Deltek Announces Finalists for Second Annual Project Excellence Awards

Deltek, Inc. (NASDAQ: PROJ), the leading provider of enterprise applications software for project-focused businesses, today announced the finalists for the second annual Project Excellence Awards.

Herndon, VA (Vocus) May 7, 2009 -- Deltek, Inc. (NASDAQ: PROJ), the leading provider of enterprise applications software for project-focused businesses, today announced the finalists for the second annual Project Excellence Awards. These awards recognize outstanding customer and partner success in improving business processes and performance, increasing profitability and winning new business.

The Project Excellence Awards program recognizes unique achievement among Deltek's more than 12,000 customers and partners across the following categories:

- The Award for Business Impact recognizes the customer demonstrating the most significant operational benefits derived from using Deltek solutions. The finalists for the 2009 award are BSK Associates, Capstone Corporation, and Integrity Applications Incorporated.

- The Award for Innovation recognizes the customer demonstrating the use of Deltek solutions in new and innovative ways. The finalists for the 2009 award are GeoEngineers, MOTO, and Sebesta Blomberg.

- The Award for Implementation recognizes the customer that demonstrates an exceptional Deltek solution implementation. The finalists for the 2009 award are Lockheed Martin's STS business, PBS&J, BAE Systems, and ATK.

- The Partner Award recognizes a Deltek partner that has been instrumental in delivering an exceptional Deltek solution implementation for a joint customer. The finalists for the 2009 award are SilverEdge Systems Software and Jewell & Associates.

Winners will be announced at Deltek's upcoming Insight 2009 (www.deltekinsight.com/) conference, the premier industry event for project-focused professionals. The event will be held in Orlando, FL, May 12-15. For more information on Insight 2009, visit www.deltekinsight.com/.

"We believe customers that have achieved exceptional results with Deltek solutions deserve to be publicly recognized for their success," said Kevin Parker, President and CEO of Deltek. "For the second year in a row, we have a compelling group of market leaders as Project Excellence Awards finalists. We view our customers as true strategic partners, and we want to applaud each and every nominee that took part in our awards program. We look forward to celebrating the finalists and winners and showcasing their stories in Orlando during Insight 2009."

About Deltek

Deltek® (NASDAQ: PROJ) is the leading provider of enterprise applications software designed specifically for project-focused businesses. For more than two decades, our software applications have enabled organizations to automate mission-critical business processes around the engagement, execution and delivery of projects. More than 12,000 customers worldwide rely on Deltek to measure business results, optimize performance, streamline operations and win new business. Visit www.deltek.com.

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