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CDW Government, Inc. (CDW-G), a wholly owned subsidiary of CDW Corporation (NASDAQ:CDWC) and leading source of Information Technology (IT) solutions to governments and educators, today launched the fourth in a series of the State & Local Government Technology Investment Curve (TIC), an assessment of State & Local government purchasing behavior since 2003. This edition of the TIC maps all potential state, county and city government customers against four years of CDW-G customer data on a range of mobility technologies, such as notebooks, non-wireless handhelds and wireless communication devices. Encompassing all 50 states, more than 100,000 products and 1,000 manufacturers, the TIC provides the most accurate, unbiased assessment of State & Local government technology investment currently available. Of all 50 states, Utah and Wisconsin are the Lead Investors in mobility technologies. Utah leads the states with a mobility investment profile 257 percent higher than the average, and Wisconsin follows with an investment profile 210 percent higher than the average. These Lead Investor states demonstrate significant, committed investment in mobility technologies at all levels of government and over the entire four-year assessment. Utah and Wisconsin are followed in mobility technology investment by Early Investors California, New York, Oregon, and Colorado, with mobility investment profiles between 114 percent and 73 percent higher than average. Next in investment are 12 Early Majority states, led by Virginia, Washington, Ohio and Maryland. Mobility technologies enable state and local government employees to send and receive information and complete tasks in the field. The TIC analysis includes four mobility technology categories: wireless notebooks, Apple notebooks, non-wireless handhelds and wireless communication devices. Mobility technologies enable state and local governments to improve emergency response times and employee productivity, bring services to citizens where they live and work, and eliminate paper-based processes. The CDW-G State & Local TIC for mobility technologies is not an assessment of leadership in mobility technology or quality of deployments. Rather, the curve is a quantitative, relative index of investment in mobility technologies. Mobility technology investment is a single component of the people, processes and technologies required to bring data and applications directly to employees in the field, improve public safety, eliminate the need to return to offices to complete tasks, and improve continuity of operations capabilities. �Mobility technologies have the power to transform operations for city, county and state governments,� said Jim Grass, CDW-G senior director of state and local government sales. �Critically, mobility technologies improve emergency response times and the security of public safety officers in the field, as well as the citizens they serve. They also deliver data and applications directly to government employees serving citizens where they live and work. With mobility technologies, employees no longer have to return to the office to complete tasks � improving work/life balance while enabling completion of ever-greater volumes of work with the same number of hands. We hope that the State & Local Technology Investment Curve will enhance the market dialogue on the important benefits of mobility technology.� Looking specifically at the Lead and Early Investor states, CDW-G and interviewees in state, county and municipal governments identified common elements that lead to more aggressive investments in mobility technologies, including: Development of public safety initiatives that deliver mission-critical information to patrol and emergency response vehicles Creation of paperless systems, increasing government productivity and cross-agency information sharing Development of programs that bring government services to citizens where they live and work The State & Local TIC for mobility technologies has a margin of error of less than 2 percent. The full study is available for download and review at http://www.cdwg.com/tic. About CDW-G A wholly owned subsidiary of CDW Corporation (NASDAQ:CDWC), a FORTUNE 500 company, CDW Government (CDW-G) is a trusted technology advisor to federal, state and local government agencies, as well as to educational institutions at all levels. CDW-G offers best-in-class technology products and services from top-name brands such as APC, Acer, Adobe, Apple, Cisco, EMC, Fujitsu, HP, IBM, Lenovo, Microsoft, Panasonic, Quantum, Samsung, Sony, Symantec, ViewSonic and Xerox. For more information about CDW-G product offerings, procurement options, service and solutions, call 1.800.863.4239, or visit the CDW-G Web site at CDWG.com. Where You Can Find Additional Information In connection with the proposed merger between CDW and an affiliate of Madison Dearborn Partners LLC, CDW filed with the SEC, and is furnishing to its shareholders, a definitive proxy statement soliciting proxies for the meeting of its shareholders to be held with respect to the Merger. CDW SHAREHOLDERS ARE ADVISED TO READ THE PROXY STATEMENT CAREFULLY BECAUSE IT CONTAINS IMPORTANT INFORMATION. CDW shareholders and other interested parties can obtain, without charge, a copy of the proxy statement and other relevant documents filed with the SEC from the SEC's website at http://www.sec.gov. CDW shareholders and other interested parties can also obtain, without charge, a copy of the proxy statement and other relevant documents by directing a request by mail or telephone to CDW Corporation, 200 N. Milwaukee Ave., Vernon Hills, Illinois 60061, Attention: Corporate Secretary, telephone: (847) 465-6000, or from CDW's website, http://www.cdw.com. CDW and certain of its directors, executive officers and other members of management and employees may, under SEC rules, be deemed to be "participants" in the solicitation of proxies from shareholders of CDW with respect to the proposed transaction. Information regarding the persons who may be considered "participants" in the solicitation of proxies is set forth in the definitive proxy statement described above. Statements about the expected timing, completion and effects of the proposed merger between CDW and an affiliate of Madison Dearborn Partners, LLC, and all other statements in this filing other than historical facts, constitute forward-looking statements within the meaning of the safe harbor provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Readers are cautioned not to place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements, each of which is qualified in its entirety by reference to the following cautionary statements. Forward-looking statements speak only as of the date hereof and are based on current expectations and involve a number of assumptions, risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from those projected in the forward-looking statements. CDW may not be able to complete the proposed merger because of a number of factors, including, among other things, the failure to obtain shareholder approval, the failure of financing or the failure to satisfy other closing conditions. Other risks and uncertainties that may affect forward-looking statements are described in the reports filed by CDW with the SEC under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, including without limitation CDW's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2006.