ARLINGTON, Va. - July 13, 2005 - Plateau Systems, a leading provider of software for developing, managing and optimizing organizational skills and
talent, today announced that it has been awarded prime contractor status to provide learning and employee performance management software,
implementation services and application and content hosting to federal agencies under the Gov Online Learning Center (GoLearn) initiative.
Plateau was originally selected by the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) in 2002 to provide its learning management system (LMS) to federal agencies
through GoLearn. Because of Plateau's three-year track record of successful deployments under GoLearn, OPM again selected Plateau as a provider of LMS
software, and has expanded the scope of Plateau's offerings to federal agencies. Under the new award, Plateau will be a prime contractor,
providing software applications including learning management, employee performance management, virtual learning, learning content management and
other supporting capabilities. Plateau will also provide application and content hosting, as well as implementation and consulting services.
"We are expanding our relationship with federal government agencies during a time when learning and employee performance management have never been more important," said Paul Sparta, chairman and CEO of Plateau Systems. "As a prime contactor of learning and performance management software,
implementation services and application and content hosting, we are able to provide federal organizations with one point of contact and accountability
for all their training and employee performance needs."
Through GoLearn, federal agencies will be able to acquire Plateau's entire suite of solutions, enabling them to manage all aspects of learning and
employee performance management. With Plateau Learning, agencies will be able to access online and classroom training courses and content, take
exams, conduct synchronous virtual classroom meetings and collaborate. With Plateau Performance, agencies will be able to maintain competency libraries,
perform career and succession planning, conduct 360 degree multi-rater assessments, align individual training and performance with agency-wide
goals and manage individual development plans.
GoLearn is an initiative designed to provide a broad range of learning and employee performance management solutions to federal agencies for the
effective development and retention of a high-quality and diverse federal workforce. As a vendor included in the original GoLearn initiative, Plateau
has already been successfully deployed by many high-profile federal organizations including the Internal Revenue Service, Department of
Transportation, Department of Veterans Affairs, Transportation Security Administration and Department of Agriculture.
Over the past three years, Plateau has worked closely with its government user group to develop unique capabilities specifically to support federal
agencies. Examples of these capabilities include external training requests for SF182 and DD1556 processes, multi-step approval processes, access to
agency training offerings by approved external parties and analytical reports to meet the Office of Management and Budget reporting requirements.
Plateau's selection by GoLearn is further validation of the company's strong performance. Plateau was recently ranked #1 in strategy and #1 in current
offering in the 2005 Forrester Wave for Enterprise Learning Management Suites report, and was named the overall customer satisfaction leader among
global enterprises in the 2005 Bersin & Associates LMS Customer Satisfaction Study.
Plateau Performance provides best-in-class performance management functionality integrated with Plateau Learning to enable organizations to
continuously manage performance, develop capabilities and optimize organization-wide talent.
Individuals interested in learning more about GoLearn or how to deploy Plateau through GoLearn should go to www.golearn.gov.
About Plateau:
Plateau is a leading provider of adaptable Web-based software
for developing, managing and optimizing organizational skills and talent to
increase workforce productivity and business operations performance.
Plateau's software is being used by some of the world's largest, most
successful enterprises, including the American Red Cross, General Electric,
Internal Revenue Service and Wendy's International. Industry analysts,
including Forrester Research and Bersin & Associates, have rated Plateau a
leader in functionality, technology and customer satisfaction. The company
is headquartered in Arlington, Va. For more information, please visit
www.plateau.com.
