Press Release

The Integrity Group Named Among Nation’s Top 500 Women-Owned Businesses

Houston, December 2004 – In recognition of the economic power of multicultural businesses, DiversityBusiness.com, the nations’ leading multicultural B2B online portal, recently named The Integrity Group as one of the top women-owned businesses in the United States.

The Div500 is the 5th annual listing of the nation’s top 500 women-owned businesses. Ranging in revenue size from $12 million to over $1 billion, the companies listed on the Div500 represent the nation’s top multicultural earners and challenge the long-held notion that a diversity-owned business is small or insignificant.

The Power of Diversity Business

It is no longer just “the right thing” to do business with diversity suppliers. Affected by recent economic and demographic trends and changes, corporations throughout the country are realizing that diversity in suppliers positively impacts their businesses. Diversity-owned businesses contribute over $1.4 trillion in sales to the U.S. economy.

“Diversity businesses are a growing force in the U.S. economy and a force to be reckoned with,” said Kenton Clarke, CEO of Computer Consulting Associates International, the company that built DiversityBusiness.com. “It’s no longer only about the FORTUNE 500, or the FORTUNE 5000. This is a whole business segment that can carry its own, that provides jobs and valuable products and services, and generates wealth for their communities. These are the new leaders of American business.”

“I’m thrilled and honored to receive this recognition,” said Deborah Clifton, The Integrity Group’s CEO. “We are dedicated to diversity at Integrity. Our wonderful culture and the quality of the services we provide are due in large part to the high level of creativity that exists in our diverse corporate environment.”

The Div500

The Div500 is a classification that represents the top 500 diversity-owned (women, Blacks, Hispanics, Asians, Native Indian, and other minority groups) businesses in the U.S., in sectors such as technology, manufacturing, food service, and professional services. Large organizational buyers throughout the country who do business with multicultural and women-owned businesses use the list. The Div500 is produced annually by DiversityBusiness.com, the nation's leading multicultural B2B Internet portal that links large organizational buyers to multicultural product and service suppliers.

The winning companies will be honored at a special awards ceremony at DiversityBusiness.com’s 5th Annual Multicultural Business Conference, taking place March 30 – April 2, 2005 at the Foxwoods Resort Casino in Mashantucket, Connecticut.

“The Div500 companies are the heroes of women-owned business in America,” said Kenton Clarke. “While FORTUNE magazine lists the best companies for minorities to work for, we list the top businesses owned by minorities. These are the people who have conquered the hurdles and made the sacrifices, building and strengthening their communities, providing jobs, and helping to keep the fabric of the U.S. economy together.”

For the complete list of winning companies, please visit www.diversitybusiness.com.

About The Integrity Group

Integrity provides total expert solutions that maximize customer experiences using the two most important customer touch points: documentation and training. Since 1994, Integrity has been providing solutions to meet the unique documentation and training needs of customers. Integrity serves a variety of markets, such as technology, manufacturing, oil and gas, biotechnology, government, and higher education.

Integrity has extensive experience in helping clients deliver documentation and training for both external and internal audiences, on time and to the highest quality standards. The Integrity approach gives customers the ability to reduce infrastructure costs, meet time-to-market schedules, and centralize processes. In other words, outsourcing documentation and training projects to Integrity allows a company to focus on their core competencies and drive down costs.

For more information on The Integrity Group and all of our documentation and training service offerings, contact us at 877-468-3477 (toll-free), send an email to info@go-integrity.com, or visit our corporate website at www.go-integrity.com.