GTSI Prepared to Assist New Homeland Security Agencies; New Department's Agencies Are All GTSI Customers

Business Wire, Dec 10, 2002

Business Editors/Hi-Tech Writers

CHANTILLY, Va.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Dec. 10, 2002

GTSI(R) Corp. (Nasdaq:GTSI) has given top priority to assisting the agencies which form the new Department of Homeland Security.

GTSI currently serves all of the new department's 22 component agencies, including critical entities such as the Federal Emergency Management Agency, U.S. Secret Service, Transportation Security Administration, Immigration and Naturalization Service, U.S. Customs and U.S. Coast Guard.

"GTSI stands ready to help our Homeland Security customers complete this historic integration effort," said GTSI Chairman and CEO Dendy Young. "As a trusted provider of IT solutions to the agencies making up the new department, we are in a unique position to help them through this challenging consolidation. GTSI has furnished ruggedized computing solutions to the US Coast Guard and mobile and wireless solutions to Border Patrol and State and Local government First Responders. We can offer these and other solutions to the new department to help it protect our nation from our borders to our streets."

The Department of Homeland Security, which will have a combined 170,000 employees, is expected to have an information technology budget estimated at more than $1.6 billion in Federal fiscal year 2003.

"GTSI regards this effort as more than a business proposition," said Young. "We are committed as Americans to providing every tool available to help our government prevent and respond to attacks on our nation."

About GTSI Corp.

GTSI Corp. is an information technology (IT) solutions leader, focusing exclusively on Federal, State, and Local government customers worldwide. For nearly two decades, GTSI has served those customers by teaming with global IT leaders like Cisco, EMC, Hewlett-Packard, IBM, Microsoft, Panasonic, and Sun Microsystems.

Offering a broad range of products and services, an extensive contract portfolio, and ISO 9000-registered logistics, GTSI uses its unique Technology Teams to deliver "best of breed" solutions that help government customers do their job more effectively.

The Technology Teams include technical experts who support a wide range of integrated IT solutions in such areas as high performance computing, advanced networking, mobile and wireless, web portals, high availability storage and information assurance. GTSI continues to broaden its leadership in electronic commerce and procurement through its government focused website located at GTSI.com.

GTSI is headquartered in Northern Virginia, outside of Washington, D.C. Further information about the Company is available at GTSI.com/about.

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