Internal Revenue Service Awards Three-Year Agreement for Implementation of HiSoftware Company's Section 508 Enterprise Software, AccMonitor™ Server

Concord, NH July 31, 2002 – HiSoftware Company announced today that the U.S. Internal Revenue Service (IRS) awarded a three-year purchase agreement to HiSoftware Company for implementation of its Section 508 compliance software, AccMonitor Server. The software will be used to evaluate and monitor IRS intranet and Internet web sites for conformance with Section 508. There are approximately 300 distinct intranet web sites and several Internet web sites.

IRS awarded a purchase agreement to HiSoftware Company after evaluating several Section 508 compliance products for implementation as an enterprise-level Windows® server-based 508 monitoring and evaluation solution.

The IRS joins a growing list of Federal government agencies turning to HiSoftware Company for Section 508 compliance solutions, including but not limited to the US Army Materiel Command, Department of Veterans Affairs, U.S. General Services Administration, and Department of Defense. HiSoftware Company also works with several Fortune 1000 corporations including Microsoft Corporation, Mercury Interactive, and Fidelity Investments, State and local government agencies and Educational institutions: http://www.hisoftware.com/access/scustomers.html

Under the terms of the agreement, HiSoftware Company will provide its AccMonitor Server Enterprise software to the IRS for use by its webmasters, application developers, and Section 508 compliance experts. Running as a Windows® service, AccMonitor is an automated accessibility testing solution for Web sites or for use in conjunction with Intranet Servers or File Servers. Using a crawler, AccMonitor tests sites for compliance with Section 508 and W3C accessibility standards. AccMonitor spiders, or crawls over, entire Web sites and reports on their accessibility status. AccMonitor particularly benefits organizations that need to monitor multiple servers that host information via the World Wide Web. AccMonitor is a server solution that is designed to run with no user interaction once configured. AccMonitor can be scheduled to crawl Web sites daily, weekly, or monthly. It also allows users to log-on for “on demand” reports on the accessibility status of their Web pages.

Section 508, an amendment to the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, requires electronic and information technology that is used, developed, and procured by the Federal government to be accessible to people with disabilities.

 

ABOUT HISOFTWARE
HiSoftware Company, the leader in enterprise content quality management solutions, provides innovative products that empower quality assurance teams, content developers, Web site architects, and company executives to work collaboratively on their efforts to create and manage corporate Web standards for Accessibility, Privacy, Searchability, Usability and custom guidelines and policies. HiSoftware’s integrated, full lifecycle solutions dramatically reduce the time required to test, manage and deploy e-business Web sites.

HiSoftware works closely with industry leaders and visionaries to provide solutions for today's information accessibility, content quality, search and retrieval needs. HiSoftware’s customers represent Fortune 500 companies, and many of the largest e-commerce, government, and educational sites in North America and around the world and include ChevronTexaco, Commerce One, Mercury Interactive, and Microsoft Government.

Founded in 1998, HiSoftware Company maintains North American corporate headquarters in Concord, New Hampshire. Further information about HiSoftware can be found online at www.hisoftware.com

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