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FAIRFAX, Va., April 10 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- SRA International, Inc. (NYSE:SRX), a leading provider of technology and strategic consulting services and solutions to federal government organizations, today announced a Mentor-Protege agreement with Paragon Technology Group, Inc., under the U.S. Department of the Treasury, Office of Small and Disadvantaged Business Utilization, Mentor-Protege program. Under this two-year agreement, SRA will provide developmental assistance and mentoring to Paragon in areas such as corporate management, infrastructure and performance management, technical training and professional development, and business practices and proposal response resources. The Treasury Mentor-Protege program was created to motivate and encourage firms to assist small, HUBZone, and small disadvantaged businesses including Section 8(a), woman-owned, veteran-owned, and service disabled veteran-owned small businesses. The program is also designed to improve the performance of Department of the Treasury contracts and subcontracts, foster the establishment of long-term business relationships between these entities and Treasury prime contractors, and increase the overall number of these entities that receive Treasury contract and subcontract awards. "The Mentor-Protege program is a vital part of helping smaller companies achieve greater results," said David Kriegman, SRA Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer. "In addition to the technical advantages derived from the collaboration, other benefits to protege companies include increased recognition and business opportunities." Paragon is a woman-owned business that has been certified by the Small Business Administration as a small disadvantaged business and Section 8(a) company. The company, founded in 1997, is based in Vienna, Virginia, and provides management and technical services to the public and private sector. Paragon is currently working with SRA on contracts for the Departments of the Treasury, Defense, and Homeland Security. As part of the Mentor-Protege agreement, SRA will actively seek to identify other subcontracting opportunities on existing and future contracts. "Paragon is excited about the opportunity this agreement presents to our company, SRA, and our clients," said Gazelle Hashemian, President of Paragon Technology Group. "Our participation in the Mentor-Protege program will enhance our ability to offer stronger support to our clients as well as provide SRA with our expertise in business intelligence, financial management systems, independent verification and validation, information technology governance, and enterprise modernization." About SRA International, Inc. SRA is a leading provider of technology and strategic consulting services and solutions -- including systems design, development, and integration; and outsourcing and managed services -- to clients in national security, civil government, and health care and public health markets. The Company also delivers business solutions for text and data mining, enterprise architecture, contingency and disaster response planning, information assurance, environmental strategies, enterprise systems management, and wireless integration. FORTUNE(R) magazine has chosen SRA as one of the "100 Best Companies to Work For" for seven consecutive years. In 2005, BusinessWeek selected SRA as one of its "Hot Growth" companies and as an Info Tech 100 Company. The Company's 4,900 employees serve clients from its headquarters in Fairfax, Virginia, and offices across the country. For additional information on SRA, please visit http://www.sra.com/. Any statements in this press release about future expectations, plans, and prospects for SRA, including statements about the work to be performed, and other statements containing the words "estimates," "believes," "anticipates," "plans," "expects," "will," and similar expressions, constitute forward- looking statements within the meaning of The Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Actual results may differ materially from those indicated by such forward-looking statements as a result of various important factors, including: our dependence on our contracts with federal government agencies, particularly within the U.S. Department of Defense, for substantially all of our revenue, our dependence on our GSA schedule contracts and our position as a prime contractor on government-wide acquisition contracts to grow our business, and other factors discussed in our latest quarterly report on Form 10-Q filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on February 2, 2006. In addition, the forward-looking statements included in this press release represent our views as of April 10, 2006. We anticipate that subsequent events and developments will cause our views to change. However, while we may elect to update these forward-looking statements at some point in the future, we specifically disclaim any obligation to do so. These forward-looking statements should not be relied upon as representing our views as of any date subsequent to April 10, 2006. DATASOURCE: SRA International, Inc. CONTACT: Laura Luke of SRA International, Inc., +1-703-803-1856, Web site: http://www.sra.com/

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