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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Sent: Thursday, August 24, 2006, 3:30 PM 

To: State and National Media

Subject: Press Release - Diamond Data Systems, Inc. named Tier One Vendor for State of Louisiana Consulting and Support Services Agreement (CSSA). 

New Orleans – August 24, 2006 – The State of Louisiana, Division of Administration, Office of Information Technology (OIT), named Diamond Data Systems, Inc. as a Tier One vendor for the Consulting and Support Services Agreement (CSSA). The State determined that the dynamic nature of Information Technology (IT) staffing requires a flexible means of rapidly obtaining quality personnel to provide IT consulting services. OIT met this need by awarding tier one status to a select group of companies via a competitive RFP leading to the execution of multiple Consulting and Support Services Agreements. Once these Agreements are in place, state agencies, using a second tier of competition of pre-qualified companies, will be able to contract for the required skills and services as quickly and efficiently as possible.

Diamond Data Systems, Inc. was awarded Tier One status for the following technical areas:

Diamond Data Systems has already been providing services to the State of Louisiana on a variety of projects in several state agencies for the past four years. As a Tier One CSSA for the State of Louisiana, DDS intends to continue supporting the IT needs of the State.

About Diamond Data Systems 

Diamond Data Systems is a leading provider of high value IT solutions that include IT strategy, software engineering, network infrastructure design, information assurance, IT contracting and IT outsourcing. DDS has delivered these solutions to commercial enterprises in a variety of industries including healthcare and oil & gas as well as federal and local governments. DDS was selected as one of the “Top 10 Places to Work” in the Greater New Orleans region. DDS is headquartered in New Orleans, LA with an office at the Stennis Space Center in Mississippi.

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