PEC Solutions Engaged to Support the Office of the CIO of U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services of the Department of Homeland Security; One-Year Order Valued at $2.8 Million

Business Wire, Oct 19, 2004

FAIRFAX, Va. -- PEC Solutions, Inc. (NASDAQ NM:PECS) a professional technology services firm specializing in high-end e-Government solutions, today announced that the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), U. S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, Information and Customer Service Division (USCIS) has awarded the company a new task order under an existing Blanket Purchasing Agreement (BPA) to assist with the administration and execution of information technology (IT) tasks for the Office of Chief Information Officer (OCIO) of USCIS. The task order is valued at $2.8 M over the one-year performance period.

PEC will support the USCIS OCIO in managing information technology assets by centralizing the:

--Advance acquisition planning for IT requirements

--Review and approval for the acquisition of IT resources

--Inventory, tracking and disposal of IT assets, and

--Managing the logistics of IT asset deployment and disposal

About PEC Solutions, Inc.

PEC, founded in 1985, 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 homeland security, criminal justice and intelligence, defense, and civilian agencies within the federal government and at state and local levels. PEC 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 Martha Hill, PEC Director of 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 assumes no obligation to update the information contained in this press release. PEC's future results may be affected by its ability to continue to implement its government technology solutions, its dependence on the federal government and state and local governments and other federal government contractors as its major customers, timely passage of components of the federal budget, timely obligations of funding by the federal and state governments, 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, including seasonal impacts, its dependence on certain key employees and its ability to timely and effectively integrate the businesses it may acquire. For further information about forward-looking statements and specific risks, please refer to PEC's recent SEC filings, including the company's 10-K filing on March 15, 2004.