HOUSTON, Oct. 19, 2005 (PRIMEZONE) -- The Project Group, Inc. (Pink Sheets:PJTGQ), a leader in project management solutions, announced today that the U.S. Department of Labor has dismissed a complaint that was filed against The Project Group by its former Controller, Charlsie Idol, under the employee protection provisions of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act, finding no violation of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act by The Project Group. Craig Crawford, President of The Project Group, stated, "The Company has believed from the beginning that these complaints had no validity." The Department of Labor stated in part in its findings that the complaint was investigated and determined to have no merit; "there is no reasonable cause to believe that (The Project Group) violated (the Sarbanes-Oxley Act)," and The Project Group's reasons for discharging Ms. Idol were "made for non-discriminatory business reasons." Either party has thirty days to file objections to the Department of Labor's findings and request a hearing for de novo review with an Administrative Law Judge. If no objections are timely filed, the Department of Labor's findings become final.
About The Project Group, Inc.
The Project Group is a Microsoft Gold Certified Partner in Business Intelligence and Information Worker Solutions that provides enterprise-level business solutions to Oil & Gas, Financial Services, Retail, Hospitality and Pharmaceutical industries. The Project Group provides project management, collaboration, and Sarbanes-Oxley focused consulting services to Fortune 1000 organizations, including M.D. Anderson Hospital, Microsoft, and several of the largest Oil and Gas Companies in the world. PJTG was founded in 2001, and is headquartered in Houston, Texas. The Project Group, Inc. filed for protection under Chapter 11 of the Federal Bankruptcy Code on July 15, 2005 and is currently developing their re-structure plan for presentation to the Court. For more about The Project Group, Inc. go to: http://www.projectgroup.com/
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