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[August 11, 2010]

U.S. Election Assistance Commission and Americaneagle.com Launch New Website

Americaneagle.com, a leading Website design, development and hosting company, is pleased to announce the launch of the newly redeveloped U.S. Election Assistance (EAC) Website -- www.eac.gov.

The EAC Website delivers a dynamic online portal for the public to access a wealth of voting information including election management resources, voting system testing and certification resources for voters and information on the National Voter Registration Act. The new EAC Website encompasses sophisticated Web 2.0 graphics and is programmed with a comprehensive Content Management System powered by Americaneagle.com's idev® platform, enabling the EAC staff to have full control over Website management. Furthermore, the site is equipped with Americaneagle.com's idev® Broadcast Email Tool and several custom features that allow EAC to extend the commission's outreach. Website users can easily find all data using the site's EAC Clearinghouse Tool. Specific searches can be organized by data type and filtered by tags in order to provide a more efficient search and overall usability experience. The site also includes features such as Multimedia Resources and an Election Resource Library that houses hundreds of commonly requested EAC reports and materials.

In addition to EAC's customized site features, the new Website is also powered by Akamai's (News - Alert) Dynamic Site Accelerator solution which leverages Akamai's globally-distributed cloud computing platform of over 65,000 servers in 71 countries to provide the following benefits to EAC:

• Significantly improve site performance
• Provide Disaster Recovery/COOP to ensure high availability
• Mitigate DDoS attacks
• Provide scalability on-demand

"Americaneagle.com is proud to have partnered with the EAC to create a true portal for voting information," says Chris Foss of Americaneagle.com. "The commission serves as a national clearinghouse of information on election administration, and this interactive Website promises to promote their mission using modern Website technology."

"Maintaining 100% uptime without the addition of more infrastructure and an alternate data center was critical to the EAC operations. During a data center outage, Akamai's solution instantaneously, and without any human intervention, fails over to the backup EAC notification page in the Akamai cloud. Akamai's Dynamic Site Accelerator solution enables the EAC website to implement continuity-of-operations, deliver the site faster, securely and allow scalability-on-demand," said Tom Ruff, Vice President, Federal Sales, Akamai.

For more information, please visit www.eac.gov, www.americaneagle.com or www.akamai.com.

About Americaneagle.com

Americaneagle.com offers a complete package of Internet solutions including Website design, development, hosting, and maintenance services. Americaneagle.com has designed and hosted more than 3,500 Web projects for professional sports teams, small and medium sized businesses, associations, Fortune 500 companies, nonprofit organizations, and state and federal governments. Americaneagle.com's regional office is located in Alexandria, VA. A partial list of Washington DC area clients include The US Chemical Safety Board, Outdoor Advertising Association of America, US Army, Washington Auto Show, Fencecenter.com, Beretta, and the Metro Washington Council of Governments.

About The EAC

The U.S. Election Assistance Commission was established by the Help America Vote Act of 2002 (HAVA). EAC is an independent, bipartisan commission charged with developing guidance to meet HAVA requirements, adopting voluntary voting system guidelines, and serving as a national clearinghouse of information on election administration. EAC also accredits testing laboratories and certifies voting systems, as well as audits the use of HAVA funds.

About Akamai

Akamai® provides market-leading managed services for powering video, dynamic transactions, and enterprise applications online. Having pioneered the content delivery market one decade ago, Akamai's services have been adopted by the world's most recognized brands across diverse industries. The alternative to centralized Web infrastructure, Akamai's global network of tens of thousands of distributed servers provides the scale, reliability, insight and performance for businesses to succeed online. Akamai has transformed the Internet into a more viable place to inform, entertain, advertise, interact, and collaborate.

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