Convergent Group to Help Indiana County Build Digital Government; Taxpayers and County Employees Will Benefit From More Efficient Government and Lower Costs.

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ENGLEWOOD, Colo.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 24, 2000

Convergent Group Corp. (Nasdaq/NMS:CVGP), a leading builder of digital governments, and Marion County, Ind., have signed an agreement to bring the county new state-of-the-art digital services.

The purpose of the 14-month, $3.6 million contract is to bring Marion County's property tax and land records systems into the digital age. The project is jointly funded by several key agencies -- township assessors, county auditor, county treasurer, county assessor and county recorder -- all of whom will share the project's cost.

"This represents a new vision for a digital government. Elected officials, employees and the public will all benefit with upgraded, digital services," noted Convergent Group Executive Vice President Jim Baxter. The new contract continues to build on a long-standing relationship among Convergent Group, Marion County and the City of Indianapolis, who have worked together on information technology (IT) projects dating back to 1988.

County officials believe the new project's benefits will improve customer service and employee productivity by reducing paper records required for business processes, help the county to comply with state mandates on property tax records, improve the generation of tax revenue, ensure citizens a fair, equitable and timely taxation process, increase interest earnings on county funds, reduce costs for records maintenance, and help expedite land development processes.

Paul Ricketts, Lawrence Township assessor, states: "Marion County elected officials will continue to embrace the state-of-the-art technology in order to ensure the most efficient, cost-effective government for our citizens. This endeavor will enable all facets of local government to be responsive to the taxpayers and citizens in their daily requests for services." According to Joan Romeril, Marion County assessor, "One of the greatest aspects of this project is that it will allow for day-to-day interaction between local governmental agencies to be conducted electronically."

Under the agreement, Convergent Group will deliver key business components of its Digital Government(SM), including an automated property tax administration system (PTAS), and an integrated land records (ILR) system. Convergent Group will provide expert consulting to reengineer the county's business processes.

Convergent Group will replace the county's aging, mainframe-based PTAS technology with software supplied by Cole, Layer and Trumble (CLT), which also provides the county's computer-aided mass appraisal (CAMA) software. FileNet's Panagon document imaging software will be used by the participating county agencies. Marion County's in-house information technology provider, SCT, will help coordinate the project.

With the new, digital system, all of the county's property tax billing and collection records and supporting data will be available online quickly and efficiently to county employees, who then can provide faster, more efficient service to citizens and businesses requesting tax data. "With the current system, citizens need to visit up to three offices to transact business or get basic tax information," Baxter said. "The new digital system will make property tax records available in a single stop."

The project is scheduled for completion by December 2001.

About Convergent Group Corporation

Convergent Group, founded in 1985, is the only end-to-end business transformation provider for local and state governments and utilities. The company engineers, builds and manages digital business solutions that allow governments and utilities to transform their organizations into digital business enterprises where employees, contractors and customers can transact business on a real-time basis using the Internet. The company's unique offerings provide both the digital infrastructure and business solutions necessary to operate in the new economy, a market characterized by heightened competition and unprecedented, rapid change.

The company combines existing and emerging digital technologies and proprietary solution models with acute subject matter expertise, focusing on mission-critical solutions that help governments and utilities increase revenues, reduce costs, improve customer service, enhance service reliability, improve resource management and leverage information assets. The company has offices in Denver, Boston, London and Brisbane. Visit Convergent Group on the World Wide Web at www.convergentgroup.com.

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