CALVERTON, Md. - (Business Wire) Macro today announced that it was awarded the ABLEDATA contract by the U.S. Department of Education
’s National Institute on Disability and Rehabilitation Research. The $3.9 million, 5-year contract enables Macro to continue operation of the premier information resource on assistive devices for people with disabilities.
Macro has operated ABLEDATA since 1992, taking it from a relatively small database of assistive technology with a limited customer base to an internationally renowned source of comprehensive, objective information about assistive products and other disability-related issues that serves more than 5 million people annually. On its award-winning website, abledata.com, and by phone, e-mail, and fax, the ABLEDATA staff provides a wide variety of information, products, and services at no cost directly to the consumers of assistive technology—people with disabilities—and the other populations that are directly connected to them, including family members and caregivers; therapists and others in the rehabilitation field; assistive technology businesses and researchers; disability organizations, service providers, and advocates; policymakers at all levels of government; healthcare professionals; and third-party payers.
“Under Macro’s stewardship, ABLEDATA has grown to be a one-stop resource for information on assistive products and disability issues, providing people in need with information they can use to improve their quality of life,” said Katherine Belknap, ABLEDATA’s project director since 2000.
Macro delivers research-based solutions to complex problems, combining a high level of expertise and state-of-the-art tools and techniques to provide answers that are on time and on target. We work with clients to develop the right questions and the right tools for the job, whether they are surveys, focus groups, onsite investigations, or tightly controlled comparative studies. The collective knowledge and expertise of our staff span virtually every area of public policy and social concern.
About Macro International
Macro delivers research-based solutions to complex problems, combining a high level of expertise and state-of-the-art tools and techniques to provide answers that are on time and on target. We work with clients to develop the right questions and the right tools for the job, whether they are surveys, focus groups, onsite investigations, or tightly controlled comparative studies. The collective knowledge and expertise of our staff span virtually every area of public policy and social concern.
About infoGROUP
infoGROUP (www.infoGROUP.com) (NASDAQ: IUSA), founded in 1972, is the leading provider of business and consumer databases for sales leads & mailing lists, database marketing services, data processing services and sales and marketing solutions. Content is the essential ingredient in every marketing program, and infoGROUP has the most comprehensive data in the industry, and is the only company to own 12 proprietary databases under one roof. The infoGROUP database powers the directory services of the top Internet traffic-generating sites. Nearly 4 million customers use infoGROUP products and services to find new customers, grow their sales, and for other direct marketing, telemarketing, customer analysis and credit reference purposes. infoGROUP headquarters are located at 5711 S. 86th Circle, Omaha, NE 68127 and can be contacted at (402) 593-4500. To know more about Sales Leads, click www.infoGROUP.com.
Statements in this announcement other than historical data and information constitute forward looking statements that involve risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from those stated or implied by such forward-looking statements. The potential risks and uncertainties include, but are not limited to, recent changes in senior management, the successful integration of recent and future acquisitions, fluctuations in operating results, failure to successfully carry out our Internet strategy or to grow our Internet revenue, effects of leverage, changes in technology and increased competition. More information about potential factors that could affect the company's business and financial results is included in the company's filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
Macro International Inc.
Kristin Jones, 301-572-0896
Kristin.S.Jones@macrointernational.com
or
infoGROUP
Lisa Olson, 402-593-4541
Senior Vice President, Corporate Relations
E-Mail: lisa.olson@infogroup.com
