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ePR.Live Provides Local NECA Oregon Columbia Chapter/IBEW with 100% Paperless Employer Reporting  
A vast improvement in reporting benefit contributions for Taft Hartley Trusts

PORTLAND, Oregon -- June 25, 2007 - Concero Technology, a leading provider of online employee benefits sales, management and reporting software, today announced that the Employee Benefit Trust Funds of the NECA Oregon Columbia Chapter/IBEW Local 48 (National Electrical Contractors Association/International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers) now has 100% of their contractors reporting and remitting employee benefit contributions online.

Moving to Concero's secure ePR.LiveTM platform marks a significant technological step forward for the NECA Oregon Columbia Chapter/IBEW and their administrators. ePR.Live simplifies entry and reporting of benefits contributions, and provides for more timely and accurate online setup of contracts and distribution of data to all NECA Oregon Columbia Chapter/IBEW parties.

"We pride ourselves on maintaining great relationships with our partners, and Concero's ePR.Live provides the technology for improved efficiencies with a significant return on our investment," commented Tim Gauthier, Executive Director for NECA Oregon Columbia Chapter. "Our group administrators especially appreciate the 'live' aspect. Updated reports can be instantly generated since new or changed information is immediately available for reporting. It is going to improve productivity tremendously."

Hannah Sutton, President and CEO of William C. Earhart Company, Inc., The Third Party Administrator for the Edison Pension Trust, says about Concero's platform that "we expect over a 35% productivity gain".

About Concero Technology

Since 1999, Concero has been working in concert with employee benefits brokers and administrators to deliver portal technology to improve processes, increase revenue and provide real-time data access. Concero's benefits web solutions are designed for employee benefits brokers marketing and serving small business associations and membership groups. ePR.LiveTM (Electronic Payroll) makes reporting and communication easy for Third Party Administrators and self-administered Trust Funds for Taft-Hartley markets. For more information, please visit the website: www.concerotechnology.com.

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