Deltek Helps Educational Services Provider Manage Their Budget Needs; ECMC Group Launches Deltek Enterprise Suite in under a Year.

HERNDON, Va. -- Deltek, the enterprise resource planning (ERP) vendor of choice for project-based businesses, announced today that educational services provider ECMC Group has implemented the Deltek Enterprise(TM) suite in less than 12 months, including back-end accounting solution Deltek Costpoint(R) and Enterprise Planner, part of Deltek's business performance management tools.

ECMC Group purchased Deltek's ERP solution in April 2004 to streamline various business processes, including financial and project accounting, budgeting, purchasing, and human resource needs such as timekeeping and employee expense. Within just 12 weeks, the company was running Enterprise Planner to address its budgeting needs, fully implementing the entire Deltek suite nine months later.

"Enterprise Planner quickly eliminated the inefficiencies inherent in our previous process," said ECMC CFO Kathy King. "Deltek enabled us to more effectively facilitate our budgeting process, as well as synchronize all of our financial and project needs into one fully integrated database."

ECMC Group is the parent company of nonprofit and for-profit affiliated subsidiaries, all supporting ECMC Group's primary mission: Helping Educate America. With just over 350 employees and four offices across the United States, ECMC Group encounters challenges typical of modern organizations. Ed Spear, ECMC CIO, acknowledged the support Deltek provides in facing these challenges: "Using Deltek, we are able to streamline our accounting efforts and, achieve a more comprehensive view of critical financial and budgeting data."

ABOUT ECMC GROUP

ECMC Group is the parent company of nonprofit and for-profit affiliated subsidiaries, all supporting ECMC Group's primary mission: Helping Educate America. The largest ECMC Group subsidiary, Educational Credit Management Corporation (ECMC), a nonprofit company, is the designated guarantor for the Commonwealth of Virginia and the state of Oregon. ECMC partners with students and their families, the U.S. Department of Education, schools, and lenders in the administration and management of the Federal Family Education Loan Program (FFELP).

ECMC Foundation, a charitable organization and the capstone of ECMC Group companies, is dedicated to fostering innovative solutions to: increase access to postsecondary education especially among underserved populations, and to increase the effective use of financial aid.

ABOUT DELTEK

With more than 8,000 customers, Herndon, VA-based Deltek is the leading provider of enterprise resource planning (ERP) solutions for project-based businesses and professional services firms. Founded in 1983, Deltek enables companies to maximize profitability and productivity, integrating all aspects of their businesses. Deltek focuses on the architecture/engineering/construction, IT/systems integration, professional services and government contracting markets. Its clients include Bechtel, CACI, HOK and Verizon. Analyst firm Technology Evaluation Centers declares Deltek "... the ERP leader for professional services industries and other companies focused on project-related work."

Deltek Enterprise(TM), Deltek Vision(R) and Deltek GCS Premier(R) power a myriad of front- and back-office applications including accounting, billing, resource planning, budgeting and control, business intelligence, CRM and proposal automation, employee time and expense, HR management, procurement and materials management and project management.

Visit www.deltek.com, or call 800/456-2009 in the United States or [phone] in the United Kingdom.

Deltek Enterprise(TM), Deltek Vision(R), Deltek GCS Premier(R), Deltek Costpoint(R) and Deltek GovWin(TM) are registered trademarks of Deltek Systems, Inc. All other product names used are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective owners. This press release is available on the Deltek Web site at www.deltek.com.