SAIC's Dixie Baker Named Federal 100 Winner by Federal Computer Week

MCLEAN, Va., March 3 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Science Applications International Corporation (SAIC) (NYSE: SAI) today announced that Federal Computer Week has named Dixie Baker, Ph.D., to its list of leaders who made significant contributions to the federal information technology community during 2009.  The annual listing recognizes 100 individuals from government, industry and academia. Baker and the other winners will be honored during a ceremony on March 22 at the Grand Hyatt in Washington, D.C.

A technical fellow and senior vice president, Baker serves as chief technology officer for SAIC's Health Solutions Business Unit. She is a recognized leader in information protection, high-assurance architecture, and health science systems, and has significantly contributed to technology standards for the safe and secure use/exchange of electronic health information. Baker's work has helped make processes more efficient and secure, enabling health care providers to provide patients with a higher quality of care and reliable privacy protection.

Baker was named last year to the national Health IT Standards Committee, established by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009. That committee is a federal advisory body responsible for making recommendations on standards, implementation specifications and certification criteria for the electronic use of health information. Baker chairs the committee's Privacy and Security Workgroup. In 2009, Baker was named a Fellow of the Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society, and she chairs its Privacy & Security Task Force.

"Dr. Baker has been a tireless advocate for the safe and secure exchange of health information," said Anthony Hess, Ph.D., SAIC senior vice president and business unit general manager. "Her work to create national standards that facilitate the safe and secure sharing of health information impacts the community at all levels and sets the stage for how information will be exchanged in the healthcare system of tomorrow."

About SAIC

SAIC is a FORTUNE 500® scientific, engineering, and technology applications company that uses its deep domain knowledge to solve problems of vital importance to the nation and the world, in national security, energy and the environment, critical infrastructure, and health.  The company's approximately 45,000 employees serve customers in the U.S. Department of Defense, the intelligence community, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, other U.S. Government civil agencies and selected commercial markets.  Headquartered in McLean, Va., SAIC had annual revenues of $10.1 billion for its fiscal year ended January 31, 2009.  For more information, visit www.saic.com.  SAIC:  From Science to Solutions®

Statements in this announcement, other than historical data and information, constitute forward-looking statements that involve risks and uncertainties. A number of factors could cause our actual results, performance, achievements, or industry results to be very different from the results, performance, or achievements expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements. Some of these factors include, but are not limited to, the risk factors set forth in SAIC's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the period ended January 31, 2009, and other such filings that SAIC makes with the SEC from time to time. Due to such uncertainties and risks, readers are cautioned not to place undue reliance on such forward-looking statements, which speak only as of the date hereof.

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