PCG Acquires F.M. BLAKE

Brings Social Security Disability Consulting Expertise to Firm

Boston, MA, February 11, 2008 – Public Consulting Group (PCG) today announced it has acquired F.M. Blake and Associates in a move that will add Social Security Disability consulting to PCG’s wide array of management consulting and technology solutions for public sector clients. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed.

Lewiston, Idaho-based F.M. Blake is a national firm that is exclusively focused on the processing of claims for disability benefits administered by the Social Security Administration (SSA). Founded by former SSA district manager Fred Blake, the company is the largest vendor for foster children’s Supplemental Security Income (SSI) advocacy in the country and represents an almost equal number of adults, including Temporary Assistance to Needy Family (TANF) recipients, for both Title II and Title XVI benefits.

“We’re pleased to be adding F.M. Blake’s expertise to our array of consulting services,” said Bill Mosakowski, founder and president of PCG. “Particularly in this economically difficult time, F.M. Blake provides a service that gives impacted families and children increased financial security and stability. We’ll also be able to help our state agency clients find additional resources to meet the needs of these families.”

FM Blake has a proven history of accurate record keeping and expert administrative ability to handle projects of all sizes. In its 18 year history, the company has successfully worked with numerous foster care providers, guardians, social workers, and eligibility workers, as well as SSA and State Disability Determination Services to obtain SSI/SSDI benefits for thousands of children in the foster care system and adult TANF recipients, extending to all regions of the country.

“We’re excited to be joining the PCG family and to be bringing our disability benefits administrative expertise to the firm,” said Fred Blake, CEO and president of F.M. Blake. “We’re also pleased to introduce our current clients to the breadth of PCG’s health and human services consulting and technology.”

Founded in 1986 and headquartered in Boston, MA., Public Consulting Group offers full-service management consulting services and technology to public sector health and human services and education clients. With offices in 22 U.S. cities, PCG has extensive experience assisting public sector agencies or their providers in all 50 states and more than 80 counties.