. "Spending allocated in the IT security
budgets of these agencies are development dollars," said Payton Smith,
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Eedo's flagship product, ForceTen was selected
over competitive offerings . A mandatory feature for us was a
bilingual interface which complied with the Canadian federal government
language policy", Ms. Eedo is privately held, with offices in the U.

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, Federal civilian agencies will
receive $12.
Programs related to federal enterprise architecture and planning will
receive the largest year-over-year growth in DME spending with a 28 percent
increase from $240 million to $306 million in FY06.7 billion next year.input. INPUT tracks more than a
half trillion dollars in contract and grant opportunities within the US
federal, state + local government markets, as well as tender opportunities
throughout the European Union and United Kingdom.

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CONTACT: Amanda Morgan of INPUT, +1-703-707-3540, or amorgan@input. "Correctional Services Canada chose Eedo
Knowledgeware Corporation's ForceTen product after thoroughly researching our
organizational learning needs and identifying what we wanted in an Authoring
Tool and Learning Content Management System through the RFP process", she
said. Eedo offers a set of powerful, adaptable and easy-to-use tools
for business people and learning experts, addressing practical knowledge
management requirements including; learning content management, dynamic
delivery, rapid authoring, assessment , knowledge sharing and performance
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The Department of Justice and the Department of
Homeland Security will see the largest year-over-year spending increases at 20
percent and 17 percent, respectively ."
In an effort to reduce overall costs of investment and improve business
performance, the Office of Management + Budget (OMB) identified five lines of
business on which agencies should focus in their FY06 budgets: financial
management, human resources management, grants management, federal health
architecture, and case management. "OMB identified several agencies capable
of providing cross-agency services under these lines of business to promote
consolidation," stated Smith. In a related announcement Eedo also reported that
the company had signed several new contracts in England . With these signings the company has achieved that goal. FasTrac is a federal government program
through which departments and agencies access a range of e-learning products
and services at pre-negotiated , discounted prices from learning companies.
Further, the company has been approved by the United States Office of
Personnel Management (OPM) as a GoLearn vendor under Specialized Technical
Area 1X.
"ForceTen's functionality was able to meet all our eLearning and survey
application requirements , and deliver them in a variety of formats to
approximately 14,000 staff across Canada. Lockyer said ."

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Eedo Knowledgeware is the leading provider of business solutions and
software tools enabling organizations to transform knowledge into
productivity . Eedo's award winning products are utilized in a broad range of
industries and enterprises such as Dell, Convergys, Matsushita Avionics
Systems, and Lufthansa.,
Canada, Germany and the United Kingdom .

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Focus in FY06 Will Be on Continued Transformation,
Realizing Cost Savings, and Improved Mission-Performance

RESTON, Va.5 billion in fiscal year 2006 (FY06) for
development/modernization/enhancement (DME) spending, a 13 percent increase
from FY05 according to a Federal Market Analysis TargetView report released
today by INPUT, the quantifiable leader in government market intelligence. Mission area support
programs will continue to receive the most DME spending and the largest dollar
increase with $9.1 billion in planned spending next year, a 12 percent
increase from FY05."
INPUT's complete FY06 Federal IT Budget TargetView report is available to
clients of INPUT's Federal Market Analysis subscription program.

About INPUT:
INPUT is the quantifiable leader in government market intelligence. NASHUA , New Hampshire, July 26 - Eedo Knowledgeware today
announced important business wins with government departments and public
sector agencies in North America.
"Eedo has executed an extremely focused strategy to build the best
product for government and to package the right service organization to
support the needs of our government clients.S.

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The company also announced today that it has been approved by the United
States government as a FasTrac vendor. OPMs' GoLearn is a portal that provides access to eLearning training
products and services and is part of the federal government's overall
e-learning initiative.

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Infrastructure, office automation and telecom will see a
16 percent increase in new spending to $2.2 billion in FY06.
Improving IT security deficiencies will remain a priority in FY06. Total
spending on IT security for the 18 agencies directed to correct security
deficiencies in FY05 will increase 7% from $1. "Therefore, vendors will
see new IT security opportunities continue to emerge throughout FY06. "Vendors will be allowed to submit proposals
and compete against any of these identified agencies and OMB may look to
institute a list of capable vendors in the near future.input.com or call 703-707-3500.com.

Eedo Knowledgeware Wins Key Contracts in North America - Company Earns FasTrac and GoLearn Vendor Status from US Government

Eedo, which makes and markets learning and knowledge systems, has signed
contracts with the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) of the United States and
Correctional Services Canada.
Eedo had set a target of 12% of revenue from the government market
vertical. We will continue to work with our
government clients to maintain our best in class status," said John Hudson,
President and CEO of Eedo Knowledgeware.
Jennifer Lockyer, IM/IT Senior Business Integrator, Information
Management Services, Correctional Services Canada commented on the selection
of Eedo by the department. "We're seeing organizations, including
governmental agencies, moving from pilot projects to more fully developed and
tested deployments .