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DTN Partners with National Center for Missing and Exploited Children

1 July 1998

DTN Partners with National Center for Missing and Exploited Children

    OMAHA, Neb., July 1 -- In May, the National Center for
Missing and Exploited Children (NCMEC), Arlington, Virginia, invited Data
Transmission Network Corporation (DTN) to join their national
missing children kiosk program.  DTN will provide the technology and equipment
to display photos and information regarding missing and endangered children
for these specially designed kiosks.
    "The first 72 hours after a child is reported missing are the most
critical," said Chuck Lontor, retired FBI agent and head of DTN's missing
children service.  "Previously, photos of missing children were distributed
only by phone, foot and fax.  With DTN technology, photos are available to the
public within 15 minutes.  In addition, photos and bulletins can be sent
regionally or nationally.  For example, information on a child missing in
Texas can be sent to the other southwestern states or to the entire country,"
Lontor said.
    Established in 1984, largely through the efforts of John Walsh of
"America's Most Wanted", the NCMEC is the recognized national clearinghouse
for missing and endangered children.  NCMEC is a private, non-profit
organization and is seeking sponsors from government and private industry to
finance the program.
    Over the past six months, DTN conducted its own test program by placing
DTN systems at eight Omaha locations displaying missing children information
along with public opinion surveys for rating the program.  "Public reaction
was strongly in favor of continuing similar programs in the Omaha area, based
on information received from surveys collected at test sights," Lontor said.
    Omaha test locations were the Henry Doorly Zoo, the Federal Building and
City County Building, YMCA, Wal-Mart, Westside Community School's
Administrative Offices, Mahoney State Park and the 20 Grand Movie Theater.
    DTN provides information and communication services via satellite and
other relevant technologies.  The Company has included missing and abducted
children information on a daily basis to the majority of its subscribers since
October 1996.  In addition, DTN supplies information regarding missing
children along with travel and weather data at the Interstate rest areas in
Iowa, Kentucky, Wisconsin, Illinois and Indiana.
    DTN wishes to thank the hundreds of people in the Greater Omaha area who
took time to complete a survey during the test period.  They would also like
to thank the following individuals who provided test locations:  Dr. Ron
Roskens, and the Omaha/Douglas County Board of Public Building Commissioners,
Omaha/Douglas County Civic Building, 18th & Farnam, Omaha; Chief U.S. District
Court Judge William Cambridge, and the GSA Building Management Staff, U.S.
Federal Building, 17th Street and Capitol Avenue, Omaha; Mr. Rex Amack,
Director and Staff, Nebraska Game and Parks Commission, Mahoney State Park,
Ashland, NE; Mr. Gerry Greeno, City Manager, Douglas Theatre Company, Twenty
(20) Grand Cinemas, 144th & Maple, Omaha; Mr. Arch Allison, Manager, Wal-Mart
Stores, Inc., South 84th Street, LaVista, NE; Dr. Ken Bird, Superintendent,
West Side Community Schools, Omaha; Mr. Tim Clark, Executive Director, Butler-
Gast YMCA, Omaha, and; Dr. Lee Simmons, Director, and Staff, Henry Doorly Zoo,
Omaha.
    "The progress we've been able to make in this vital area has been due to
their cooperation," Lontor said.
    Data Transmission Network Corporation in Omaha, Nebraska, is an innovative
information and communication provider for the agricultural, automotive,
energy, financial, and weather-related industries.  DTN is committed to
providing current, comprehensive and affordably priced information including
weather, news, quotes, market analysis and commentary to more than 160,000
subscribers in the U.S. and Canada via all relevant distribution technologies.
    Visit the DTN Web site for company and investor information at
http://www.dtn.com.