Experts from IHS and Citation Technologies to Share Tools and Techniques to Effectively Manage EHS Regulatory Compliance
Live webcast to discuss opportunities to save time, reduce cost and avoid risk

Englewood, CO (December 15, 2010) – IHS (NYSE: IHS), a leading global source of critical information and insight, will join Citation Technologies on a live webcast event titled “Saving Time, Reducing Cost and Avoiding Risk: Tools and Techniques to Effectively Manage EHS Regulatory Compliance” on Thursday, December 16, 2010 at 1:00 p.m. EST. Experts from each company will discuss the increasingly complex and evolving regulatory exposures companies are facing today.

“Whether it’s an individual facility or an entire global supply chain operation, companies small and large alike find it increasingly difficult to identify, understand and respond to relevant regulatory changes,” said IHS Vice President, Product Lifecycle Global Products and Services Don Lesem. “We are committed to providing our customers with opportunities like this to accelerate their awareness of experts, products, and services they can use in order to save time, reduce cost and avoid risk.”

During the live webcast, regulatory experts from IHS and Citation Technologies will address the complexity of the global environmental health and safety (EHS) regulatory environment and provide guidance to help companies eliminate the cost and risk associated with ever-changing environmental, occupational health, physical facility security and safety regulations. Speakers will include:

• Ted Polakowski, Senior Vice President, Citation Technologies
• Bruce Regan, Vice President Business Development, Citation Technologies
• Amy Van Schaick, Manager, Standards/Regulatory Product Consulting, IHS

“Many organizations suffer from manual processes, costly legal consultations, excessive compliance violations or even avoidable purchases of maintenance equipment to unnecessarily store and dispose of toxic waste” said Randal Meske, President, Citation Technologies. “We are pleased to join IHS and share the best practices and enabling technologies which professionals can use in order to minimize these operational threats by transforming reams of complex EHS regulatory data into a user-friendly formats that foster high-quality, informed decision-making.”

Over the course of an hour, the speakers will discuss critical business issues and best practices in areas such as:

• Keeping up with today’s complex and evolving global regulatory landscape
• Tools that interpret global regulations and pinpoint local HSSE requirements
• Legal responsibilities at individual facilities, within business units, or across entire companies
• Opportunities to minimize dependencies on late or costly legal consultation
• Methods to eliminate manual processes and automate compliance activities

At the end of the live session there will be a question and answer period, at which point the audience will have the opportunity to pose questions to the speakers.

To hear the live event, visitors may access the conference site and are encouraged to log on 15 minutes prior to the start. A replay will be available for a limited period of time after the conclusion of the live event on December 16th.

Conference site: http://eponline.com/webcasts/2010/11/saving-time-reducing-cost-and-avoiding-risk.aspx?admgarea=webinar&tc=page0&partnerref=newsrel

About Citation Technologies, Inc.

Citation Technologies Inc. is a world leader in environmental, health and safety (EHS) compliance management solutions driving operational excellence, business sustainability and improved decision making for executives. For nearly 20 years, Citation has helped the EHS industry comply with the ever-changing regulatory landscape. Today, Citation’s products go beyond compliance -- they help manage risk, and they do it for many industries around the world.

About IHS

IHS (NYSE: IHS) is a leading source of information and insight in pivotal areas that shape today’s business landscape: energy, economics, geopolitical risk, sustainability and supply chain management. Businesses and governments around the globe rely on the comprehensive content, expert independent analysis and flexible delivery methods of IHS to make high-impact decisions and develop strategies with speed and confidence. IHS has been in business since 1959 and became a publicly traded company on the New York Stock Exchange in 2005. Headquartered in Englewood, Colorado, USA, IHS employs more than 4,400 people in more than 30 countries around the world.

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