Alaska Taps Covansys to Implement New Child Care System; Web-Enabled Solution To Facilitate Benefit Distribution to Needy Children.

Business Editors/High-Tech Writers

FARMINGTON HILLS, Mich.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 20, 2003

Covansys Corporation (Nasdaq: CVNS), a global consulting and technology services company, today announced that they have won a contract valued at over a million dollars to implement an Early Development Management Information System (EDMIS) for Alaska's Department of Education & Early Development (EED). The new web-enabled system will be designed to improve benefit distribution to Alaska's children by streamlining agency processes and improving information sharing.

Under the terms of the agreement, Covansys will replace two legacy information systems that support the Department's current operations. EDMIS will enhance EED's Child Care Subsidy and Nutrition program business practices by enabling the State, Providers and Clients to utilize technology to satisfy more of their needs. The EDMIS is scheduled for complete implementation in July of 2003.

"Improved information sharing is critical to the success of our programs," said Margaret Brodie, Project Director, "so we're very excited about the new EDMIS. Here at EED, we handle a large volume of complex and sensitive case information on a daily basis. In order to share that information agency-wide, we currently manually re-enter case information into our four different databases. This process can slow down the distribution of benefits to our clients. It is also prone to occasional error. We look forward to modernizing to a fast, accurate and efficient data system, especially one that benefits our clients."

Once implemented, EDMIS, a Web-based solution, will allow EED to more accurately log and track case information and seamlessly share that information across the agency to facilitate the distribution of benefits.

Other benefits of the EDMIS include:

-- Improved reporting capabilities to meet federal mandates

-- More secure and improved record keeping

-- Increased productivity for EED employees

-- Enhanced Web-based, functionality that improves the interaction with the Providers and Clients by facilitating pre-screening, enabling easier gathering of attendance data, and streamlining the renewal processes.

"Covansys is proud to have been selected to work with EED to create a better quality of life for Alaska's children," said Arvind Malhotra, senior vice president of Covansys' Public Sector practice. "We feel confident that EED's new integrated and web-enabled system will help them to better serve the 6,000 children enrolled in their programs."

Covansys is the leader in subsidized childcare consulting. More than 400,000 children, in seven states, are currently enrolled in state childcare programs that have been implemented, or are being maintained, by Covansys(1).

For the last 17 years, Covansys has provided public sector solutions to more than 45 states in the areas of transportation, health and human services, public retirement systems, public health, labor and tax and revenue systems. Covansys derives more than 46 percent of its current annual revenues from state and local government customers.

About Covansys Corporation

Headquartered in Michigan, Covansys Corporation (Nasdaq: CVNS - News) is a global consulting and technology services company specializing in industry-specific solutions, strategic outsourcing and integration services. Our clients gain competitive advantage by leveraging our unique on-site, offsite, offshore delivery capability to achieve rapid deployment, world-class quality and reduced costs. Since its founding in1985, Covansys has successfully delivered an array of innovative and cost-effective business and technical solutions to leaders in the private and public sector. Our 4,800 employees offer a professional heritage spanning Old World legacy systems and the New Economy's leading-edge technologies. Covansys has 30 locations worldwide, including six development centers. Covansys offers one of the largest offshore capabilities among U.S.-based technology services providers, and two of the company's three wholly owned development centers in India are SEI CMM(R) Level 5 certified. Covansys was named one of the top 500 solution providers in North America in 2002 by VARBusiness magazine. Visit our web site: www.covansys.com.

(1) Statistic provided by Covansys Corporation based on ACF reported numbers.