LocatePLUS Holdings Corp. (LPLHA)

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LocatePLUS Subsidiary Partners with Crimson Compass to Enhance CareerScreen(TM)

-- Adds Next-Generation Career Personality Assessment Module --

BEVERLY, Mass., Aug. 30 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- LocatePLUS Holdings Corp. (OTC Bulletin Board: LPLHA, LPLHB, LPLHW), an industry-leading provider of business-to-business and business-to-government investigative solutions, announced today that its wholly-owned subsidiary Entersect has teamed with Crimson Compass, an online personality based relationship and career analysis service. The two companies have partnered to develop a next-generation career personality review (CPR) module for integration into Entersect's patent- pending resume verification product, CareerScreen(TM). Through Entersect's online channel partners, CareerScreen with CPR will be available for purchase and marketed to millions of people worldwide.

CPR employs a research-based testing methodology with state-of-the-art reporting and analysis developed by Crimson Compass founder and President Michael J. Montegut, Ph.D., an expert in the affects of personality on interpersonal relationships. Entersect President Geoffrey Lee stated, 'CPR is positioned as the career-personality assessment for the 21st century workplace. By introducing CPR as a value-add to our widely successful CareerScreen product, we can meet continued consumer demand for more effective pre-employment screening tools. With CPR, job seekers can identify those jobs which best suit their personalities, while helping them to expedite the recruitment process.'

Dr. Montegut stated, 'We are excited to develop proprietary matching and relationship analysis technology through our strategic partners, such as Entersect. We believe our tests are easier to take and yield more actionable information compared to existing, often outdated testing services. Along with Entersect, we look forward to enhancing job relationships and matching people to pathways for successful employment in a variety of business niches.'

About Crimson Compass, Inc.

Crimson Compass is focused on helping people identify, establish, and maintain strong interpersonal and on-the-job relationships. Personality measures are based on the most current and respected academic research and analysis is performed by a panel of highly experienced experts. Crimson Compass is operated by research psychologists, licensed marriage and family therapists and career counselors, and was founded in 2002 by Michael J. Montegut, Ph.D. Dr. Montegut holds a degree in Psychology from University of California. He held a prestigious National Research Council, Post Doctoral Fellowship and performed research and development at NASA-Ames Research Center prior to moving into private industry. Dr. Montegut has published in numerous internationally renowned journals and his work has been showcased at the Smithsonian Institution National Air & Space Museum in Washington, D. C. For more information, visit http://www.crimsoncompass.com.

About Entersect

A wholly owned subsidiary of LocatePLUS Holdings Corp., Entersect is a specialized provider of online information products and services to the human resource, career portal, online personals and law enforcement markets. Products include: Entersect Police Online, solely for law enforcement agencies; CareerScreen(TM), a patent-pending resume verification service marketed through national and international partnerships, and TrustMeID, for personal introduction services and online dating portals. Current channel partners include nation's leading job site Careerbuilder; Staffpointe; JobSniper; SalesJobs; CollegeRecruiter.com; Job Animal and Great Expectations. Entersect is based in Santa Ana, CA with regional sales capabilities throughout the West. For more information, visit http://www.entersect.net.

About LocatePLUS

LocatePLUS, and its subsidiaries, are industry-leading providers of public information and investigative solutions that are used in homeland security, anti-terrorism and crime fighting initiatives. The Company's proprietary, Internet-accessible database is marketed to business-to-business and business- to-government sectors worldwide. LocatePLUS' online customer base numbers approximately 20,000 members, including over 2,000 law enforcement agencies and many major police departments across the country. Clients include leading U.S. agencies, including the FBI (Federal Bureau of Investigation), ATF (Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives) and DEA (Drug Enforcement Administration). Channel partners include Loislaw, Earthlink, Imaging Automation, AssureTec, Metro Risk Management LLC, and the nation's leading recruitment site. For more information, visit the Company's Website at http://www.locateplus.com. For investor information, visit http://www.otcfn.com/lplha.

Safe Harbor Statement from LocatePLUS: Statements in this press release concerning the Company's business outlook or future economic performance, anticipated profitability, revenues, expenses or other financial items, and network or service offering growth, together with other statements that are not historical facts, are 'forward-looking statements' as that term is defined under the Federal Securities Laws. Any forward-looking statements are estimates, reflecting the best judgment of the party making such statements based upon currently available information and involve a number of risks and uncertainties, including the timing of any expansion of the Company's database, and other factors which could cause actual results to differ materially from those stated in such statements. Risks, uncertainties and factors which could affect the accuracy of such forward-looking statements are identified in the public filings made by the Company with the Securities and Exchange Commission, and forward-looking statements contained in this press release or in other public statements of the Company should be considered in light of those factors.

For more information, contact:
At LocatePLUS: Investor Relations:
James Fields Rick McCaffrey
LocatePLUS Holdings Corp. OTC Financial Network
978-921-2727 x124 781-444-6100 x625
[e-mail] [e-mail]

At Entersect: At Crimson Compass:
Geoffrey Lee Michael J. Montegut, PhD.
714-564-9077 x103 [e-mail]
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SOURCE LocatePLUS Holdings Corp.

Source: PR Newswire (August 30, 2005 - 7:00 AM EDT)

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