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CSC Signs $200 Million Contract Modification for Government Emergency Telecommunications System

Posted on: Monday, 17 May 2004, 06:00 CDT

EL SEGUNDO, Calif., May 17 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Computer Sciences Corporation has been awarded a contract modification by the Department of Homeland Security's National Communications System for the Government Emergency Telecommunications Service (GETS) and Wireless Priority Service (WPS) programs. CSC estimates the value of the contract modification to the company to be approximately $200 million if all options are exercised over the term of the contract, which has a two-year base period and three one-year options.

The original contract, announced March 3, 2004, had an estimated value of approximately $81 million. The contract modification brings the total estimated value to approximately $281 million if all options are exercised during the five-year period of performance.

Under the contract modification, CSC will design, develop and deploy a wireless priority service based on Code Division Multiple Access (CDMA) technology.

The government's original vision for WPS included a service compatible with all major wireless carriers in the United States. Of the nation's six major wireless carriers, four use the Global System for Mobile Communications (GSM) technology standard. The remaining two major carriers use the CDMA standard. The GSM-based WPS was developed first and is currently being deployed by the GSM carriers.

"During an emergency, key response personnel and leaders in the public and private sectors must make quick decisions based on limited information," said Jim McCoy, president of CSC's Networks and Telecommunication Integrated Solutions organization. "By developing and deploying WPS service compatible with CDMA networks, we will increase decision makers' access to critical communication services during an emergency. We are proud to continue and expand our support of these communications systems vital to the security of our nation."

The GETS and WPS are major federal government programs for improving national security and emergency preparedness telecommunications in the event of natural or manmade disasters. These programs offer priority treatment and enhanced routing not available to normal telecommunications traffic.

About CSC

Founded in 1959, Computer Sciences Corporation is a leading global information technology (IT) services company. CSC's mission is to provide customers in industry and government with solutions crafted to meet their specific challenges and enable them to profit from the advanced use of technology.

With approximately 90,000 employees, CSC provides innovative solutions for customers around the world by applying leading technologies and CSC's own advanced capabilities. These include systems design and integration; IT and business process outsourcing; applications software development; Web and application hosting; and management consulting. Headquartered in El Segundo, Calif., CSC reported revenue of $13.8 billion for the 12 months ended Jan. 2, 2004. For more information, visit the company's Web site at http://www.csc.com/.

Computer Sciences Corporation

CONTACT: Chuck Taylor, Director, Communications, Federal Sector,+1-703-641-3430, ctaylor26@csc.com, or Mike Dickerson, Director, MediaRelations, Corporate, +1-310-615-1647, mdickers@csc.com, or Bill Lackey,Director, Investor Relations, Corporate, +1-310-615-1700, blackey3@csc.com,all of Computer Sciences Corporation

Web site: http://www.csc.com/

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