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TheDepartment of Post (DoP) has awarded a 45-month information technology (IT)
modernization contract to Accenture (NYSE: ACN) to design a new enterprise IT
architecture and migrate the DoP to a more efficient, reliable and user-friendly
IT system.

Accenture also will advise DoP on the development of a wide-area network
environment that helps connect all post offices on which various online services
can run, and will study the feasibility of implementing an enterprise solution
for the department`s core banking and advanced financial services.

"The technology enablers will help DoP transform itself by increasing
operational performance and achieving efficiencies through "last mile"
connectivity," said Krishna G.V. Giri, who leads Accenture's Management
Consulting practice within its Health & Public Service operating group in the
Asia Pacific region. "Armed with greater speed, efficiency, and flexibility at
DoP, the government will be much better positioned to share various social
schemes, such as the Mahatma National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme, with
even the most remote citizens."

Accenture`s work began in September with a business process re-engineering (BPR)
exercise across key departments and core operations, such as mail operations,
banking and advanced financial systems. Following the BPR exercise, Accenture
will help select and monitor a vendor to enable the DoP to consolidate its
technology infrastructure and applications.

The project is designed to help the DoP drive greater revenue and regain market
share in different services and products, including bill payment, e-posts, life
insurance, money transfer and banking.

According to Giri, DoP expects that the technology upgrade also will benefit
citizens via speedier and more efficient banking and insurance services, track
and trace abilities, and retail services. In addition, DoP will be able to
compete effectively against local and international courier companies and
increase revenue in the mail and logistics business.

About Accenture

Accenture is a global management consulting, technology services and outsourcing
company. Combining unparalleled experience, comprehensive capabilities across
all industries and business functions, and extensive research on the world`s
most successful companies, Accenture collaborates with clients to help them
become high-performance businesses and governments. With approximately 177,000
people serving clients in more than 120 countries, the company generated net
revenues of US$21.58 billion for the fiscal year ended Aug. 31, 2009. Its home
page is www.accenture.com.

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