Sterling Testing Systems Forms Alliance With NEOGOV

Partnership will provide integrated hiring management and background screening solutions to local and state agencies.

(HRMarketer/PRWeb) May 16, 2007 -- Sterling Testing Systems, a leading provider of employment screening services and NEOGOV, the market and technology leader in on-demand workforce management for the public sector, announced today that they have entered into a strategic partnership to provide an integrated hiring management and employment screening solution.

The partnership will enable Sterling's public sector and higher education customers to access NEOGOV's on-demand hiring, selection, and testing management solutions uniquely designed for the public sector. The alliance will provide local and state governments and agencies with an integrated, on-demand workforce management and employment screening solution. The integrated solution will enable users to seamlessly conduct pre-employment background checks with Sterling from within the NEOGOV system. Applicant data is securely and automatically transmitted to Sterling upon initiation of a background check, eliminating the need for redundant data entry, resulting in a more efficient, accurate, and timely screening process.

Our proprietary, technology-based Court Direct platform has enabled us to provide the fastest criminal record searches in the industry. We fully expect that NEOGOV's customers will experience measurable productivity improvements in their hiring management processes driven by the efficiencies of our solutions.

"Sterling is pleased to offer its integrated screening solution to NEOGOV's customers. We work with a large number of public sector and higher education organizations and believe that the NEOGOV solution is expertly positioned to serve that market," said Paul Mladineo, Sterling's VP of Strategic Development. "Our proprietary, technology-based Court Direct platform has enabled us to provide the fastest criminal record searches in the industry. We fully expect that NEOGOV's customers will experience measurable productivity improvements in their hiring management processes driven by the efficiencies of our solutions."

"We are committed to helping our customers become more efficient while providing them with optimal user experience." said Damir Davidovic, CEO of NEOGOV. "Our partnership with Sterling, with its integrated pre-employment screening workflow, will help NEOGOV customers further streamline their hiring process and offer faster background results. Candidate information is quickly and accurately submitted for background screening with the click of a button without a need for duplicate data entry or faxing."

About Sterling Testing Systems, Inc.
Sterling Testing Systems, Inc. is a leading provider of pre-employment screening, HR outsourcing services, information and solutions. The company's proprietary technologies - Sterling DirectSM and Court DirectSM - seamlessly link HR professionals to a host of pre-employment screening and background information and data. Sterling maintains a 99 percent client retention rate and boasts 6,000 clients from Fortune 500 companies to small- and mid-sized companies in a range of industries including healthcare, retail, financial services, insurance, manufacturing, transportation, professional services, and telecommunications, among others. For more information, please visit www.sterlingtesting.com.

About NEOGOV:
NEOGOV is the market and technology leader in on-demand workforce management for the public sector. NEOGOV automates the entire hiring and employment process, including position requisition approval, automatic minimum qualification screening, test statistics and analysis, and EEO reporting. Customers can also take advantage of NEOGOV's top-notch customer service, training, and best practices offerings. NEOGOV works with a large number of state and local government agencies - ranging in size from 100 to 45,000 employees - such as the State of South Carolina, the State of Tenneesee, City of Dallas, TX; City of Houston, TX; Baltimore County, MD; City and County of Denver, CO; City and County of Honolulu, HI; City of Nashville, TN; and more than 20 percent of California's Counties - including Santa Clara County, San Bernardino County, and Orange County. For more information please visit http://www.neogov.com, or call
1-888-NEOGOV1.

For more information about the NEOGOV-Sterling Testing Systems Employment Screening solution, please contact Damian Villegas at 212-812-1046 (dvillegas(at)sterlingtesting.com) or Damir Davidovic at 1-888-NEOGOV1 ext 204 (damir(at)neogov.com).

Media Contact:
Stacie Grueser
Sterling Testing Systems, Inc
sgrueser(at)sterlingtesting.com
212.812.1050

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