Capitol Advantage and Western Union Partner for Hand Deliveries to Congress

"When your high-impact advocacy message must get through..."

FAIRFAX, VA - June 10, 2003 - Capitol Advantage®, the leading provider of online advocacy tools and Congressional publications, and Western Union®, a global leader in money transfer and message services with a history of pioneering service dating back more than 150 years, today announced a joint venture to assure hand delivery of critical, high-impact advocacy messages to Congress.

"Our business is dedicated to helping people change the world through civic participation", says Bob Hansan, founder and President of Capitol Advantage. "Primary to that goal is to make sure the messages get through. For several years we've provided a hand-delivery option for letters to Congress, working closely with congressional management to deliver critical letters despite heightened security and postal mail delays due to anthrax. This option has become more popular as advocates work to distinguish their messages on the most serious issues. And now," Hansan notes, "we can be sure that our clients and their supporters will be able to have their high-impact, printed letters delivered just as securely and even faster than before, through Western Union's Capitol Hill location. We're very pleased to have such a strong partner on Capitol Hill."

"Western Union has always made fast and reliable delivery the top priority", says Julie Richman, Vice President for Western Union Commercial Messaging. " We're excited to find a partner with similar goals and a client base particularly interested in communicating with Congress," she continues. "And, we look forward to innovating together on new ways to further enhance the value of this service."

This exclusive agreement partners two innovators in communications. Capitol Advantage pioneered the concept of on-line grassroots advocacy in 1996. The company continues to innovate in that arena, for example working closely with Congress to ensure compatibility of its mail handler system with the increasing use of web forms to receive electronic messages in Congressional offices. Capitol Advantage's Capwiz™ service powers the advocacy web site functions of 1200 organizations, including many of the most trafficked sites on the web such as AOL®, MSN®, Yahoo!®, USA Today®, C-SPAN®, The New York Times and the Los Angeles Times. Capwiz activity has grown with its clients to deliver over 10 million advocacy messages in 2002 through email, Congressional Web forms, printed letters, fax and hand delivery.

Western Union is well known as a pioneer, continuing to innovate since 1851 in both the message delivery and funds transfer fields. The company celebrated its 150-year anniversary in 2001 by reaching more than 140,000 Agent locations worldwide while also adopting web-based services.

About Capitol Advantage Capitol Advantage is the premier innovator of Internet-based political tools, including the award-winning Capwiz. Its products are being used on the Web sites of some of the nation's leading corporations, media outlets, portals, associations, and unions, including 80 percent of Fortune's "Washington Power 25." Through the use of Capitol Advantage's tools and services, organizations can promote their agenda, educate supporters, and empower them to become engaged in the political dialogue. Capitol Advantage also publishes a series of informational guides, including Congress At Your Fingertips, Who's Covering Washington, and A Student Guide to Washington, D.C. For more information or a product demonstration, contact Capitol Advantage at (703) 289-4670 or (800) 659-8708, or visit their Web site at www.capitoladvantage.com.

About Western Union Western Union is a global leader in money transfer and message services, with a history of pioneering service dating back more than 150 years. Western Union continues today to help consumers and businesses securely transfer money or make payments using money orders and other electronic systems. Consumers can quickly and easily transfer money to more than 140,000 Western Union Agent locations in over 185 countries worldwide - the largest network of its kind. Western Union also markets more than one quarter billion money orders every year. With about $2 billion in revenue, Western Union remains an industry leader with an eye toward providing fast and reliable money and messaging services. Western Union Financial Services, Inc. is a subsidiary of First Data Corp. (NYSE: FDC).

Capitol Advantage Contact:

Sherry Stanley
Senior Vice President, Marketing
Capitol Advantage, LLC
703-289-4670 x108
sherry@capitoladvantage.com