Note 8 - Related Party

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2017

Notes to Financial Statements

Related Party Transactions Disclosure [Text Block]

9

.     RELATED PARTY     

A 

director of the Company serves as an officer of Ameritas Life Insurance Corp. (“Ameritas”). In connection with the Company’s regular assessment of its insurance-based associate benefits, which is conducted by an independent insurance broker, and the costs associated therewith, the Company purchases dental and vision insurance for certain of its associates from Ameritas. The total value of these purchases was

$58,000

for each the

three

-month periods ended

March

31,

2017

and

2016.

Mr. Hays, the Chief Executive Officer, majority shareholder and director of the Company, is an owner of

14%

of the equity interest of Nebraska Global Investment Company LLC (“Nebraska Global”).

  The Company, directly or indirectly through its former subsidiary Customer-Connect LLC, purchased certain services from Nebraska Global, primarily consisting of software development services.  The total value of these purchases were

$215,000

in the

three

month period ended

March

31,

2016.

There were

no

purchases from Nebraska Global in

2017.