Aon Consulting Working with Lockheed Martin to Support TSA Human Capital Solution

CHICAGO, June 11 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ — Aon Consulting, the global human capital consulting organization of Aon Corporation (NYSE: AOC), today announced it has received a subcontract from Lockheed Martin to provide human resource solutions to the Transportation Security Administration (TSA). Lockheed Martin was awarded the Integrated Hiring Operations and Personnel (IHOP) contract by the TSA in 2008, to provide a variety of human resource functions, including recruitment and hiring, personnel and payroll processing, employee benefits, workforce management and help desk services. Aon Consulting is providing recruitment strategy and strategic communications solutions, as well as candidate assessment and selection tools in support of this contract.

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Under the contract, now called HR Access, Lockheed Martin’s team will develop and deploy an advanced HR system, as well as provide the people and processes to manage TSA’s human resource services. The contract began with a six-month transition period, which will be followed by a one-year base period. TSA then has the option to renew the contract annually for up to seven additional years. The total value of this contract for all partners, including Aon Consulting, is approximately $1.2 billion, including option years.

“With a workforce population of more than 50,000 people, the TSA is faced with the challenge of hiring and developing a broad range of workers in a wide range of locations,” said Kathryn Hayley, chief executive officer of Aon Consulting. “We are helping TSA recruit and hire highly qualified candidates for critical positions across the country.”

About Aon Consulting

Aon Consulting is among the top global human capital consulting firms, with 2008 revenues of $1.358 billion and more than 6,300 professionals in 117 offices worldwide. Aon Consulting works with organizations to improve business performance and shape the workplace of the future through employee benefits, talent management and rewards strategies and solutions. Aon Consulting was named the best employee benefit consulting firm by the readers of Business Insurance magazine in 2006, 2007 and 2008. For more information on Aon, please visit www.aon.mediaroom.com.

About Aon

Aon Corporation (NYSE: AOC) is the leading global provider of risk management services, insurance and reinsurance brokerage, and human capital consulting. Through its more than 37,000 colleagues worldwide, Aon readily delivers distinctive client value via innovative and effective risk management and workforce productivity solutions. Aon’s industry-leading global resources and technical expertise are delivered locally through more than 500 offices in more than 120 countries. Named the world’s best broker by Euromoney magazine’s 2008 and 2009 Insurance Survey, Aon also ranked highest on Business Insurance’s listing of the world’s largest insurance brokers based on commercial retail, wholesale, reinsurance and personal lines brokerage revenues in 2008. A.M. Best deemed Aon the number one insurance broker based on brokerage revenues in 2007 and 2008, and Aon was voted best insurance intermediary, best reinsurance intermediary and best employee benefits consulting firm in 2007 and 2008 by the readers of Business Insurance. For more information on Aon, log onto http://www.aon.com/.

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