February 22, 2007

CDG Named Top Women-Owned Business in US, Top Diversity Business, Top Women-Owned Business in Texas
Local Business Named Among Nation's Top 500, Texas' Top 100 in Two Categories

In recognition of the economic power of multicultural businesses, DiversityBusiness.com, the nations' leading multicultural internet site, recently named CDG as one of the 'Top 500 Woman Owned businesses in the United States (Div500)', one of the Top 100 Diversity Owned Businesses in Texas' and one of the Top 100 Woman Owned Businesses in Texas'.

The Div500 is the 7th annual listing of the Nation's top 500 Woman Owned businesses. Ranging in revenue size from $5,345,268 to over $1.3 billion, the companies listed on the Div500 represent the Nation's top Woman Owned earners and challenge the long-held notion that a Woman Owned business is small or insignificant. Div500 members are sought after by major corporations wishing to increase spending with Woman Owned businesses.

The Div100 is the 7th annual listing of the Texas's top 100 Woman Owned businesses.ÊRanging in revenue size from $1,925,000 to over $867,928,125, the companies listed on the Div100 represent the state's top Woman Owned businesses.

The Div100 is the 7th annual listing of the Texas's top 100 diversity-owned businesses. Ranging in revenue size from $5,425,000 to over $867,928,125, the companies listed on the Div100 represent Texas's top multicultural earners and challenge the long-held notion that a diversity-owned or Woman Owned business is small or insignificant. Div100 members are sought after by major corporations wishing to increase spending with diversity and woman owned companies.

The Impact of Diversity Business

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

Woman Owned 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.'

Gloria Bohan, CEO of Omega World Travel in Fairfax, Virginia commented, 'This group represents the entrepreneurial 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 me to understand how to reach the needs of today's consumers'

The Div500

The Div500 is a classification that represents the top 500 Woman 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 small businesses use the list. The Div500 is produced annually by DiversityBusiness.com, the nation's leading multicultural B2B Internet portal that links large organizational buyers to multicultural product and service suppliers.

The winning companies will be honored at a special awards ceremony at DiversityBusiness.com's '7th Annual Multicultural Business Conference', taking place April 11 - 13, 2007 at the Mirage in Las Vegas, Nevada.

At CDG we attribute our longevity to our commitment to client service excellence, which we are able to provide through the skill, dedication, and commitment of our employees. We are humbled to be honored again with this prestigious distinction, and to be recognized in three categories',says Deborah Driskill, daughter of recently retired CDG founder, Cynthia Driskill.

The Div100 is a classification that represents the top 100 diversity-owned (Women, Blacks, Hispanics, Asians, Native Indian and other minority groups) businesses in Texas, as well as an additional classification that represents the top 100 Woman Owned businesses in Texas 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. The Div100 is produced annually by DiversityBusiness.com, the nation's leading multicultural B2B Internet portal that links large organizational buyers to multicultural product and service suppliers.

The winning companies will be honored at a special awards ceremony at DiversityBusiness.com’s “7th Annual Multicultural Business Conference”, taking place April 11 - 13, 2007 at the Mirage in Las Vegas, Nevada.

For the complete list of winning companies, please visit www.diversitybusiness.com.

About CDG
CDG is a privately held national consulting firm specializing in the implementation and maintenance of Human Resources Information Systems as well as general human resources consulting. CDG recently became a reseller of SAS HCM software. CDG celebrates twenty years of providing consulting service excellence this year. CDG is a GSA Schedule 70 Vendor, a HUB vendor, a WBE, and is DCAA Audit Approved. CDG is recognized as an award-winning company, and counts among its recognitions the Ernst & Young Southwest Entrepreneur of the Year, Working Woman magazine's National General Excellence Award, and The Greater Dallas Business Ethics Award. For more information, visit www.cdg-inc.com.

About DiversityBusiness.com
Launched in 1999, with over 32,000 members DiversityBusiness.com is the largest organization of diversity-owned businesses throughout the United States that provide goods and services to Fortune 1000 companies, government agencies and colleges and universities. Members use the sites technology to find and track new business opportunities. It also produces the country's largest conference on diversity education and training for major corporations and small business. Its research on top businesses appears in Fortune, Forbes, Business Week and numerous magazines and media publications. The site has gained national recognition and has won numerous awards for its content and design. DiversityBusiness.com is produced by Computer Consulting Associates International Inc. (CCAii.com) of Southport, CT. CCA was founded in 1980 by CEO Kenton Clarke.