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Phoenix Elementary School District Decreases Labor Costs While Improving Workforce Time and Attendance Tracking; ExtendTime™ Running on Cisco IP Phones Enables Tracking of Workforce Data

Business Wire, Nov 28, 2005

SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. -- The Phoenix Elementary School District is improving operational efficiencies and decreasing labor costs by replacing traditional time clocks with Cisco IP phones with ExtendTime(TM) software -- which works in conjunction with NETtime(R) by Time America Inc. (OTCBB: TMAM).

Phoenix Elementary School District employees can "clock in" and "clock out" through any IP phone system regardless of where their workstation is located. Workers who do not have computer access -- such as cafeteria workers, bus drivers, custodians and maintenance staff -- are now able to utilize self-service features such as employee message retrieval, viewing of scheduled work hours and accrued benefits such as vacation, sick, and personal time.

By using ExtendTime, the Phoenix Elementary School District is leveraging its existing Voice over IP (VoIP) infrastructure to eliminate manual tracking of labor data without purchasing additional data collection hardware. The district has purchased a 1,600-user license and initially rolled ExtendTime out to 400 employees using 200 Cisco 7900 IP Phones.

"This technology is likely to save our school district thousands of dollars in labor costs associated with operational inefficiencies such as employee time theft, human error in manual time sheet calculations, and administrative time spent creating reports from raw data," said Paul Chase, director of systems operations, Phoenix Elementary School District. "Upgrading our existing Cisco IP Phones with the ExtendTime system was an ideal means of reducing costs."

"There is a growing trend to be more cost-effective among school districts and colleges nationwide," said Jon Weiss, vice president of business development, Time America. "The simplest method of cutting costs is to look at operational inefficiencies, beginning with labor resources. By managing the workforce to become more productive, labor costs automatically decrease."

ExtendTime, developed for the Cisco IP Phone by CalAmp Corp., works in conjunction with Time America's NETtime(R) solution to significantly enhance worker efficiency across a range of industries.

About Time America Inc.

Time America Inc. is a leading provider of Web-based, client-server and pc-based workforce management solutions. With more than 16 years of experience, Time America's family of NETtime(TM), HourTrack(TM), GENESIS(TM), and TA(TM) solutions deliver cost-effective management of labor resources, automation of time and attendance, data collection, workforce scheduling, and payroll processing. The Deloitte Technology Fast 500 recently honored Time America as one of the 500 fastest growing technology companies in North America. For more information, please visit the Time America Web site at www.timeamerica.com.

NETtime is a registered trademark of Time America Inc. ExtendTime(TM) is a trademark of CalAmp Corp. All other names are the property of their respective owners.

This press release is available on the Time America Web site at www.timeamerica.com and the KCSA Web site at www.kcsa.com.

Forward-Looking Statements

Certain information and comments contained in this press release may be forward-looking statements (within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933 and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934). Factors set forth in Time America's Annual Report on Form 10-KSB for the fiscal year ended June 30, 2005, and subsequently filed form 10-QSB and Form 8-Ks,together with other factors that appear in this press release or in Time America's other Securities and Exchange Commission filings could affect Time America's actual results and could cause Time America's actual results to differ materially from those expressed in any forward-looking statements made by, or on behalf of Time America, in this press release.

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