DENVER (Feb. 12, 2008) –SysTest Labs, a Denver-based company and a national leader in quality assurance (QA) and independent verification and validation (IV&V) solutions, added several new state government contracts to its growing government services practice in 2007.

New contracts with state agencies in Alaska, North Dakota, Washington, Oregon and Wyoming helped drive sales growth in the Government Practice from $5.7 million in 2006 to $7.3 million in 2007 and revenue growth from $3 million in 2006 to $5 million in 2007. Highlights of the services provided through the new contracts include:

• Development of an operational security plan for the Alaska Department of Labor and Workforce Development unemployment insurance program.
• IV&V services for the North Dakota Medicaid Systems Project, a replacement of the legacy Medicaid Management Information System.
• QA planning for the North Dakota Information Technology Department (ITD) to help develop a plan for QA/control implementation that meets the organization needs of the ITD.
• QA/IV&V services for the state of Washington’s Provider Payroll Project (PPP), a unified payment engine for multiple Washington social services providers.
• IV&V services for the Oregon Employment Department to verify the State Workforce Agency’s compliance with the Social Security Administration’s systems security requirements.
• Software testing services for the Wyoming Department of Health Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services Division.

“With a dedicated government services team of 25 information technology professionals, SysTest Labs has the flexibility and expertise to quickly and effectively meet the needs of government agencies,” said Robert Mitchell, vice president of government services for SysTest Labs. “We’re optimistic that we can continue to build on our growth in the government sector in 2008.”

“We selected SysTest Labs as our Independent Verification and Validation partner because of their subject matter experts and system testing experience,” said Karalee Adam, Program Manager for the North Dakota Department of Human Services’ Medicaid Systems Project.

SysTest Labs currently has 17 projects in its government practice and has provided services to more than 25 state government agencies since 2001.

About SysTest Labs

SysTest Labs is a premier provider of software testing, quality assurance and independent verification and validation services, with a growing portfolio of over 250 commercial and government organizations across North America since its inception in 1996. As an independent testing lab, SysTest Labs has distinguished itself as an accredited Voting System Test Laboratory (VSTL) by the U.S. Election Assistance Commission (EAC) for the provision of electronic voting system certification testing.

Service offerings include: independent verification and validation (IV&V); quality assurance (QA); project management; software certification; on-site software test consulting and engineering; outsourced software test engineering; security assessments and testing; automated software test support, development, and execution; test and QA management; and load, stress and performance testing. For more information, visit www.systest.com or call (303) 575-6881.