Vangent Appoints R. Nicholas Burns to Serve on Board of Directors

ARLINGTON, VA, Jul 30 (MARKET WIRE) --
Vangent, Inc., a leading global provider of information management and
strategic business process outsourcing solutions, announced today the
appointment of Ambassador R. Nicholas Burns to its Board of Directors.

"I am pleased to welcome Ambassador Burns to our Board," stated Mac
Curtis, President and CEO, Vangent, Inc. "We are fortunate to have the
opportunity to work with Ambassador Burns and benefit from his experience
as one of our country's most esteemed diplomats. His knowledge, counsel
and global acumen will be invaluable to Vangent's growing business with
the U.S. federal government as well as governments around the world."

Ambassador Burns will join other members serving on the Board of Directors
of Vangent, Inc. including Chairman of the Board Robert B. McKeon, Founder
and President of Veritas Capital; Mac Curtis, President & CEO, Vangent,
Inc.; Ramzi M. Musallam, Partner, Veritas Capital; Michael J. Bayer,
President & CEO, Dumbarton Strategies LLC; Paul V. Lombardi, President,
INPower; and Charles S. Ream, former Executive Vice President and Chief
Financial Officer of Anteon International Corporation.

Nicholas Burns is currently Professor of the Practice of Diplomacy and
International Politics at Harvard University's Kennedy School of
Government. He serves on the Board of Directors of the Kennedy School's
Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs.

He is Senior Counselor at the Cohen Group. He is also Director of the
Aspen Strategy Group and a member of the Board of Directors of the
Rockefeller Brothers Fund, the Atlantic Council, the Center for the Study
of the Presidency and Congress, the Richard Lounsbery Foundation, the
Center for a New American Security and the Appeal of Conscience
Foundation.

Burns served as Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs from
2005-2008 until his retirement after twenty-seven years in the United
States Foreign Service. He also served as U.S. Ambassador to NATO
(2001-2005), U.S. Ambassador to Greece (1997-2001) and as State Department
Spokesman for Secretaries of State Madeleine Albright and Warren
Christopher (1995-97). Prior to that, he served for five years at the
White House (1990-95) as a member of the National Security Council staff
on Soviet and then Russian affairs.

Burns began his Foreign Service career in the Middle East, where he was
Vice Consul and Staff Assistant to the Ambassador in Egypt (1983-85) and
then Political Officer at the American Consulate General in Jerusalem
(1985-87) where he coordinated economic assistance to the Palestinian
population in the West Bank and East Jerusalem.

Burns has a BA in History from Boston College in 1978 and an MA in
International Relations from the Johns Hopkins School of Advanced
International Studies (1980).

About Vangent, Inc.

Vangent, Inc. is a global provider of consulting, systems integration,
human capital management, and business process outsourcing services to the
U.S. Federal and international governments, higher education institutions,
and corporations. Vangent's more than 7,000 employees support clients
including the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, the U.S.
Departments of Defense, Education, Health and Human Services, and Labor;
and the U.S. Office of Personnel Management, as well as Fortune 500
companies. Headquartered in Arlington, Virginia, the company has offices
throughout the U.S. and in the U.K., Canada, Mexico, Venezuela, Argentina
and the United Arab Emirates. For more information, visit www.vangent.com.

Contacts:
Eileen Cassidy Rivera
Vangent, Inc.
(703) 284-5674
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