MAXIMUS Wins $31.5 Million Employment Services Contract Rebid in Australia.

Business Editors

RESTON, Va.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Aug. 14, 2003

MAXIMUS (NYSE:MMS) Australia arm, MAXNetwork, has been awarded through a competitive rebid a three-year, $31.5 million (US) contract with Australia's Department of Employment and Workplace Relations.

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this contract, MAXNetwork will provide employment services including job placement, job search support, and customized assistance. The Company will provide a continuum of personalized services to job seekers to obtain employment. More intense assistance and case services will be provided the longer-term and disadvantaged unemployed job seekers.

MAXNetwork, formerly Leonie Green & Associates, has been providing these services throughout Australia for nine years. This contract includes 38 sites throughout Queensland, New South Wales, and the Northern Territory. The majority of these services will be provided from existing MAXNetwork offices. While four new offices have been opened in the Western Downs and Northern Beaches to support this contract, other offices previously operated by MAXNetwork were not included in this contract award.

"We are proud of the commitment of MAXNetwork to help individuals achieve self-sufficiency and sustainable employment and their successful record in Australia was recognized with this award," said Dr. David V. Mastran, MAXIMUS CEO.

During the last nine years, MAXNetwork has provided employment services in Australia, more than 25,000 people have been placed in sustainable employment. In the United States, MAXIMUS has helped more that 200,000 individuals achieve self-sufficiency through gainful employment.

MAXIMUS is one of America's largest government services companies devoted to providing state and local governments with program management, consulting and information technology services. The Company has more than 5,500 employees located in more than 300 offices across the United States and overseas. In 1999, 2001, and 2002, 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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