PEC Solutions Announces Department of Homeland Security Contract Awards

PEC Solutions Announces Department of Homeland Security Contract Awards; PEC to Continue Support of Bureau of Citizenship and Immigration Services

FAIRFAX, Va.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Aug. 7, 2003--PEC Solutions, Inc. (NASDAQ:PECS), today announced that the company received two task order awards under an existing blanket purchase agreement from the Department of Homeland Security's Bureau of Citizenship and Immigration Services. The task order awards issued under the blanket purchase agreement total $4.6 million over one year.

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PEC will provide a host of program management, acquisition, technical, quality assurance, and other support services to sustain a complex and diverse set of initiatives within the Customer Service Division, a major component of the Bureau of Citizenship and Immigration Services (BCIS). PEC will assist the National Customer Service Center (NCSC), the newly formed Customer Assistance Office (CAO), and other related projects that were implemented to better serve the public by providing choices in accessing benefits information including over the Internet, via telephone, and by visiting local offices.

PEC will work closely with BCIS to monitor, evaluate, and ensure adherence to contractual performance standards, to identify opportunities for program improvements, and to help in their implementation. PEC's efforts will help reduce customer lines at offices, reduce the need for return trips, and provide more comprehensive information in advance of scheduled appointments with BCIS representatives.

About PEC Solutions

PEC Solutions is a professional services firm that helps government clients harness the power of the Internet and other advanced technologies to improve mission performance. The company specializes in Web-Enabling Government(R) by providing secure, interoperable technology solutions for clients in law enforcement, intelligence, defense, and civilian agencies within the Federal Government and at State and local levels. PEC Solutions is based in Fairfax County, Virginia, with offices around the United States. Visit the company on the Web at www.pec.com. For more information, contact John McNeilly, PEC Solutions Manager of Media and Investor Relations, at 703-679-4900.

This press release may contain forward-looking information within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933 and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, and is subject to the safe harbor created by those sections. PEC Solutions assumes no obligation to update the information contained in this press release. PEC Solutions' future results may be affected by its ability to continue to implement its eGovernment solutions, its dependence on the federal government and other federal government contractors as its major customers, its dependence on procuring, pricing and performing short-term government contracts, its dependence on hiring and retaining qualified professionals, potential fluctuations in its quarterly operating results, its dependence on certain key employees and its ability to timely and effectively integrate the businesses it may acquire.