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                                  UNITED STATES
                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                             WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

                                    FORM 8-K

                                 CURRENT REPORT
                     PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(D) OF THE
                         SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934


DATE OF REPORT (DATE OF EARLIEST EVENT REPORTED): JANUARY 30, 2009


                        LOCATEPLUS HOLDINGS CORPORATION
                          (Exact name of registrant as

                           specified in its charter)

                                   000-49957
                            (Commission File Number)

                  DELAWARE                           04-3332304
      (State or other jurisdiction                (I.R.S. Employer
            of incorporation)                     Identification No.)

                         100 CUMMINGS CENTER, SUITE 235M
                                BEVERLY, MA 01915
             (Address of principal executive offices, with zip code)

                                 (978) 921-2727
                        (Registrant's telephone number,
                              including area code)

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ITEM 5.02 DEPARTURE OF DIRECTORS OR CERTAIN OFFICERS; ELECTION OF DIRECTORS;
APPOINTMENT OF CERTAIN OFFICERS; COMPENSATORY ARRANGEMENTS OF CERTAIN OFFICERS.

The  Company announced that at a meeting of the Board of Directors held on
January 29, 2009, the Board voted to appoint current Director, Patrick Murphy to
the position of Corporate Secretary.

Mr.  Murphy  is  Chairman  of  the  Pulsar  Network,  Inc. Board of Directors. A
graduate of the Harvard Law School practicing in Massachusetts, he also provides
consulting  services  to  growing  businesses.  He  is  familiar with government
relations,  public  relations,  and  has  experience in developing resources and
assets.  Prior  to  his  career  in  law  he was a manager at a prominent social
service  agency  and  handled  personnel  and operation issues in a crisis-based
environment. For the past ten (10) years since September of 1998, Mr. Murphy has
been  an  attorney  for  the  Commonwealth of Massachusetts Department of Mental
Retardation.  Mr.  Murphy beneficially owns no shares of the Common Stock of the
Company.  The  business address of Mr. Murphy is 68 N. Main St. Ste. 101 Carver,
MA  02330.


SIGNATURES
Pursuant  to  the  requirements  of  the  Securities  Exchange  Act of 1934, the
Registrant  has  duly  caused  this  report  to  be  signed on its behalf by the
undersigned  hereunto  duly  authorized.

LOCATEPLUS HOLDINGS CORPORATION

By /s/ James C. Fields

James C. Fields
President and CEO
Date: January 30, 2009
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