Bethesda, MD -January 8, 2010- Carroll Publishing announces its full year 2009 enhancements to its GovSearch™ line of online products today. Historically it has improved its products based on recommendations from clients and this pattern continued during the past year. We know of no other company providing government contact data that is as innovative and responsive as Carroll Publishing.

Principal Improvements to Federal Government

• Addition of Federal Purchases, both civilian and military, reported by funding offices covering more than 2,700 categories. Federal Purchases represents nearly $529 billion awarded to more than 125,000 vendors.
• Tracking of newly-created Economic Stimulus offices, positions, websites and news.
• Integration of Plum Book positions, including occupancy status.
• Archiving Who's News articles, keyword searchable as far back as 2001.
• Improved integration of supplementary data related to our core content of government contacts and structure; accessible within a single icon.

• Expansion of State Authorities, Boards and Commissions to cover more than 3,200 entities comprising over 150 subjects (keywords out of context).
• Addition of the latest official population estimates.
• Launch of Expenditure Search, Employment Search and Population Search allowing you to find State and Local governments based on expenditure and employment rankings and population ranges.

• Continued expansion of the integration of Federal Purchases with our online services so we can deliver greater functionality and depth.

Media Relations Contact:
Carroll Publishing
Kathy Updegraff
301.263.9800 x117
www.carrollpub.com
kupdegraff@carrollpub.com

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