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Exhibit 10(a)
    
                             EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT

    This at will Employment Agreement ("Agreement") is entered into as of 
this 26th day of September, 1996 by and between On-Site Sourcing, Inc. with 
address of 1111 N. 19th Street, Suite 404, Arlington, Virginia 22209 ("OSS" 
or the "Company") and Joseph Sciacca ("Mr. Sciacca" or the "Executive") with 
home address at 7224 Beechwood Rd, Alexandria, VA  22209.
                     
    WHEREAS, OSS desires to employ the services of Mr. Sciacca as a full-time 
employee without distraction and considers such employment in the best 
interests of the Company and its shareholders, and Mr. Sciacca desires to be 
employed full time by the Company; and

    WHEREAS, OSS and Mr. Sciacca desire to enter into an at will Agreement 
reflecting the terms under which Mr. Sciacca will be employed by the Company. 

    NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and mutual covenants set 
forth herein, the parties hereto agree as follows:

    1.   TERM.  This at will Employment Agreement will remain in effect for a 
three year period from the date of the Agreement with the understanding that 
employment shall be at will.  It will be renewed automatically for succeeding 
periods of one year unless sooner terminated with or without cause as 
provided in sections 6 and 7 below.

    2.   NATURE OF EMPLOYMENT.  Mr. Sciacca shall be employed as the Chief 
Financial Officer of the Company with full power and authority as determined 
by the Board of Directors of OSS (the "Board").  Mr. Sciacca agrees to 
diligently and faithfully perform such duties and serve in the above capacity 
or in such capacities as the Board of Directors of the Company shall 
determine.

    Mr. Sciacca's duties as Chief Financial Officer include but are not 
limited to the following:

    (a)  Report to the President and Chief Executive Officer of the Company.

    (b)  Manage the company's financial operations.

    (c)  Assist the Company in the development of all phases of the Company's
         present and future business.  

    Mr. Sciacca shall perform any and all duties now and hereafter assigned to
Mr. Sciacca by the Company's Board of Directors.  Mr. Sciacca shall at all times
conduct himself in accordance with the Company's stated policies and procedures
as may be in effect from time to time. 

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    Mr. Sciacca shall be employed by the Company on a full-time basis and 
shall not during the term of this Agreement be engaged in any other business 
activity that, in the judgment of the Company's Board of Directors, impedes 
or detracts from Mr. Sciacca's performance of services for the Company 
hereunder.  During the period of employment, Mr. Sciacca further agrees not 
to (i) solely or jointly with others undertake or join any planning for or 
organization of any business activities of the Company, and (ii) directly or 
indirectly, engage or participate in any other activities in conflict with 
the best interests of the Company.  The Company understands that Mr. Sciacca 
will begin working immediately while he is in the process of closing out his 
private practice.  Mr. Sciacca has indicated that he will be employed on a 
full-time basis within six months. 

    3.   COMPENSATION FOR SERVICES.  As consideration to Mr. Sciacca for
services rendered under this Agreement, OSS shall compensate Mr. Sciacca as
follows:

    (a)  BASE SALARY.  Mr. Sciacca shall receive a base salary of $ 90,000 
per year payable monthly and thereafter to be determined at the discretion of 
the Board of Directors upon an annual review of Mr. Sciacca's performance.

    (b)  BENEFITS.  Mr. Sciacca shall be entitled to all other benefits 
normally accorded to full time employees of OSS, including such bonuses, 
prescription, life insurance, medical insurance, holidays and expense 
accounts as are consistent for other key senior management personnel or as 
may be decided by the Executive if said items are discretionary with the 
Executive.

    Mr. Sciacca shall be entitled to two weeks paid vacation per year for 
each of the first 4 years of employment beginning at commencement of 
employment with the Company.  He shall be entitled to three weeks paid 
vacation each year after the fourth anniversary which is to be considered 
September 1, 2000.  No more than two weeks shall be taken consecutively 
without the prior written approval by the Company.

    Mr. Sciacca shall be entitled to all health and sick leave as is accorded 
to other key senior management personnel.

    (c)  REIMBURSEMENT.  Mr. Sciacca shall be reimbursed within fifteen (15) 
days for all properly documented OSS business expenses incurred by the 
Executive.  To the extent permitted by applicable law, OSS, shall treat these 
expenses as senior in the right of payment to any other obligation of OSS.

    (d)  STOCK OPTIONS.  Stock options to purchase 75,000 shares of the 
Company's common stock at $2.125 per share, the market price of the Company's 
common stock as quoted at on the Nasdaq Small Cap Stock Market at the time of 
the meeting of the Board of Directors authorizing the options, granted as of 
the date of this Agreement.  The options shall vest in equal quarterly 
installments over a four year period.  The options shall be exercisable for a 
period of five years from the date of grant.  The options are cancelable upon 
Mr. Sciacca's termination from the Company for cause as defined in 6(a) 
below.  Furthermore, the options shall inure to the benefit of the 
Executive's heirs and designees.

    (e)  BONUS.  Mr. Sciacca shall be eligible to be paid at each year end a 
bonus in an amount at the discretion of the Board of Directors based upon Mr. 
Sciacca's performance and the performance of the Company. 

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    (f)  STOCK PURCHASE.  Mr. Sciacca shall receive a $25,000 loan from the
Company to be used soley for the purpose of purchasing On-Site Sourcing, Inc.
stock at the current market price.  The terms of the loan are further described
in the Loan Agreement of September 26, 1996 between Mr. Sciacca and On-Site
Sourcing, Inc.

    4.   RESPONSIBILITY OF EXECUTIVE.  The responsibilities of Mr. Sciacca 
under this Agreement are as follows:

    (a)  Mr. Sciacca agrees to serve OSS for the term of employment specified 
in Section 1 above.  Mr. Sciacca agrees to (i) devote his full business time 
to the business and affairs of OSS, (ii) use his best efforts to promote the 
interests of OSS, and (iii) perform faithfully and efficiently the 
responsibilities assigned to him by the Board and listed in Section 2 above.

    (b)  During the term of this Agreement, Mr. Sciacca shall not perform 
services for any person or entity that competes directly or indirectly with 
the Company.  Mr. Sciacca agrees to disclose in writing to the Board any 
non-Company activities for which Mr. Sciacca receives compensation for 
services rendered. If the Board deems such activities to be excessive and to 
conflict with Mr. Sciacca's full time commitment, then the Company shall 
notify Mr. Sciacca in writing to limit those activities to periods in which 
no time conflict occurs.

    (c) Mr. Sciacca agrees to abide by General Company Policies as the same 
are duly adopted by the Board from time to time, so long as such Policies do 
not conflict with the terms and conditions of this Agreement.

    5.   COVENANT NOT TO COMPETE; CONFIDENTIALITY AND NON-DISCLOSURE 
AGREEMENT. Mr. Sciacca hereby agrees that he will not at any time, without 
the express written consent of the Company: (i) disclose, directly or 
indirectly, any Confidential Information (as defined below) to anyone outside 
the employ of the Company, or (ii) use, directly or indirectly, any 
Confidential Information for the benefit of anyone other than the Company.

    Confidential Information as used herein means all information of a 
business or technical nature disclosed to, learned or developed by Mr. 
Sciacca in the course of his employment by the Company, which information 
relates to the business of the Company or the business of any customer of the 
Company, or the business of any other person, firm, corporation,  or other 
entity which consults with the Company in connection with the business which 
is not generally known in the reprographic or facilities management industry. 
 Confidential Information shall include, but is not limited to, information 
and knowledge pertaining to manufacturing processes, procedures, 
developments, improvements, methods of operation, sales and profit figures, 
customer and client lists, credit and other financial information about the 
Company or their customers, and relationships between the Company and its 
customers, clients and others who have business dealings with the Company.

    In the event that Mr. Sciacca voluntarily leaves the Company, Mr. Sciacca 
agrees not to compete with the Company on behalf of himself or an entity 
founded by Mr. Sciacca within a 75 miles of any of the Company's offices or 
within 12 months after leaving the Company.  Mr. Sciacca further agrees not 
to compete with the Company as an employee of a reprographic or facilities 
management company (competitor) located within 100 miles of any of the 
Company's offices or within twelve months after leaving the Company. 

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    6.   TERMINATION BY THE COMPANY.  As this Employment Agreement is at 
will, the Board of Directors may terminate the employment of Mr. Sciacca at 
any time with or without cause, and in such event the following shall apply.  
"Cause" for termination shall be defined as gross neglect by the Executive of 
his duties hereunder, willful failure by the Executive to perform his duties 
hereunder, conviction of the Executive of a felony committed during the term 
of this Agreement, or of any lesser crime or offense involving the property 
of the Company or any or its subsidiaries or affiliates, gross malfeasance by 
the Executive in connection with the performance of his duties hereunder, 
willful engagement in conduct by the Executive or willful refusal without 
proper legal cause by the Executive to perform his duties and 
responsibilities which he has reason to know is materially injurious to the 
Company.

    (a)  In the event of termination for cause, as defined above, by OSS, all 
salary and other benefits paid or provided to the Executive hereunder shall 
cease as of the date of termination, and the Company shall have no further 
obligations to the Executive.  Upon a finding by the Board of Directors that 
the Executive has willfully failed or refused to observe or perform his 
duties or grossly neglected his duties as specifically set forth in Section 4 
hereof, OSS may terminate this agreement for cause provided that the Board of 
Directors has first notified the Executive on two separate occasions of such 
failure and has given the Executive at least thirty (30) days after each such 
occasion to remedy such breach of duty.  

    (b)  In the event of termination by OSS without cause, the Company agrees 
to provide the Executive with the following:

         (i) Mr. Sciacca shall receive an amount equal to two weeks base 
salary plus the value of his other employment benefits accrued at the time of 
termination that Mr. Sciacca would have received under this Agreement but for 
such termination.  Such amount shall be payable to Mr. Sciacca in one 
installment two weeks following termination.

         (ii)  "Termination without cause" shall be defined as: termination 
for any reason other than "cause" (as defined previously in Section 6), 
continuous disability or incapacity of Mr. Sciacca which prevents him from 
performing his duties for a period of not less than three (3) months as 
determined by any independent, licensed medical doctor, or death.

    7.   EFFECT ON SUCCESSORS IN INTEREST.  This Agreement shall inure to the 
benefit of and be binding upon heirs, administrators, executors, successors 
and assigns of each of the parties hereto.

    8.   NOTICES.  Any notice required or permitted hereunder shall be given 
in writing  and shall be deemed effectively given upon personal delivery, 
including by facsimile, or by recognized courier (such as Federal Express), 
or three (3) business days after deposit in the United States Mail, by 
registered or certified mail, addressed to a party at its address shown below 
or at such other address or facsimile number as such party may designate in 
writing to the other party pursuant to this section.

    9.   ASSIGNMENT.  OSS shall have the right to assign this Agreement and 
to delegate all of its rights, duties and obligations hereunder, whether in 
whole or in part to any parent, affiliate, successor, or subsidiary 
organization or company of OSS or corporation with which OSS may merge or 
consolidate or which acquires by purchase or otherwise all or substantially 
all  of OSS assets, but such assignment shall not release OSS from its 
obligations under this Agreement. The Executive shall have no right to assign 
this Agreement. 

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    10.  GOVERNING LAW.  This Agreement shall be governed by and construed in 
accordance with the laws of the Commonwealth of Virginia.  In the event of 
any dispute under this Agreement, it shall be resolved through binding 
arbitration in accordance with the rules of the American Arbitration 
Association.

    11.  SEVERABILITY.  The provisions of this Agreement are severable, and 
in the event that any provision of this Agreement shall be determined to be 
invalid or unenforceable under any controlling body of law, such invalidity 
or unenforceability shall not in any way affect the validity or 
enforceability of the remaining provisions hereof.
    
    12.  ENTIRE AGREEMENT.  This Agreement constitutes the entire 
understanding between the parties with respect to the subject matter hereof, 
superseding all negotiations, prior discussions and preliminary agreements.  
This Agreement may not be amended except in writing executed by the parties 
hereto.

    IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused this Agreement to be signed by 
a duly authorized officer, and Mr. Sciacca has signed this Agreement as of 
the date and year written above.

                             The Company:

                                   On-Site Sourcing, Inc.           
                                   1111 N. 19th Street, Suite 404
                                   Arlington, Virginia  22209


                   
                             BY:   /S/JOHN S. STOPPELMAN   
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                                   John S. Stoppelman
                                   Chairman of the Board of Directors


                              Executive:


                                   /S/ JOSEPH SCIACCA
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                                    Joseph Sciacca
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