News Release-- September 15, 2003

CSC Signs Seven-Year, $200 Million Outsourcing Agreement With Ascension Health

EL SEGUNDO, Calif., Sept. 15 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Computer Sciences Corporation (NYSE: CSC) today announced that it has signed a seven-year, $200 million information technology (IT) outsourcing contract with Ascension Health, the largest U.S. nonprofit health system.

Under the terms of the contract, CSC will manage IT operations for Ascension Health's national offices and the Carondelet Health Network in Tucson, Ariz. The agreement includes applications development and support, help desk services and network, telecommunications, server, mainframe and desktop computing. It also contains provisions allowing other Ascension Health facilities to participate in the contract later, if desired.

"We chose CSC as our IT partner for a number of reasons, including their commitment to our associates transitioning to CSC, and their history of helping healthcare organizations achieve real business results through the strategic and efficient application of technology solutions," said Sherry Browne, Ascension Health senior vice president and Chief Information Officer.

"We are pleased to enter into this agreement with Ascension Health," said CSC Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Van B. Honeycutt. "Our experience in providing a broad spectrum of services and products to the healthcare industry makes CSC an ideal choice to help organizations such as Ascension Health achieve tangible, transformational results from their IT investment."

CSC will support Ascension Health's national office locations in St. Louis, Mo.; Arlington, Texas; Detroit, Mich.; and Washington, D.C. CSC will also support Ascension Health's shared services division in Evansville, Ind., which provides mainframe, server, network and applications support to multiple Ascension Health facilities. Approximately 200 Ascension associates have begun transferring to CSC.

About Ascension Health

Ascension Health (www.ascensionhealth.org) is a Catholic health ministry dedicated to improving access and delivering quality care particularly to those persons who are poor and vulnerable. This commitment is demonstrated by the $484 million provided for community benefit and care of the poor last year. With national offices based in St. Louis, Missouri and assets of $10.6 billion, this healthcare leader is the nation's largest nonprofit health system and has more than 100,000 associates working in health facilities in 20 states and the District of Columbia.

About CSC

Founded in 1959, Computer Sciences Corporation is a leading global IT services company. CSC's mission is to provide customers in industry and government with solutions crafted to meet their specific challenges and enable them to profit from the advanced use of technology.

With approximately 92,000 employees, CSC provides innovative solutions for customers around the world by applying leading technologies and CSC's own advanced capabilities. These include systems design and integration; IT and business process outsourcing; applications software development; Web and application hosting; and management consulting. Headquartered in El Segundo, Calif., CSC reported revenue of $12.1 billion for the 12 months ended July 4, 2003. For more information, visit the company's Web site at www.csc.com.