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PEARSON GOVERNMENT SOLUTIONS DONATES $4,000 TO LOCAL ORGANIZATIONS

CORBIN, KY., July 6, 2005 - IterityXXX, which employs 470 people at a facility at Cumberland Gap Parkway, has made donations totaling $4,000 to several area not-for-profit organizations as part of the company's corporate contributions program.

Organizations receiving the donations and the programs benefiting from Pearson funding are:

Friends of Kentucky 4-H, Lexington, to help fund the Kentucky Volunteer Forum, a four-day conference held every other year for 4-H youth and adult volunteers from across Kentucky. The next event will be March 23-26, 2006.

Knox County Health Department, Barbourville, to assist the county in its diabetes education program.

Union College Common Partners Program, Barbourville, to support the Knox County Repair Affair project, which annually provides volunteers for a day of home repairs for low-income residents of Knox County, particularly disabled and elderly residents.

West Knox Elementary School, Corbin, to help support the school's outdoor classroom, which provides all students of the school with enhanced science learning opportunities.

Whitley County Library, Williamsburg, to assist in purchasing books, puppets and other educational materials for the for the library's weekly Toddler Story Hour program.

"As a major employer in the greater Corbin area, we believe it is important to give back to the community," said Jim Clark, Deputy Program Manager for Pearson Government Solutions. "We're delighted to support these organizations which provide much needed services and assistance to people in the greater Corbin area."

Pearson Government Solutions has been in the Corbin community since 2002 when it opened the National Customer Service Center for the Bureau of Citizenship and Immigration Services.

About Pearson Government Solutions

With nearly 5,000 employees worldwide, Pearson Government Solutions, Arlington, Va., serves the U.S. federal, state and local, and international governments; higher education institutions and student financial aid entities; and the worldwide telecommunications industry. The company designs, builds, and operates solutions that optimize the performance of public sector entities in delivering information, benefits, and services to their constituents. Clients include the Federal Communications Commission; the U.S. Departments of Defense, Education, Health and Human Services, Homeland Security, Justice, Labor, and Veterans Affairs; the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission and the U.S. Office of Personnel Management.

Pearson Government Solutions is a business of Pearson, the international media company. Pearson's primary operations include Pearson Education, the Financial Times Group, and the Penguin Group.