August 20, 2004 News Release. The Dallas Business Journal released its annual list of the largest women and minority owned businesses in the Dallas and Fort Worth metroplex this morning. Contract Consultants, Inc. is ranked 31st among Women-Owned Business and 22nd among Minority-Owned Business in this area. This recognition was based on gross company sales of $10M during calendar year 2003.

The company focus is on providing staffing solutions for a broad base of local and national clients. Current nationally-based clients include numerous agencies of the U. S. Government; Textron, Inc. (including Bell Helicopter and its Cessna, Land and Marine, and Fastening Systems subsidiaries); Lockheed Martin Aeronautics; various Hospitals and Outpatient Clinics; various financial sector companies; a variety of Civil, Structural and Transportation Engineering firms; municipalities and Independent School Districts; as well as numerous apartment communities and property management companies.

April 30, 2004 News Release. Contract Consultants Inc. announces that the Small Business Administration has completed its annual review and recertified the company under the SBA 8(a) program as a woman and minority owned, small and disadvantaged business. This year’s review was accomplished under a newly established electronic application process which is being pilot tested by the SBA’s Fort Worth District Office. Contract Consultants is among the first companies to go through the electronic process which will become the national standard when the pilot test is completed and changes identified in the test are implemented. Julienne Moore, Chief Executive Officer for Contract Consultants worked personally with the SBA District Office and Vicky Norton to complete the process of entering the data into the system. While there were some ‘bugs’ in the system and the related data entry procedures, the process will greatly facilitate completing the review in future years as the core data is now in the system and will not have to be changed from year to year. As a result, future year recertification efforts can focus on changes in the business model or corporate profile and not on redundant data entry of historical and unchanged information. According to Julienne, this year’s efforts will make future annual reviews and the overall recertification process much easier. Julienne also serves as the corporate Chief Information Officer for Contract Consultants, and is very pleased to see SBA testing and preparing to implement this electronic process. As SBA notes, this is one effort by a Federal agency to make government more accessible to the public it serves and is one of President Bush’s major initiatives under the President’s Management Agenda for “E-government.”

April 30, 2004 News Release. Contract Consultants Inc. announces that the Small Business Administration has completed its annual review and recertified the company under the SBA 8(a) program as a woman and minority owned, small and disadvantaged business. This year’s review was accomplished under a newly established electronic application process which is being pilot tested by the SBA’s Fort Worth District Office. Contract Consultants is among the first companies to go through the electronic process which will become the national standard when the pilot test is completed and changes identified in the test are implemented. Julienne Moore, Chief Executive Officer for Contract Consultants worked personally with the SBA District Office and Vicky Norton to complete the process of entering the data into the system. While there were some ‘bugs’ in the system and the related data entry procedures, the process will greatly facilitate completing the review in future years as the core data is now in the system and will not have to be changed from year to year. As a result, future year recertification efforts can focus on changes in the business model or corporate profile and not on redundant data entry of historical and unchanged information. According to Julienne, this year’s efforts will make future annual reviews and the overall recertification process much easier. Julienne also serves as the corporate Chief Information Officer for Contract Consultants, and is very pleased to see SBA testing and preparing to implement this electronic process. As SBA notes, this is one effort by a Federal agency to make government more accessible to the public it serves and is one of President Bush’s major initiatives under the President’s Management Agenda for “E-government.”

April 1, 2004 News Release. The U.S. General Services Administration announced today that Contract Consultants, Inc.’s contract to provide temporary professional and administrative services has been modified to reflect current market conditions for salaries and benefits. The GSA Contracting Officer approved the proposal by the Bedford, Texas firm to assure that their pricing structure was competitive with market rates in over 50 cities nationwide. As noted by Corporate President, Luella Kranz, approval of this modification assures that we will be able to attract the quality of contract professional necessary to provide Federal agencies with the skills they need to supplement their skills and ramp up for new projects. The use of contract professionals is increasingly important to Federal agencies as they retool their workforce to meet the demands of rapid technological changes, rightsizing efforts reflecting changing national program priorities, and the President’s commitment to outsourcing where private industry can provide more effective and efficient services.

February 1, 2004 News Release. CCI Staffing, L.P. announced today the appointment of Brett Farley as Executive Recruiter. Brett will support the growing commercial, engineering and medical division of this Bedford, Texas based national staffing firm. Brett comes to CCI with over 8 years experience in recruiting contract professionals for private sector firms needing to ramp up for new work or to provide new skills to meet the needs of rapid technological changes. Brett served in the US Navy as a Chief Petty Officer for 22 years. He was the number one Navy recruiter in the nation two years in a row; along with being number one in his eight state district five times. He is known for listening to clients to understand their needs and then finding the person with the skills and attitude that fit best with each customers organizational team. Luella Kranz, one of the owners of CCI Staffing, notes that Brett has the skill we demand in all our staff, and that is the ability to find the right candidate to fit each client’s unique requirements. It is the key to CCI’s success, which owner Kranz notes is based on placing the kind of professionals who will make our client’s successful.

December 15, 2003 News Release. Contract Consultants Inc. announces that a new staffing contract has been awarded by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers in Fort Worth, Texas. The contract is to provide staffing services for the Southwestern Division of the Corps which includes all of Texas and Oklahoma and several military installations in Arkansas, Louisiana and New Mexico. The contract was awarded by the Corps to support Federal agencies through the Fort Worth Cooperative Administrative Support Unit or CASU which provides services to all Federal agencies This new contract provides for any Federal agency to acquire temporary or long-term staffing services by using the task order approach. Becky Norman, the Account Manager for government agencies is available to assist managers in drafting the required statement of work and then completing the administrative paperwork necessary to comply with contract terms and conditions. Retaining skills lost to retirement is one of the great benefits of this contract. Retiring employees often leave a void that Federal managers can close by hiring them back to complete projects, train their successors, or continue performing key duties. Losing a key person with unique corporate knowledge, project experience, or administrative skills is always a problem, but this contract provides additional flexibility to managers looking for the right solution. It is also available to help managers meet traditional contract professional solutions such as ramping up for new workloads or obtaining new skills that the technological revolution demands in today’s workplace.

November 11, 2003 News Release. Contract Consultants, Inc., announces the appointment of Lee Droemer to manage a newly established environmental remediation division. This division is focused on meeting Federal and State laws regarding the remediation of asbestos, lead-based paint, mold, and similar environmental hazards; and providing selective interior demolition as necessary to support customer renovation requirements. This new division was established because of the significant opportunities to provide abatement services to government organizations such as Veteran’s hospitals, historical courthouses, school districts, military base housing renovation, postal buildings and other facilities. The decision on hiring Lee was based on a “due-diligence” search to acquire the services of someone with highly regarded experience in the industry. Discussions with various environmental consultants led us to Lee as the right person to develop this division into the quality source we want to represent our company. Under Lee’s expert direction, we offer professional expertise to manage, supervise and deliver remediation projects as a prime contractor. This new capability fits with our existing corporate experience and business model of finding and providing skilled staff to meet specialized needs. We are pleased to add Lee Droemer as Director of our Environmental Remediation Division. As a woman and minority owned, SBA 8(a) certified small and disadvantaged business, our services are easily obtained and can assist owners and contractors looking for a quality firm to help them meet subcontracting plans requiring woman or minority participation. Among many accolades describing Lee, the statement that “he does what he says he’ll do” struck us as exactly the kind of person we would want to represent us, as we strive as a company to deliver on our promises to our clients.

September 9, 2003 News Release. CCI Staffing, L.P. announced today that Lisa Melane has accepted the position of Account Manager, Business Development. CCI Staffing is a Bedford, Texas small business that provides contract professionals in a variety of technical and administrative areas to commercial concerns throughout the United States. Lisa comes to CCI with over 20 years of successful sales and marketing experience in the commercial, engineering, medical and aerospace/defense industries. Lisa’s diversified background and experience are well suited to CCI’s plans to expand their commercial, civil engineering and medical staffing business. With a reputation built on keeping her promises, and a dedication to exceptional customer- driven service, Lisa is widely known to her clients in the industry.

October 1, 2002 News Release. The U.S. General Services Administration announced today that Contract Consultants, Inc of Bedford, Texas was awarded a five year contract to provide temporary professional and administrative Staffing services to Federal agencies. The award was made by GSA’s Federal Supply Service under their Multiple Award Schedule (MAS) program. This contract allows any Federal agency to issue task orders directly to Contract Consultants, Inc., for a wide range of support personnel. Contract employees receive salaries and benefits established by the Federal Department of Labor. GSA screens potential contractors to assure that profits and other expenses are consistent with their overall objectives of helping Federal agencies receive competitive pricing from private sector firms. Contract Consultants is a woman and minority owned firm, certified by the Federal Small Business Administration (SBA) under their 8(a) program as a Small and Disadvantaged Business. The two owners, Luella Kranz and Julienne Moore are former Federal executives with GSA and the Resolution Trust Corporation. Their extensive experience in Federal contracting is one of the prime assets they brought to the business, which has grown to be one of the most successful small businesses in the Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex according to the Dallas Business Journal.

July 1, 2003 News Release. Contract Consultants, Inc. announces their relocation to a new Corporate headquarters in Bedford, Texas. The highly successful staffing business, with over 300 placements in 12 states around the country, outgrew its headquarters and relocated to a suite of offices in the Forest Park Business complex at 805 Forest Ridge Drive in Bedford. Since its founding in 1995, this woman and minority owned firm has been certified by the Small Business Administration under its 8(a) program as a small and disadvantaged business enterprise. Contract Consultants is also certified as a State of Texas Historically Underutilized Business (HUB) and the North Central Texas Regional Certification Agency as a woman owned small business. The Dallas Business Journal ranks the company in its top 25 list of women and minority owned firms. Contracts with the U.S. General Services Administration, the Department of Veteran’s Affairs, the Federal Aviation Administration, and the U.S. Forest Service form the basis of their support for Federal agencies. Contracts with Bell Helicopter, Textron and Lockheed Martin are the core of their commercial business. The company also supports many real estate management firms with temporary workers.

February 3, 2003 News Release. Contract Consultants Inc., announced today that Leighton Waters, former Deputy Regional Administrator for the U.S. General Services Administration, has been selected as the Director of Government Operations for the Bedford, Texas based firm. While at GSA, Leighton was responsible for all financial, budgetary, human resources and administrative services for the five State region headquartered in Fort Worth, Texas. He also managed GSA’s Public Buildings Service with responsibility for the development and operations of a 32 million square foot real estate portfolio. At Contract Consultants, Leighton will be responsible for marketing existing contracts to government agencies, developing new markets and new services, and assisting the owners in various areas of corporate administrative management. Leighton will also market executive coaching and executive development services using a cadre of former Federal senior executives as resources to develop the next generation of senior leaders.