The Integrity Group Receives 2008 Houston's Best Award U.S. Local Business Association Honors the Documentation Company

WASHINGTON D.C., April 4, 2008 -- The Integrity Group has been selected for the 2008 Houston's Best Award in the Technical Manual Preparation category by the U.S. Local Business Association (USLBA).
The USLBA "Best of Local Business" Award Program recognizes outstanding local businesses throughout the country. Each year, USLBA members are asked to identify companies they believe have achieved exceptional marketing success and overall customer satisfaction in their local market and business category. These local companies enhance the positive image of small businesses through service to their customers and community.

A record number of surveys were submitted this year by members from all fifty states. The awards represent excellence in local business and rate the best local businesses in three different categories: Marketing, Image, and Community.

The Integrity Group (Integrity) is a HUB-Certified,Woman-Owned Global Business. The organization has a 15-year history of serving clients in the U.S., Europe, and Asia-Pacific regions. One of Integrity’s specialties is researching, writing, and developing technical content for printed, online and multimedia deliverables. In addition, Integrity develops, produces, and deploys the technical documentation, training, and marketing communications materials for thousands of projects each year. Their clients include Fortune 500 companies in the technology, energy, medical, and finance industries.

The 2008 USLBA Award Program focused on quality, not quantity. Winners are determined based on the overall merits of each category rather than how many votes a local business receives. However, to qualify for a 2008 USLBA Award, a program must receive at least 1 percent of the popular vote.

About The Integrity Group

Since 1994, The Integrity Group has provided global solutions to meet the documentation, training, and marketing communication needs of customers in a variety of markets, including technology, manufacturing, oil and gas, government, healthcare, and higher education. Integrity helps clients maximize their customers’ experiences and accelerate employee performance.

For more information on The Integrity Group and all of their documentation, training, and marketing communications service offerings, call 877-468-3477 (toll-free), send an email to info@go-integrity.com, or visit www.go-integrity.com.

About U.S. Local Business Association

U.S. Local Business Association (USLBA) is a Washington D.C. based organization founded and funded by local businesses that operate in every town across America. The purpose of USLBA is to promote local business through PR activities such as advertising, education, political donations, lobbying, and publishing.

The USLBA was established to offer market research, marketing consultation, public relations and advertising to local businesses. The organization works exclusively with local business owners, marketing groups and local associations. The USLBA mission is to provide operational support, marketing, and partnership programs for local businesses across America. For more information, visit http://www.USLBA.net, or email PublicRelations@USLBA.net.

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The Integrity Group named to Top 500 Women-Owned Business List

HOUSTON (March 2008) In recognition of the economic power of multicultural businesses, DiversityBusiness.com, the nation’s leading multicultural Internet website, recently named The Integrity Group as one of the “Top Women-Owned Businesses in the United States (Div500).”

The Div500 is the 8th annual listing of the Nation’s top 500 women-owned businesses. The businesses listed on the Div500 represent the nation’s top multicultural earners and challenge the long-held notion that a women-owned business is small or insignificant. Major corporations that want to increase spending with women-owned businesses seek out Div500 members.

The Integrity Group will be honored at a special awards ceremony at DiversityBusiness.com’s “8th Annual Multicultural Business Conference,” taking place April 23–25, 2008 at Walt Disney World Resort’s BoardWalk in Orlando, Florida.

DiversityBusiness.com also recognizes The Integrity Group for being named among “Top Small Businesses in Texas (Div100),” “Top Diversity Owned Businesses in Texas (Div100),” and “Top Women Owned Business in Texas (Div100).” For the complete list of winning companies, visit www.diversitybusiness.com.

“I’m thrilled and honored to receive this recognition,” said Deborah Clifton, The Integrity Group CEO. “We are dedicated to diversity at Integrity. Our wonderful culture and the quality of the services we provide are due in large part to the high level of creativity that exists in our diverse corporate environment.”

About The Integrity Group
Since 1994, The Integrity Group has provided global solutions to meet the documentation, training, and marketing communication needs of customers in a variety of markets, including technology, manufacturing, oil and gas, government, and higher education. Integrity helps clients maximize their customers’ experiences and accelerate employee performance.

“The Integrity approach gives customers the ability to reduce infrastructure costs, meet time-to-market schedules, and centralize processes. In other words, by doing what we do best, we let our clients do what they do best—focus on their core businesses,” Clifton said.

For more information on The Integrity Group and all of their documentation, training, and marketing communications service offerings, call 877-468-3477 (toll-free), send an email to info@go-integrity.com, or visit www.go-integrity.com.

The Impact of Women-Owned Business
“Women businesses and consumers are a growing force in the U.S. economy, and a force to be reckoned with,” said Kenton Clarke, CEO of Computer Consulting Associates International, the company that built DiversityBusiness.com. “This is a whole business segment that can carry its own, that provides jobs, products and services, and generates wealth for their communities. These are the new leaders in American business.”

Affected by recent economic and demographic trends and changes, Fortune 1000 corporations throughout the country have recognized that buying products and services from women-owned businesses positively affects their business. Diversity-owned businesses contribute over $1.4 trillion in sales to the U.S. economy.

Carmen Castillo, President of Superior Design International, Inc., in Florida, commented, “These groups of companies represent the organizational spirit that drives our economy and even more. It offers insights into a vastness of cultures and an exchange of ideas that are so valuable in helping us to understand how to reach the needs of today's consumers.”

The Div500
The Div500 is a classification that represents the top 500 women-owned businesses in the U.S., in sectors such as technology, manufacturing, food service, and professional services. Large organizational buyers throughout the country that do business with multicultural and women-owned businesses use the list. DiversityBusiness.com, the nation's leading multicultural B2B Internet portal that links large organizational buyers to multicultural product and service suppliers, produces the Div500 list annually.

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The Integrity Group sweeps industry awards

HOUSTON, (February 2006) – The Integrity Group, the company that has long been known as a premier global outsourcing provider for documentation, training, and marketing communication services, recently swept a Houston awards ceremony for providing the highest quality documentation.

Integrity’s dedication to documentation and training excellence was recognized during this year’s Society for Technical Communication (STC) Houston Technical Publications, Art, and Online Communications competition, an annual event for which competition entrants submit work to be judged by professional peers throughout the nation. Integrity won 30 awards for outstanding documentation and training—more than any other company represented at the banquet honoring the winners. This award count broke the Integrity record of 18 awards received last year, as well as any former STC record. Integrity was recognized with two Distinguished Awards, 15 Awards of Excellence, and 13 Awards of Merit. Integrity's content developers, graphic designers, training specialists, and quality assurance specialists all garnered awards.

Since 1994, Integrity has set the standard as an outsourcing provider for the technical documentation, training, and marketing communication world, and has earned numerous awards over the years.

“I have always known that The Integrity Group was full of talented and creative people. I’m pleased and proud that they have received the recognition they so richly deserve. Without a doubt, our commitment to excellence for our customers and industry is far superior than any other outsourcing provider you’ll find today,” said Deborah Clifton, CEO and founder of The Integrity Group.

About Integrity
The organization has been providing solutions to meet the unique documentation, training, and marketing communication needs of customers throughout the United States for more than a decade. Integrity serves a variety of markets, including technology, manufacturing, oil and gas, government, and higher education. Integrity’s goal is to help any client maximize the experience and accelerate the performance of any employee, customer, partner, or prospect they are targeting.

“The Integrity approach gives customers the ability to reduce infrastructure costs, meet time-to-market schedules, and centralize processes. In other words, by doing what we do best, we let our customers do what they do best–focus on their core businesses,” Clifton said.

For more information on The Integrity Group and all of their service offerings, please contact Lori Schaub, Sales and Marketing Manager, toll free at 877-468-3477, extension 107, or visit http://www.go-integrity.com.

About the Society for Technical Communication
STC is the world's largest professional association serving the technical communication profession with more than 20,000 members and 144 chapters worldwide. STC's membership includes technical communicators employed in a wide range of job disciplines including writers, editors, graphic artists, illustrators, translators, managers, educators, students, independent consultants, and photographers. For information, visit http://www.stc.org.

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Deborah Clifton of The Integrity Group Named NAWBO Awards Finalist

HOUSTON, (February 2006) – Deborah Clifton, founder and president of The Integrity Group, has been named one of only seven finalists for the “Business Owner of the Year” award from the National Association of Women Business Owners. With headquarters in Houston, The Integrity Group is a leading supplier of documentation, training and marketing communications, and is certified as a HUB vendor by the State of Texas. More information on The Integrity Group is available at
www.go-integrity.com.

“I’m very proud of what we’ve been able to achieve over the past decade at The Integrity Group, and it is gratifying to learn that the National Association of Women Business Owners is also taking note of our accomplishments,” Clifton said.

The National Association of Women Business Owners® (NAWBO®) is the voice of America's 10.6 million women-owned businesses. Since 1975, NAWBO has helped women evolve their businesses by sharing resources and providing a single voice to shape economic and public policy. National Association of Women Business Owners is the only dues-based national organization representing the interests of women entrepreneurs across all industries.

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