RHODE ISLAND SECRETARY OF STATE'S OFFICE AWARDS COVANSYS AND PCC $2.8 MILLION CENTRAL VOTER REGISTRATION CONTRACT

State To Utilize ElectioNet To Meet Federal HAVA Mandates

FARMINGTON HILLS, Mich. & BLOOMFIELD, Conn.--May 3, 2004--Covansys Corporation (Nasdaq: CVNS), a global consulting and technology services company, and PCC Technology Group (PCC), a leading provider of election management solutions, announced today that they were awarded a $2.8 million contract by the Rhode Island Secretary of State's Office to implement a central voter registration system.

The system, which will be fully implemented by October 2004, will help Rhode Island's 39 cities and towns meet the mandate set forth by the Help America Vote Act (HAVA). HAVA was enacted because of contested vote counts due to antiquated punch-card ballots during the 2000 presidential elections. The mandate requires all states to implement a centralized and interactive statewide voter registration system that will be defined, maintained, and administered at the state level by January 2004. Currently, less than a quarter of states nationwide are in compliance. Most requested a waiver that allows them to delay implementation of a voting registration system until January 2006.

"This secure, efficient, and state-of-the-art Central Voter Registration System will help reduce fraud by removing duplicate registrations and help eliminate mistakes by making sure every polling place has accurate and updated voter rolls," said RI Secretary of State Matt Brown. "I am committed to making sure that every registered voter who shows up on Election Day casts a ballot."

Rhode Island will leverage PCC's ElectioNet(TM) software and Covansys' integration services for the design, development, and implementation of the central voter registration system. It will provide a number of benefits for the state including:

• Ability to share data with other offices within each city or town
• Interface with state agencies (DMV, Vitals Records, Felon Records)
• Facilitation of real-time statewide voter search for all authorized state election officials
• Detection of duplicate voters
• Voter validation and identification (unique identifiers)
• Digitized signature support and scanning of voter registration cards
• Ability to generate poll lists
• Nomination Papers
• Voter history information
• Management reporting and standard/custom reports

For the 640,621 registered voters of Rhode Island, the system will increase customer service and reduce voter fraud by standardizing the registration process throughout the state using a centralized repository. Additional benefits include the ability to support a more streamlined process for the absentee ballots of uniformed and overseas citizens, as well as voter signature scanning, web-based completion of voter registration cards and assisting voters with disabilities and voters with protective order.

"Rhode Island obviously understands the importance of complying with the HAVA mandates. They were aggressive in their pursuit in finding a high-performance solution that would reduce fraud, provide real-time data reports and support for their election processes. ElectionNet is that solution," said Joe Singh, PCC executive vice president. "We look forward to a successful implementation and helping the state with their voting technology needs in the future."

"With this contract being our second win for a centralized voter registration system in less than a few months, Covansys and PCC are clearly gaining a leadership position in this market," said Arvind Malhotra, senior vice president of Covansys' Public Sector. "Compared to other industry solutions, ElectioNet is implemented at the state level. This model provides cost saving benefits to the client, which they in turn can allocate to address other voting technology needs - technology that positively impacts registered voters."

Through a statewide data network, Rhode Islands 39 cities and towns will use browser-based "thin client" workstations to access the system. It is through their network that the statewide voter registration system users will initiate and carry out voter identification searches and verification through Rhode Island Department of Motor Vehicles driver license system. These search and verification steps will be designed and carried out pursuant to the requirements in HAVA.

Covansys subcontracted PCC for this project. The two have partnered to help states and counties meet the new HAVA election law requirements in a timely and cost effective manner, including the requirements for provisional voting, statewide voter registration databases, and election management. The companies provide a total turnkey HAVA-compliant Centralized Voter Registration and Election Management System solution that can be customized to the needs of each state. The companies also recently announced a similar contract win to implement a statewide voter registration system for the state of Idaho.

For the past 19 years, Covansys has provided public sector solutions to more than 47 states plus the Virgin Islands, District of Columbia and Guam in the areas of health and human services, public retirement, public health, motor vehicle services and unemployment insurance systems. Covansys derives more than 25 percent of its current annual revenues from state and local government clients.

About PCC Technology Group

PCC Technology Group is a leading provider of Government Centric Information Technology Solutions with offices in Boston and Bloomfield. PCC operates under five primary practices that include: Elections Division, Homeland Security, Healthcare, Gaming and Custom Solutions. There are numerous PCC developed e-Government applications being used nationwide. Deloitte and Touche, and the Connecticut Technology Council have recognized PCC as one of the fifty fastest growing technology companies in 2001 and 2002.

PCC's Elections Division brings vast experience with our customer driven team of Election Product Specialists that concentrate on Federal and State laws in the areas of Campaign Finance and Centralized Voter Registration. PCC's ElectioNet Suite of products is unique in the marketplace because its architecture was developed to run on any platform, which allows each state to easily transition to a real-time web-based technology. With their Centralized Voter Registration in compliance with the Help America Vote Act they stand ready to assist any state meet the requirements mandated by law and ensure a successful implementation.

For more information on the election products and services that PCC provides visit www.electionet.biz.

About Covansys Corporation

Headquartered in Michigan, Covansys Corporation (Nasdaq: CVNS) is a global consulting and technology services company specializing in industry-specific solutions, strategic outsourcing and integration services. Clients gain competitive advantage by leveraging our unique on-site, offsite, offshore delivery capability to achieve rapid deployment, world-class quality and reduced costs. A leader in the public sector market, Covansys is also known for application maintenance and development outsourcing in the healthcare, financial services, retail and distribution, manufacturing, telecommunications and high-tech industries. Founded in 1985, with over 5100 employees worldwide, Covansys was one of the first U.S.-based IT services companies to establish offshore facilities in India, and is a pioneer in seamlessly integrating offshore capabilities into its offerings. Two of the company's three wholly owned development centers in India are assessed at Level 5 in SEI CMM(R). All three are ISO 9001:2000 certified and assessed at Level 5 in PCMM(R). Covansys was named one of the leading IT companies for state and local governments in 2002, 2003 and 2004 by Washington Technology magazine, and one of the top 500 solution providers in 2002 and 2003 by VARBusiness magazine. Visit our web site: www.covansys.com.

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