Minneapolis, MN - March 18, 2005
USG - A Privately Held Minnesota Company since 1994
TOPIC: USG Announces New Recovery Center 

United Security Group is proud to announce the opening of the new USG BUSINESS RECOVERY CENTER located at 401 2nd Ave S in downtown Minneapolis. With 64,000 sq ft of recovery space spanning four floors, two backup diesel generators, situated on two power grids, private offices and conference rooms, several large walk-in bank vaults, and a SONET Fiber Ring, makes the USG Business Recovery Center the largest recovery facility of its kind in Minnesota. 


Minneapolis, MN - January 17, 2005
USG - A Privately Held Minnesota Company since 1994
TOPIC: Homeland Security, Disaster Preparedness, and a small company from Minnesota

Ways and Means committee member Congressman James Ramstad has recommended USG - a leading provider of Business Continuity Planning and Training - to Secretary Ridge at Homeland Security. Congress is just one of the groups discovering the level of competency and compliance that USG provides to its clients. USG holds a remarkable 100% client satisfaction rating. This becomes obvious as major corporations continue to re-engage USG because of USG's successful process of delivering a complete business continuity planning and training package including a Structured Walk-through Disaster Simulation Training Exercise to all recovery team members. USG's impressive client list, which doubles as a list of those who are willing to recommend USG’s services, include such organizations as: 

• Best Buy
• General Dynamics
• Motorola (who actually give a full endorsement of USG's services)
• Lawson Software
• General Mills
• BlueCross BlueShield
• Wyeth Pharmaceuticals
• Great River Energy
• Digital Globe
• Toro
• Minnesota State Colleges & Universities
• Pella Corporation
• Donaldson Company
• Digital River
• And the list goes on!

USG has been able to capture the essence of strategic emergency recovery after a disaster through its thorough training and actual plan development process. This process is currently in a patent pending status. It is unique because of USG's efficient engagement roll-out. 

Now the US Government is taking a closer look at USG for all federal agencies. Because USG can deliver and complete large engagements in record time at unusually low prices, the vast number of agencies required to create standardized planning and training can swiftly replicate the USG process throughout the country. USG's process and philosophy appears to be working successfully in the corporate world and apparently has successfully crossed over into the public sector winning a national award from the National Association of Counties after USG completed a large engagement for Dakota County, one of Minnesota's largest government agencies. 

USG University, a division of USG, Inc., has now rolled out a complete course on Business Continuity Planning and Training. A course that was designed to be held in conjunction with related conferences, the USG classes were successfully delivered to Wyeth Pharmaceuticals this month at Wyeth’s training facility just outside of Philadelphia. This was a giant step for a little known – but wildly successful – Minnesota Company. 

USG ANNOUNCES PATENT
Minneapolis, MN - March 20, 2003

Minneapolis, Minnesota-based USG, Inc. has announced its Business Continuity Planning and Training Process Patent status as of first quarter 2003. The industry leader in Business Continuity Planning & Training, USG has filed for patent its unique and effective Process by which clients are lead through comprehensive contingency Planning & Training. 

Faegre & Benson, LLC of Minneapolis, USG’s corporate law firm, suggest that USG founder and Principal, Robert Huber, has hit upon an industry first. “No other company does just what we do, and no one can back it up with the support and training we provide.” says Huber. The Midwest seems to agree as the company boasts an unprecedented 100% client satisfaction rating. 

USG, Inc. executives credit the group’s diverse professional credentials and innovation for their success and rapid growth. “The service we provide is increasingly important in today’s economy, and in today’s world,” says Account Manager Annie Weissman, adding “Most corporations need to consider developing a business continuity plan as comprehensive as those we offer, even if they don’t contract with us.” Publicly held companies are required to have a current business continuity plan, complete with documentation of employee training and proof that exercises were conducted based on those plans. USG Inc.’s patented process is unique in its planning and training services offering, and guarantees compliance with regulatory authorities. 

USG, Inc.’s goal is to dominate the U.S. market by the end of 2004 with their patented process for Business Continuity Planning & Training that has become so widely accepted. 

USG, Inc. is proud to announce that it has filed a patent application (i.e., patent pending), through Faegre & Benson of Minneapolis, to protect aspects of its proprietary business methods relating to business continuity. 

As an industry leader, USG is setting new standards of Business Continuity Planning and Training that will raise the bar of recovery planning and training expectations, as mandatory compliance and auditing techniques continue to evolve. 

We would like to thank those of you who are our clients and partners for helping us reach the position of becoming the largest provider of Business Continuity Planning and Training in the Midwest with 100% client satisfaction. 

Later this year USG will be releasing information about new initiatives which will broaden both USG’s scope and product offerings. 

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