| Exhibit      31.1                        |
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| I,      Michael W. Laphen, certify that: |
|                                     | 1. | I      have reviewed this quarterly report on Form 10-Q of Computer Sciences      Corporation; |
|                                     | 2. | Based      on my knowledge, this quarterly report does not contain any untrue      statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to      make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such      statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by      this quarterly report; |
|                                     | 3. | Based      on my knowledge, the consolidated financial statements, and other      financial information included in this quarterly report, fairly present in      all material respects the financial condition, results of operations and      cash flows of the registrant as of, and for, the periods presented in this      quarterly report; |
|                                     | 4. | The      registrant's other certifying officers and I are responsible for      establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as      defined in Exchange Act rules 13a-15(e) and 15d - 15(e)) and internal      control over financial reporting (as defined in Exchange Act rules      13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f)) for the registrant and wehave: |
|                                     |   | a) | Designed      such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure      controls and procedures to be designed under our supervision, to ensure      that material information relating to the registrant, including its      consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us by others within those      entities, particularly during the period in which this quarterly report is      being prepared; |
|                                     |   | b) | Designed      such internal control over financial reporting, or caused such internal      control over financial reporting to be designed under our supervision, to      provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial      reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external      purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting      principles; |
|                                     |   | c) | Evaluated      the effectiveness of the registrant's disclosure controls and procedures      and presented in this report our conclusions about the effectiveness of      the disclosure controls and procedures, as of the end of the period      covered by this report based on such evaluations; and |
|                                     |   | d) | Disclosed      in this report any change in the registrant's internal control over      financial reporting that occurred during the registrant's third fiscal      quarter that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to      materially affect, the registrant's internal control over financial      reporting; and |
|                                     | 5. | The      registrant's other certifying officers and I have disclosed, based on our      most recent evaluation of internal control over financial reporting, to      the registrant's auditors and the audit committee of registrant's board of      directors (or persons performing the equivalent  function): |
|                                     |   | a) | All      significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or      operation of internal control over financial reporting which are      reasonably likely to adversely affect the registrant's ability to record,      process, summarized and report financial information ;  and |
|                                     |   | b) | Any      fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other      employees who have a significant role in the registrant's internal      controls over financial reporting. |

| Date:      February 11, 2009 | By:    |        /s/ MICHAEL W. LAPHEN         |
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|                         |   | Michael      W. Laphen                    |
|                         |   | Chairman      and Chief Executive Officer |