ACS to Acquire CompIQ Corporation

CompIQ is a national provider of medical bill review and cost-containment services for the workers' compensation, group health and liability insurance industries. Utilizing its proprietary web-based software, IQReview, CompIQ enables clients to save money and increase operating efficiency by re-pricing medical bills in accordance with usual and customary rates, state and hospital fee schedules and preferred provider organization discounts.

"This acquisition demonstrates our commitment to helping our clients manage their insurance and healthcare costs by providing technology-enabled medical bill review and recovery services," said Tom Blodgett, group president of ACS Business Process Solutions. "The addition of CompIQ gives us capabilities we do not possess today and helps differentiate ACS as a leading provider of responsive, reliable and flexible solutions to the healthcare and insurance payer markets."

CompIQ's trailing twelve month revenue for the period ending March 31, 2008, was approximately $17 million. The business will be known as ACS CompIQ and will continue to be managed by CompIQ's existing executive team, adding approximately 130 employees to ACS operations.

"The combination of ACS and CompIQ increases our ability to penetrate the bill review market," said Art Zeiner, Jr., founder and chief executive officer of CompIQ. "ACS will be able to leverage our industry expertise to provide end-to-end audit, bill review and recovery services, and we will be able to cross sell the full suite of ACS services to our existing clients. We look forward to helping ACS meet its long-term growth objectives, not only by providing state-of-the-art administrative services, but also by enabling our clients to manage their overall healthcare, insurance and operating costs."

CompIQ was founded in 1997 and has become the premier national provider of medical bill review software and services to the workers' compensation, group health and liability insurance industry. It developed the first paperless workflow for medical bill review, incorporating an innovative web-based tool that allows claims professionals to view medical bills and re-pricing information from their desktop without exiting their claim management software. CompIQ is also an expert in the development of electronic data interface for integration, offering a wide variety of software applications used in the management and adjudication of workers' compensation claims. In addition to its software solutions, CompIQ provides customized offerings designed to fit the unique requirements of every cost-containment program.

ACS, a global FORTUNE 500 company with 62,000 people supporting client operations reaching more than 100 countries, provides business process outsourcing and information technology solutions to world-class commercial and government clients. The company's Class A common stock trades on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol "ACS." Learn more about ACS at http://www.acs-inc.com.

The statements in this news release that do not directly relate to historical facts constitute "forward-looking statements" within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These statements are subject to numerous risks and uncertainties, many of which are outside the Company's control. As such, no assurance can be given that the actual events and results will not be materially different than the anticipated results described in the forward-looking statements. Factors could cause actual results to differ materially from such forward-looking statements. For a description of these factors, see the company's prior filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission, including our most recent filing. ACS disclaims any intention or obligation to revise any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future event, or otherwise.

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