DRAPER, Utah – October 10, 2001 – Learnframe™, the leading developer of e-Learning infrastructure technologies, and NETg a premier content provider and member of the Thomson Learning family of companies together with Transportation Virtual University (TVU), an arm of the US Department of Transportation chartered to provide the government with web-based learning programs, today announced the completion of the Internet University Program.

Charged with the responsibility of implementing cost effective e-Learning solutions that can be globally accessed, TVU turned to Learnframe and NETg. The Internet University Program, the latest project undertaken by Learnframe, NETg and TVU, required the creation of a Learnframe Learning Center. A Learning Center consists of a catalog of educational courses/materials, an LMS to manage the catalog and student’s training plan, and an e-commerce storefront. Learnframe’s ability to quickly implement its superior technology allowed the Learning Center implementation to be completed within two weeks of TVU’s request.

“Learnframe is helping TVU fulfill their objectives in multiple projects by reducing the cost and increasing the value of training,” said Mike Memmott Sr., CEO and chairman of Learnframe. “Learnframe has proven successful in meeting TVU’s objectives and has the ability to address training needs at all levels of government.”

With TVU, Learnframe has added the US Department of Agriculture (USDA) Graduate School, and the State of Washington Department of Personnel to its list of successful installations.

“The government spends millions of dollars each year on training with many trainees like the USDA graduate students requiring several years of instruction,” said Larry Mercier, program manager of TVU. “Federal, state and local governments have all recognized the growing need for more economical, integrated solutions—that’s why TVU was created. We have partnered with Learnframe and NETg to provide superior, cost effective instruction to these institutions.”

Learnframe and NETg formalized their relationship in December of 2000. This influential partnership has resulted in multiple large-scale projects requiring the industry leading expertise of both firms.”

About TVU
The Transportation Virtual University (TVU) is within the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT), Transportation Administrative Service Center's (TASC) Information Technology Operations (ITO) office. TASC is one of 12 modal administrations within DOT, with about 300 employees and 650 contract personnel on site, and operates as a fee-for-service organization. TASC aims at providing quality services and products to Federal, State and Local governments. The three words in the TASC logo: Service, Value and Success are indicative of TVU's business approach. ITO is Government Owned - Contractor Operated (GOCO) with a team of 26 federal employees and about 200 contract employees that offers the unique ability to leverage public/private sector partnerships to provide resources on demand to federal, state and local government customers.

About Learnframe
Founded in 1992 and headquartered in Draper, Utah, Learnframe develops state-of-the-art e-Learning solutions for enterprises of any size, government agencies, learning providers and Internet businesses around the world. Learnframe's premier enterprise infrastructure product, Nebo ™, is based on an open architecture that quickly and seamlessly integrates any content, providing an advanced level of automated training administration. Other products and services include Pinnacle™, Learnframe's sophisticated learning management system designed for small and medium sized businesses, the Learnframe Learning Center™, which has the largest online library of CBT, WBT, text, audio and video courses on the market with an e-commerce front end and Learnframe's Professional Services Practice, a product and transition consulting service. Customers include Coca-Cola, Compaq, Lucent Technologies, PeopleSoft, Rockwell Collins and Whirlpool. For more information, please contact Ron Wilson at rwilson@learnframe.com, Bobby Brandi at bbrandi@learnframe.com or call 800.738.9800. Visit www.learnframe.com for product and company details.