Politicalnet.com Reaps Landslide of Publicity through Sponsorship of Political Consultants' 2000 Pollie Awards Conference.

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HOUSTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 6, 2000

Politicalnet.com(TM), a politically-oriented Web portal operated by Houston InterWeb Design, Inc. (OTCBB:HITD) http://www.hitd.net, recently served as a "Gold Sponsor" of the American Association of Political Consultants' 2000 Pollie Awards Conference, held at the Bally Hotel March 22 - 24 in Las Vegas. The Pollie Awards recognize outstanding public affairs practitioners and campaigns in the field of local and national politics. Winners were chosen from 80 categories.

Politicalnet.com(TM) is a political Web portal located at http://www.politicalnet.com. It is a part of InterWeb's subsidiary, Political Team http://politicalteam.com - a one-stop shop that can fulfill nearly any electronic campaigning need. It can assist politicians, candidates and organizations with everything from data broadcasting, faxing, email distribution, cyber-pitch(TM) cards, traditional graphics and advertising to political Web sites, e-polling, high-speed Web sites and online fundraising.

The 2000 Pollie Awards conference featured many of the country's political movers and shakers from campaign and public affairs professionals, such as the advisors of both George W. Bush and John McCain to major media from CNN's (NYSE: TWX) top political consultant Bill Schneider, ABC News (NYSE: DIS), New York Times (NYSE: NYT) and L.A. Times (NYSE: TMC, NYSE: TRB).

"By teaming with the American Association of Political Consultants for this event, we were able to gain national exposure for the features and benefits of Politicalnet.com and Politicalteam.com before a wide array of campaign and political industry professionals," says Harry White, CEO of Houston InterWeb.

"These are some of the very people who can utilize the services of Politicalnet.com and Politicalteam.com to create a powerful political marketing program, whether it consists of raising funds online, conducting polling, creating a dynamic web presence or just sending out targeted e-mail to potential voters. Instead of focusing on content driven Politicalnet.com, we provide a one-stop-shop for political marketing in the U.S. The conference gave us access to exactly the kind of audience we are looking to get in front of," White explains.

The American Association of Political Consultants (AAPC), founded in 1969, is a bipartisan organization of political professionals based in Washington, D.C. Association membership consists of political consultants, media consultants, pollsters, campaign managers, corporate public affairs officers, professors, fund-raisers, lobbyists, congressional staffers and vendors and is open to everyone associated with politics from the local level to the White House.

The AAPC's Pollie awards are held to honor the past year's top political public affairs practitioners and campaigns. Among the 80 Pollie Award categories are: State and National Public Affairs Campaigns, Membership Drives, Print/Graphics, Newspaper Ads, and High Technology. The AAPC invites companies and organizations to sponsor the event, recognizing sponsorships on a Gold, Silver, General, and Exhibitor level.

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