CSC and the feds. (Technology).

Computer Sciences Corp. landed two huge government contracts in the final month of 2001 that could bring the El Segundo company $315 million over the next decade.

The first is a four-and-a-half-year contract extension with the U.S. Department of Education's Office of Student Financial Assistance. CSC works with the department to create systems for the office, students, bank and university personnel.

CSC will help the department modernize the delivery of major federal student aid programs, including Pell Grants and Stafford Loans, which provide more than $50 billion a year to help millions of students pay for the costs of college.

The second big contract, potentially worth $86 million, is for assistance to the Department of Defense's Computer Investigation Training Program.

CSC will assist the department in researching, developing and delivering training courses for military law enforcement personnel. Courses will cover computer search and seizure, computer intrusions and forensic computer media analysis.

As many as 35 CSC computer investigators and forensics specialists, computer security specialists and information technology professionals will work at the department's training facility in Linthicum, Md.

The recent concentration on homeland security has raised the profile of CSC's Computer Investigation Training Program, which provides training to law enforcement and the Department of Defense.