Parsons Deploys SumTotal Learning and Talent Management System

PASADENA, CA (July 7, 2006) – Parsons has deployed SumTotal’s Enterprise Suite (Nasdaq: SUMT), a software platform for managing talent as well as analyzing, storing, and delivering learning. Parsons plans to use the software to provide learning and development programs for its employees and contractors.

“Our capacity to design, build, and operate diverse facilities and infrastructure systems hinges, in part, on our employees’ ability to continue to develop their project management skills and expertise,” said Stacey Williamson, manager of Online Training for Parsons Corporate Training and Development. “We plan to use Enterprise Suite not only to boost the efficiency of our project management program but also to analyze the results of the high-level instruction.”

Parsons also plans to use the platform for training initiatives that will enhance customer satisfaction and regulatory compliance. With enterprise-wide learning management technology in place, Parsons aims to offer its employees an always open, single source for developing their talent and skills.

About Parsons

Parsons, celebrating over 60 years of setting industry standards, is a leader in many diversified markets such as transportation, facilities, planning, infrastructure, industrial processes, communications, water, environmental, and advanced technology. Parsons provides technical and management solutions to private industrial customers worldwide as well as federal, regional, and local government agencies. For more about Parsons, please visit us at www.parsons.com.

About SumTotal Systems

SumTotal Systems is the largest provider of talent, learning and business performance technologies and services. SumTotal deploys mission-critical solutions that align talent and knowledge with business goals to generate significant bottom-line results. With more than 17 million users worldwide, SumTotal has helped accelerate performance and profits for more than 1,500 of the world’s best-known companies and government agencies including Accenture, Aetna, Cendant, DaimlerChrysler, Delta Air Lines, Harley-Davidson, Microsoft, Novartis, PNC Bank, U.S. Army, U.S. Air Force, U.S. Navy, U.S. Coast Guard, U.S. Bancorp, United Airlines, Vodafone, Wachovia and Wyeth. SumTotal has offices throughout the United States, in London, Paris, Singapore, Sydney, Tokyo, Hong Kong and Hyderabad, India. For more information about SumTotal's products and services, visit www.sumtotalsystems.com.

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