Employees Expect Help with Soaring Gas Costs, Latest ORC Ouch Point Survey Finds

A special expanded edition of the ORC Ouch Point survey from Opinion Research Corporation (an infoGROUP company)(NASDAQ: IUSA) revealed that 84% of the U.S. workforce expects employers to take measures to help offset the rising cost of gas. This new era of sky-high gas prices is reshaping employees’ expectations for their employer’s assistance, which include: Instituting or expanding car pooling programs – 61% Providing incentives for the use of mass transit – 51% Permitting working from home – 51% Providing a gasoline allowance to cover additional commuting costs – 42% When asked what employers had actually done to defray the cost of commuting, only 35% were able to point to an action taken. The most common measures implemented by employers included new or expanded car pooling programs (18%), working from home (18%) providing incentives for mass transit use (12%) and providing a gas allowance (11%). The survey also found that 11% of respondents are now considering leaving their jobs as a result of rising gas costs, suggesting that employers should take heed of employees’ expectations. "Soaring gas prices have created a scenario in which employers are now considering implementing actions they otherwise would not have in order to retain their workforce,” said Terry Reilly, VP and Director of ORC’s Employee Engagement Practice in the US. "Our findings also illustrate the importance of addressing employee concerns, considering the impact they can have on overall business performance. Not many companies could survive having a significant percentage of their workforce leave because they could no longer afford the commute to work.” This report reflects the findings of a telephone survey conducted by Opinion Research Corporation among 460 adults employed full-time during the period June 6-9, 2008. The margin of error was +/- five percentage points. About Opinion Research Corporation Opinion Research Corporation, an infoGROUP company, has offered innovative solutions to the toughest market research challenges of clients worldwide since 1938. ORC’s Employee Engagement practice helps client companies engage, retain and improve the productivity of their workforce. The "ORC Ouch Point” series is a monthly survey examining tolerance thresholds in a variety of common scenarios facing Americans in both their professional and personal lives every day. ORC has been conducting national, speech reaction, state and flash/overnight polls for CNN since April 2006. To learn more, visit www.opinionresearch.com. About infoGROUP infoGROUP (www.infoGROUP.com) (NASDAQ: IUSA), founded in 1972, is the leading provider of business and consumer databases for sales leads & mailing lists, database marketing services, data processing services and sales and marketing solutions. Content is the essential ingredient in every marketing program, and infoGROUP has the most comprehensive data in the industry, and is the only company to own 12 proprietary databases under one roof. The infoGROUP database powers the directory services of the top Internet traffic-generating sites. Nearly 4 million customers use infoGROUP’s products and services to find new customers, grow their sales, and for other direct marketing, telemarketing, customer analysis and credit reference purposes. infoGROUP headquarters are located at 5711 S. 86th Circle, Omaha, NE 68127 and can be contacted at (402) 593-4500. To know more about Sales Leads, click www.infoGROUP.com. To get a 72-hour free trial and 100 free sales leads, click www.salesgenie.com. Statements in this announcement other than historical data and information constitute forward looking statements that involve risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from those stated or implied by such forward-looking statements. The potential risks and uncertainties include, but are not limited to, recent changes in senior management, the successful integration of recent and future acquisitions, fluctuations in operating results, failure to successfully carry out our Internet strategy or to grow our Internet revenue, effects of leverage, changes in technology and increased competition. More information about potential factors that could affect the company's business and financial results is included in the company's filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission.