Ninth House and the U.S. Department of Justice to Present at Learning & Training Week 2003 Conference and Expo.

Business Editors/High-Tech Writers

Learning and Training Week 2003

SAN FRANCISCO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 28, 2003

Session Addresses Steep Money and Time Savings

Resulting From Ninth House Online Training

Ninth House, the leader in online business skills training, today announced it will present a business case session titled, "How the U.S. Department of Justice Honed its E-Learning Strategies to Expand Training Across Multiple Agencies and Shaved Costs," at Learning & Training Week 2003 Conference & Expo. Together with the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ), Jeff Snipes, CEO and Co-Founder, Ninth House, Inc. and Cathy Williams, Federal Market Manager, Ninth House, Inc., will discuss the findings of an internal report on training by the DOJ that shows significant results from a two-year pilot E-Learning project.

Attendees will get an inside look into the DOJ's e-Learning initiative that began with a 35-employee pilot and produced the following results over a two-year period:

-- Estimated savings of $10.5 million over traditional classroom

training for the 4,247 Ninth House courses completed during

the two-year period.

-- Ten times the number of employees trained with Ninth House

compared to traditional classroom training.

-- Time savings of 69 work years for the 4,247 Ninth House

courses taken by DOJ employees during FY 2001 - FY 2002.

-- High employee satisfaction ratings from employees who cited

the Ninth House training as "equal or superior to classroom

training."

-- Across-the-board support of Office of Personnel Management's

(OPM) core qualifications.

When and Where:

Media and attendees are invited to hear "How the U.S. Department of Justice Honed its E-Learning Strategies to Expand Training Across Multiple Agencies and Shaved Costs," on Tuesday, April 29, 2003, 8:15 a.m. - 9:00 a.m., at the Washington Convention Center, Washington D.C.

About Learning & Training Week 2003 Conference & Expo:

Learning & Training Week attendees come from targeted industries that are at the forefront of e-learning implementation: Government and Military, Education, Manufacturing, Service Providers, Channels, Financial, Healthcare, Retail/Wholesale, Architecture and Utilities. For additional conference information, please go to: www.learningandtrainingweek.com.

About Ninth House:

Ninth House helps organizations drive behavioral change across the enterprise by providing the most effective and engaging online business skills training available today. Ninth House(R) courses, eSeries(R) simulations and Instant Advice(R) modules combine engaging and interactive delivery with the teachings of the world's foremost business thinkers like Ken Blanchard, Tom Peters and Peter Senge. With usage rates that are 50% higher and course completion rates that are 300% higher than typical online learning rates, as well as a blended design that accelerates traditional classroom training, Ninth House has become the premier training choice of leading organizations like British Telecommunications, Wachovia Corporation, Empire BlueCross BlueShield, JP Morgan Chase, the U.S. Navy, the U.S. Department of Justice, Alumni Affairs and Development at Cornell University and Sara Lee.

Ninth House is headquartered in San Francisco, CA. For more information, please visit the Ninth House website at: www.ninthhouse.com, or call: 415/277-8200.

Note to Editors: Ninth House(R) and Instant Advice(R) are registered trademarks of Ninth House, Inc.