NASHVILLE, Tenn. – (February 25, 2000) – Richardson M. Roberts, Chief Executive Officer of Link2Gov.com, Inc, today announced that the Company has named a widely-respected Clinton Administration official, A. Everette James, to serve as Executive Vice-President for Government Affairs and Associate General Counsel.  In this new position, Mr. James will be responsible for government strategy and managing the Company's contract relationships with key political leaders and consultants.  Link2Gov is one of the nation's pre-eminent providers of advanced e-government solutions that enable citizens and businesses to complete transactions with the government over the Internet or telephone.

Mr. Roberts commented, "We are very pleased that an individual with Everette James's expertise and perspective has joined the Link2Gov team.  Through his extensive experience as a government official working with telecommunications, information technology and financial services businesses, among others, Everette understands the interaction between government, technology and politics.  The skills he has developed as the leader of a number of successful public-private initiatives will be particularly relevant to our work with federal, state, county and municipal government officials throughout the country."

Mr. James added "By providing consumers access to government services through both the telephone and the computer, Link2Gov is positioned to be the premier company in e-government today and for the future.  The demand for electronic solutions for government transactions with citizens and business is growing at a tremendous pace, and I believe Link2Gov has the products, the people, and the proven results to take a leading role in the rapid development of this industry."

As Commerce Deputy Assistant Secretary for Service Industries and Finance, Mr. James managed the federal programs set up to assist U.S. service sector firms to win business overseas.  In this capacity, he helped numerous telecommunications, financial services and information technology firms negotiate with governments and secure contracts worth billions of dollars.  Mr. James represented the Department of Commerce on the Board of the Export-Import Bank of the United States, was Co-Chair of the NAFTA Financial Services Committee and was elected Chair of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development Working Party on Private Pensions.

Representing the interests of the U.S. information services firms, Mr. James also served on the federal Information Infrastructure Task Force and Electronic Commerce Working Group.  During his tenure in government, he is credited for rebuilding the Commerce Department's Office of Finance, earning it the Outstanding Organization Award in 1999.

Link2Gov.com, Inc., with offices in Nashville, Tennessee, and Pompano Beach, Florida, is a leading provider of advanced e-government solutions that enable citizens and businesses to complete transactions with the government over the Internet or telephone.  Link2Gov's unique G2C and G2B Solutions combine state-of-the-art web-based and interactive voice response e-government systems with sophisticated electronic marketing expertise to provide government constituents easy and timely alternative methods for government transactions, while providing governments increased compliance and operating efficiencies. The Company has contracts in operation or in development with governmental agencies in Alabama, Arizona, Colorado, the District of Columbia, Florida, Georgia, Hawaii, Indiana, Texas and Washington.