ATS Corporation Announces New Contract Award Totaling $12 Million with Department of Housing and Urban Development

MCLEAN, Va., Oct. 20 /PRNewswire/ -- ATS Corporation ("ATSC" or the "Company") (NYSE Amex: ATSC), a leading information technology company that delivers innovative technology solutions to government and commercial organizations, today announced that it has been awarded a new contract totaling $12 million over a five-year term with the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development ("HUD") Multifamily Housing organization.  Under this contract, ATSC will continue to provide application systems support for HUD's Integrated Real Estate Management System ("iREMS").

"ATSC is pleased to have been awarded this contract to build upon our nearly three decades of support to the Department of Housing and Urban Development by further enhancing the iREMS system using our proven capabilities involving Rational Unified Process (RUP) and agile software development methodologies," said ATSC Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer, Sidney E. Fuchs.  "These methodologies allow us to quickly respond to the complex business challenges of HUD's Multifamily Housing, and thereby provide the required services in a shorter timeframe and at less cost than traditional applications systems development practices."

About ATS Corporation

ATSC is a leading provider of software and systems development, systems integration, infrastructure management and outsourcing, information sharing, training and consulting to the Department of Defense, Federal civilian agencies, public safety and national security customers, as well as commercial enterprises.  Headquartered in McLean, Virginia, the Company has more than 600 employees at 10 locations across the country. 

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