Connecticut Awards MAXIMUS $6.3 Million Law Enforcement Communications Contract.

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RESTON, Va.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Dec. 3, 2003

MAXIMUS (NYSE:MMS) announces the recent signing of the State of Connecticut's On-Line Law Enforcement Communications Teleprocessing (COLLECT) Revision Project contract, in support of the State's Department of Public Safety, Division of State Police. The contract value exceeds $6.3 million.

COLLECT is the law enforcement officer's link to public safety information including warrants, protection orders, motor vehicle registrations, operator history, stolen property, criminal history, and offender status information. This information is critical to officers, front-line criminal justice personnel, and general public safety in a developing criminal incident or traffic stop. On-the-street officers, dispatchers, and criminal investigators are dependent upon its around-the-clock operation.

Under this contract, which was approved by the Connecticut Department of Information Technology, MAXIMUS will replace the current COLLECT system with a powerful combination of commercially available off-the-shelf products and custom products based upon public safety and open systems standards and architecture to provide over 13,000 authorized state, federal, and local police and criminal justice users access to state and national law enforcement information.

Our partner, Advanced Technology Systems (ATS), provides a web browser and message switch that will be customized to support Connecticut's specific requirements and interfaced with Peak Performance Solutions nexTEST NCIC and State Certification web-based testing software. MAXIMUS will design, build, and integrate a supporting Oracle application and database with the ATS products and Connecticut's existing legacy information systems. COLLECT will be the State's single information conduit to national law enforcement systems, notably the National Crime Information Center (NCIC) and the National Law Enforcement Telecommunications System (NLETS).

Dr. David V. Mastran, MAXIMUS CEO, said, "Law enforcement information systems such as COLLECT directly impact the lives of each one of us by providing information enabling public safety officers to protect the public." He continued, "Although, all states have message switching systems that communicate with NCIC and NLETS, the delivery of COLLECT will place Connecticut as one of the first states with a new generation law enforcement system and establishes MAXIMUS as a leading company with the understanding and capability to deliver unique and highly critical law enforcement and justice systems."

The Connecticut COLLECT Revision Project extends MAXIMUS criminal justice and integrated justice expertise into the public safety and law enforcement fields, areas that are of national significance in the post-September 11th era. COLLECT will be among the first systems in the nation to implement the latest law enforcement national standards including NLETS XML messaging and rap sheets. As all states update their law enforcement message switching systems, they will adopt the same web-based technologies and XML justice standards used in COLLECT to satisfy increasing demands for public safety and justice integration. Systems such as COLLECT, that provide connections to nationally linked law enforcement systems, will play a significant role in homeland security initiatives and communications within the state and federal jurisdictions.

MAXIMUS is one of America's leading government services companies devoted to providing program management, consulting and information technology services. The Company has more than 5,500 employees located in more than 280 offices in the United States, Canada and Australia. In 1999, 2001, 2002, and 2003 MAXIMUS was selected by Forbes Magazine as one of the Best 200 Small Companies in America for that year. MAXIMUS was selected by Business Week Magazine as one of the 100 Best Hot Growth Small Companies in 1999, 2000, 2001, and 2002. Additionally, MAXIMUS is included in the Russell 2000 Index and the S&P SmallCap 600 Index.

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