**Exhibit 31.1**

**CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO RULE 13a-14(a) UNDER THEEXCHANGE ACT**

| 1. | I have		reviewed this quarterly report on Form 10‐QSB for the three months ended		December 31, 2005, of Forward;                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    |
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| 2. | Based on my knowledge,		this report does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or		omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in		light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not		misleading with respect to the period covered by this report;3.
Based on my knowledge, the		financial statements, and other financial information included in this		report, fairly present in all material respects the financial condition,		results of operations and cash flows of Forward as of, and for, the		periods presented in this report;4.
Forward's other certifying		officer and I are responsible for establishing and maintaining		disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules		13a‐15(e) and 15d‐15(e)) for Forward and we have: a)
designed such disclosure		controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure controls and		procedures to be designed under our supervision, to ensure that material		information relating to Forward, including its consolidated		subsidiaries, is made known to us by others within those entities,		particularly during the period in which this report is being prepared; b)
Not applicable; c)
evaluated the		effectiveness of Forward's disclosure controls and procedures and		presented in this report our conclusions about the effectiveness of the		disclosure controls and procedures, as of the end of the period covered		by this report based on such evaluation; and d)
disclosed in this report		any change in Forward's internal control over financial reporting that		occurred during Forward's most recent fiscal quarter (Forward's fourth		fiscal quarter in the case of an annual report) that has materially		affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, Forward's		internal control over financial reporting; and5.Forward's other certifying officer and I have disclosed,		based on our most recent evaluation of internal control over financial		reporting, to Forward's auditors and the audit committee of Forward's		board of directors (or persons performing the equivalent functions): 
a)all		significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or		operation of internal controls over financial reporting which are		reasonably likely to adversely affect Forward's ability to record,		process, summarize and report financial information; and 
b)any fraud,		whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who		have a significant role in Forward's internal controls over financial		reporting.
Date: February 2, 2006

/s/JeromeE. BallJerome E. BallChairman of the Boardand Chief Executive Officer(Principal Executive Officer)

 

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