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                                                                    EXHIBIT 10.8


                                                              AS AMENDED THROUGH
                                                              May 14, 2003

                                   GTSI CORP.
                             1996 STOCK OPTION PLAN

1.   ESTABLISHMENT AND PURPOSES OF THE PLAN.

     GTSI Corp. hereby establishes this 1996 Stock Option Plan to promote the
interests of the Company and its stockholders by (i) helping to attract and
retain the services of non-employee directors and selected key employees of the
Company who are in a position to make a material contribution to the successful
operation of the Company's business, (ii) motivating such persons, by means of
performance-related incentives, to achieve the Company's business goals and
(iii) enabling such persons to participate in the long-term growth and financial
success of the Company by providing them with an opportunity to purchase stock
of the Company.

2.   DEFINITIONS.

     The following definitions shall apply throughout the Plan:

     a.   "AFFILIATE" shall mean any entity that directly, or indirectly through
one or more intermediaries, controls or is controlled by, or is under common
control with, the Company.

     b.   "BOARD OF DIRECTORS" shall mean the Board of Directors of the Company.

     c.   "CODE" shall mean the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.
References in the Plan to any section of the Code shall be deemed to include any
amendment or successor provisions to such section and any regulations issued
under such section.

     d.   "COMMON STOCK" shall mean the common stock, par value $0.005 per
share, of the Company.

     e.   "COMPANY" shall mean GTSI Corp. a Delaware Corporation and any
"subsidiary" corporation, whether now or hereafter existing, as defined in
Sections 424(f) and (g) of the Code, or any entity in which GTSI owns at least a
35% interest.

     f.   "COMMITTEE" shall mean the Committee appointed by the Board of
Directors in

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accordance with Section 4(a) of the Plan or, if no Committee shall be appointed
or in office, the Board of Directors.

     g.   "CONTINUOUS EMPLOYMENT" shall mean the absence of any interruption or
termination of employment by the Company. Continuous Employment shall not be
considered interrupted in the case of sick leave, military leave or any other
leave of absence approved by the Committee or in the case of transfers between
locations of the Company.

     h.   "DISINTERESTED PERSON" shall mean an administrator of the Plan who
satisfies the requirements, if any, imposed on administrators of plans in order
for the grant of Options to be exempt under any version of Rule 16b-3 under the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, that is relied on by the Company..

     i.   "EMPLOYEE" shall mean any employee of the Company, including officers
and directors who are also employees.

     j.   "FAIR MARKET VALUE" shall mean, with respect to Shares, the fair
market value per Share on the date an option is granted and, so long as the
Shares are quoted on the National Association of Securities Dealers Automated
Quotations ("Nasdaq") System), the Fair Market Value per Share shall be the
closing price on the Nasdaq Stock Market as of the date of grant of the Option,
as reported in The Wall Street Journal or, if there are no sales on such date,
on the immediately preceding day on which there were reported sales.

     k.   "INCENTIVE STOCK OPTION" shall mean an Option intended to qualify as
an incentive stock option within the meaning of Section 422 of the Code.

     l.   "NON-EMPLOYEE DIRECTOR" shall mean any director of the Company who is
not an Employee of the Company.

     m.   "NON-STATUTORY STOCK OPTION" shall mean an Option which is not an
Incentive Stock Option.

     n.   "OPTION" shall mean a stock option to purchase Common Stock granted to
an Optionee pursuant to the Plan.

     o.   "OPTION AGREEMENT" means a written agreement substantially in one of
the forms attached hereto as Exhibit A, or such other form or forms as the
Committee (subject to the terms and conditions of the Plan) may from time to
time approve, evidencing and reflecting the terms of an Option.

     p.   "OPTIONED STOCK" shall mean the Common Stock subject to an Option
granted pursuant to the Plan.

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     q.   "OPTIONEE" shall mean any Employee or Non-Employee Director who is
granted an Option.

     r.   "PLAN" shall mean this GTSI Corp. 1996 Stock Option Plan.

     s.   "SHARES" shall mean shares of the Common Stock or any shares into
which such Shares may be converted in accordance with Section 11 of the Plan.

3.   SHARES RESERVED.

     The maximum aggregate number of Shares reserved for issuance pursuant to
the Plan shall be 3,500,000 Shares or the number of shares of stock to which
such Shares shall be adjusted as provided in Section 11 of the Plan. Such number
of Shares may be set aside out of authorized but unissued Shares not reserved
for any other purpose, or out of issued Shares acquired for and held in the
treasury of the Company from time to time.

     Shares subject to, but not sold or issued under, any Option terminating,
expiring or canceled for any reason prior to its exercise in full, shall again
become available for Options thereafter granted under the Plan, and the same
shall not be deemed an increase in the number of Shares reserved for issuance
under the Plan.

4.   ADMINISTRATION OF THE PLAN.

     a.   The Plan shall be administered by a Committee designated by the Board
of Directors to administer the Plan and comprised of not less than two
directors, each of whom is a Disinterested Person. In addition, each director
designated by the Board of Directors to administer the Plan shall be an "outside
director" as defined in the Treasury regulations issued pursuant to Section
162(m) of the Code. Members of the Committee shall serve for such period of time
as the Board of Directors may determine or until their resignation, retirement,
removal or death, if sooner. From time to time the Board of Directors may
increase the size of the Committee and appoint additional members thereto,
remove members (with or without cause) and appoint new members in substitution
therefore or fill vacancies however caused.

     b.   Subject to the provisions of the Plan, the Committee shall have the
authority, in its discretion: (i) to grant Incentive Stock Options, in
accordance with Section 422 of the Code, or Non-Statutory Stock Options; (ii) to
determine, upon review of relevant information, the Fair Market Value per Share;
(iii) to determine the exercise price of the Options to be granted to Employees
in accordance with Section 7(c) of the Plan; (iv) to determine the Employees to
whom, and the time or times at which, Options shall be granted, and the number
of Shares subject to each Option; (v) to prescribe, amend and rescind rules and
regulations relating to the Plan subject to the limitations set forth in Section
13 of the Plan; (vi) to

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determine the terms and provisions of each Option granted to Optionees under the
Plan and each Option Agreement (which need not be identical with the terms of
other Options and Option Agreements) and, with the consent of the Optionee, to
modify or amend an outstanding Option or Option Agreement; (vii) to accelerate
the exercise date of any Option; (viii) to determine whether any Optionee will
be required to execute a stock repurchase agreement or other agreement as a
condition to the exercise of an Option, and to determine the terms and
provisions of any such agreement (which need not be identical with the terms of
any other such agreement) and, with the consent of the Optionee, to amend any
such agreement; (ix) to interpret the Plan or any agreement entered into with
respect to the grant or exercise of Options; (x) to authorize any person to
execute on behalf of the Company any instrument required to effectuate the grant
of an Option previously granted or to take such other actions as may be
necessary or appropriate with respect to the Company's rights pursuant to
Options or agreements relating to the grant or exercise thereof; and (xi) to
make such other determinations and establish such other procedures as it deems
necessary or advisable for the administration of the Plan. Notwithstanding
anything else herein, the Committee shall not have the authority to adjust or
amend the exercise price of any Options previously awarded to any Optionee,
whether through amendment, cancellation, replacement grant or other means.

     c.   All decisions, determinations and interpretations of the Committee
shall be final and binding on all Optionees and any other holders of any Options
granted under the Plan.

     d.   The Committee shall keep minutes of its meetings and of the actions
taken by it without a meeting. A majority of the Committee shall constitute a
quorum, and the actions of a majority at a meeting, including a telephone
meeting, at which a quorum is present, or acts approved in writing by a majority
of the members of the Committee without a meeting, shall constitute acts of the
Committee.

     e.   The Company shall pay all original issue and transfer taxes with
respect to the grant of Options and/or the issue and transfer of Shares pursuant
to the exercise thereof, and all other fees and expenses necessarily incurred by
the Company in connection therewith; provided, however, that the person
exercising an Option shall be responsible for all payroll, withholding, income
and other taxes incurred by such person in respect of the exercise of an Option
or transfer of Shares.

5.   ELIGIBILITY.

     Non-Statutory Stock Options may be granted under the Plan to Employees and
Non-Employee Directors; Incentive Stock Options may be granted under the Plan
only to Employees. An Employee or Non-Employee Director who has been granted an
Option may, if he or she is otherwise eligible, be granted additional Options.

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6.   NON-EMPLOYEE DIRECTORS.

     Notwithstanding the powers set forth in Section 4(b) of the Plan, the
Committee shall have no power to determine eligibility for grants of
Non-Statutory Stock Options or to increase the number of Shares for which
Non-Statutory Stock Options may be granted or the timing or exercise price of
Non-Statutory Stock Options granted to any Non-Employee Director.

     All Non-Employee Directors of the Company are granted automatically a
Non-Statutory Stock Option to purchase up to 10,000 Shares, and a Non-Employee
Director elected to serve as Chairman of the Board is granted automatically a
Non-Statutory Stock Option to purchase up to an additional 10,000 Shares: (1) as
of the date such person is elected (or reelected) to serve as a Non-Employee
Director and/or as Chairman, respectively, and (2) as of the first and second
anniversary of such election (or reelection) provided that the Optionee is
serving as of such first or second anniversary during the respective
directorship term as a Non-Employee Director. Any such Shares shall vest and
become exercisable, cumulatively, in 12 equal monthly installments commencing on
the last business day of the month of grant; provided that if an Optionee ceases
to serve as a Non-Employee Director during any month, the Option shall cease to
vest and become exercisable with respect to any subsequent month(s).

     If the election of a Non-Employee Director or Chairman occurs prior to an
annual stockholders' meeting, the Non-Employee Director shall receive a pro rata
option grant (or, in the case of Chairman, an additional pro rata option grant)
in connection with his or her election, and the related Shares shall vest and
become exercisable, cumulatively, in equal monthly installments.

     If an Optionee ceases to serve as a Non-Employee Director for any reason,
he or she may thereafter exercise his or her Option, to the extent he or she was
entitled to do so at the date of such cessation, at any time before the earlier
of (a) the fifth anniversary of the cessation date and (b) the date on which the
respective Option would have expired if the Optionee had not ceased to serve as
a Non-Employee Director. The post cessation exercise period of an Option granted
to a Non-Employee Director, as set forth in the immediately preceding sentence,
shall apply to Options previously granted automatically to the Non-Employee
Directors hereunder and to Options granted automatically to Non-Employee
Directors hereunder in the future., but only within six months following the
date he or she ceases to serve on the Board of Directors, exercise his or her
Option to the extent that he or she was entitled to exercise it at the date of
such termination.

     To the extent that an Optionee who is a former Non-Employee Director does
not exercise his or her Options (which he or she was entitled to exercise)
within the

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applicable time period specified herein, the Option shall terminate.
The consideration to be paid for the Shares to be issued upon exercise of an
option by a Non-Employee Director shall consist entirely of cash, check or
broker's commitment to pay, or some combination thereof.

7.   TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF OPTIONS.

     Options granted pursuant to the Plan by the Committee shall be either
Incentive Stock Options or Non-Statutory Stock Options and shall be evidenced by
an Option Agreement providing, in addition to such other terms as the Committee
may deem advisable, the following terms and conditions:











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     a.   TIME OF GRANTING OPTIONS. The date of grant of an Option shall, except
in the case of Non-Employee Directors, be the date on which the Committee makes
the determination granting such Option. Notice of the determination shall be
given to each Optionee within a reasonable time after the date of such grant.

     b.   NUMBER OF SHARES. Each Option Agreement shall state the number of
Shares to which it pertains and whether such Option is intended to constitute an
Incentive Stock Option or a Non-Statutory Stock Option. The maximum number of
Shares which may be subject to Options granted under the Plan during any
calendar year to any Optionee is 100,000 Shares. If an Option held by an
Employee of the Company is canceled, the canceled Option shall continue to be
counted against the maximum number of Shares for which Options may be granted to
such Employee and any replacement Option granted to such Employee shall also
count against such limit.

     c.   EXERCISE PRICE. The exercise price per Share for the Shares to be
issued pursuant to the exercise of an Option shall be such price as is
determined by the Committee; provided, however, that with respect to both
Non-Statutory Stock Options and Incentive Stock Options such price shall in no
event be less than 100% of the Fair Market Value per Share on the date of grant,
except that the Committee may specifically provide that the exercise price of an
Option may be higher or lower in the case of an Option granted to employees of a
company acquired by the Company in assumption and substitution of options held
by such employees at the time such company is acquired.

          In the case of an Incentive Stock Option granted to an Employee who,
at the time the Incentive Stock Option is granted, owns or is deemed to own (by
reason of the attribution rules applicable under Section 424(d) of the Code)
stock possessing more than 10% of the combined voting power of all classes of
stock of the Company, the exercise price per Share shall be no less than 110% of
the Fair Market Value per Share on the date of grant.

     d.   MEDIUM AND TIME OF PAYMENT. Except in the case of Non-Employee
Directors, the consideration to be paid for the Shares to be issued upon
exercise of an Option and to be paid to satisfy any withholding tax obligation
incident thereto, including the method of payment, shall be determined by the
Committee and, subject to approval by the Committee, may consist entirely or in
any combination of cash, check, a commitment to pay by a broker or Shares held
by the Optionee or issuable upon exercise of the Option, or such other
consideration and method of payment permitted under any laws to which the
Company is subject. In the case of an Incentive Stock Option, such provision
shall be determined on the date of the grant.

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     e.   TERM OF OPTIONS. The term of an Incentive Stock Option may be up to 10
years from the date of grant thereof; provided, however, that the term of an
Incentive Stock Option granted to an Employee who, at the time the Incentive
Stock Option is granted, owns or is deemed to own (by reason of the attribution
rules of Section 424(d) of the Code) stock possessing more than 10% of the total
combined voting power of all classes of stock of the Company, shall be five
years from the date of grant thereof or such shorter term as may be provided in
the Option.

          The term of a Non-Statutory Stock Option, in the case of an Employee,
may be up to 10 years from the date such Employee first becomes vested in any
portion of an Option award; and in the case of Non-Employee Director, shall be
10 years from the date of grant thereof.

          The term of any Option, other than an Option awarded to a Non-Employee
Director, may be less than the maximum term provided for herein as specified by
the Committee upon grant of the Option and as set forth therein.

     f.   MAXIMUM AMOUNT OF INCENTIVE STOCK OPTIONS. To the extent that the
aggregate Fair Market Value (determined at the time an Incentive Stock Option is
granted) of the Shares with respect to which Incentive Stock Options are
exercisable for the first time by an Optionee during any calendar year under all
incentive stock option plans of the Company exceeds $100,000, the Options in
excess of such limit shall be treated as Non-Statutory Stock Options.

8.   EXERCISE OF OPTION.

     a.   IN GENERAL. Any Option granted hereunder to an Employee shall be
exercisable at such times and under such conditions as may be determined by the
Committee and as shall be permissible under the terms of the Plan, including any
performance criteria with respect to the Company and/or the Optionee as may be
determined by the Committee. Any Option granted hereunder to a Non-Employee
Director shall be exercisable at such times and under such conditions as set
forth in Section 6 of the Plan.

          An Option may be exercised in accordance with the provisions of the
Plan as to all or any portion of the Shares then exercisable under an Option
from time to time during the term of the Option. However, an Option may not be
exercised for a fraction of a Share.

     b.   Procedure. An Option shall be deemed to be exercised when written
notice of such exercise has been given to the Company at its principal business
office in accordance with the terms of the Option Agreement by the person
entitled to exercise the Option and full payment for the Shares with respect to
which the Option is exercised has been received by the Company, accompanied by
any other agreements required by the terms of the Plan and/or Option Agreement
or as required by the Committee

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and payment by the Optionee of all payroll, withholding or income taxes incurred
in connection with such Option exercise (or arrangements for the collection or
payment of such tax satisfactory to the Committee are made). Full payment may
consist of such consideration and method of payment allowable under Section 7(d)
of the Plan.

     c.   DECREASE IN AVAILABLE SHARES. Exercise of an Option in any manner
shall result in a decrease in the number of Shares which thereafter may be
available, both for purposes of the Plan and for sale under the Option, by the
number of Shares as to which the Option is exercised.

     d.   EXERCISE OF STOCKHOLDER RIGHTS. Until the Option is properly exercised
in accordance with the terms of this section, no right to vote or receive
dividends or any other rights as a stockholder shall exist with respect to the
Optioned Stock. No adjustment shall be made for a dividend or other right for
which the record date is prior to the date the Option is exercised, except as
provided in Section 11 of the Plan.

     e.   TERMINATION OF ELIGIBILITY. If an Optionee ceases to serve as an
Employee for any reason other than death or permanent and total disability
(within the meaning of Section 22(e)(3) of the Code) and thereby terminates his
or her Continuous Status as an Employee he or she may, but only within one
month, or such other period of time not exceeding three months in the case of an
Incentive Stock Option (or in the case of an Optionee subject to Rule 16b-3 of
the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, the greater of six months from
the date of the Option award or three months from the date of termination of
employment) or six months in the case of a Non-Statutory Stock Option, in each
case as is determined by the Committee, following the date he or she ceases his
or her Continuous Status as an Employee (subject to any earlier termination of
the Option as provided by its terms), exercise his or her Option to the extent
that he or she was entitled to exercise it at the date of such termination. To
the extent that he or she was not entitled to exercise the Option at the date of
such termination, or if he or she does not exercise such Option (which he or she
was entitled to exercise) within the time specified herein, the Option shall
terminate. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, the Committee may at
any time and from time to time prior to the termination of a Non-Statutory Stock
Option, with the consent of the Optionee, extend the period of time during which
the Optionee may exercise his or her Non-Statutory Stock Option following the
date he or she ceases his or her Continuous Status as an Employee; provided,
however, that the maximum period of time during which a Non-Statutory Stock
Option shall be exercisable following the date on which an Optionee terminates
his or her Continuous Status as an Employee shall not exceed an aggregate of six
months, that the Non-Statutory Stock Option shall not be, or as a result of such
extension

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become, exercisable after the expiration of the term of such Option as set forth
in the Option Agreement and, notwithstanding any extension of time during which
the Non-Statutory Stock Option may be exercised, that such Option, unless
otherwise amended by the Committee, shall only be exercisable to the extent the
Optionee was entitled to exercise it on the date he or she ceased his or her
Continuous Status as an Employee.

     f.   DEATH OR DISABILITY OF OPTIONEE. If an Optionee's Continuous Status as
an Employee ceases due to death or permanent and total disability (within the
meaning of Section 22(e)(3) of the Code) of the Optionee, the Option may be
exercised within six months (or such other period of time not exceeding one year
as is determined by the Committee) following the date of death or termination of
employment due to permanent or total disability (subject to any earlier
termination of the Option as provided by its terms), by the Optionee in the case
of permanent or total disability, or in the case of death by the Optionee's
estate or by a person who acquired the right to exercise the Option by bequest
or inheritance, but in any case (unless otherwise determined by the Committee)
only to the extent the Optionee was entitled to exercise the Option at the date
of his or her termination of employment by death or permanent and total
disability. To the extent that he or she was not entitled to exercise such
Option at the date of his or her termination of employment by death or permanent
and total disability, or if he or she does not exercise such Option (which he or
she was entitled to exercise) within the time specified herein, the Option shall
terminate.

     g.   EXPIRATION OF OPTION. Notwithstanding any provision in the Plan,
including but not limited to the provisions set forth in Sections 8(e) and 8(f),
an Option may not be exercised, under any circumstances, after the expiration of
its term.

     h.   CONDITIONS ON EXERCISE AND ISSUANCE. As soon as practicable after any
proper exercise of an Option in accordance with the provisions of the Plan, the
Company shall deliver to the Optionee at the principal executive office of the
Company or such other place as shall be mutually agreed upon between the Company
and the Optionee, a certificate or certificates representing the Shares for
which the Option shall have been exercised. The time of issuance and delivery of
the certificate or certificates representing the Shares for which the Option
shall have been exercised may be postponed by the Company for such period as may
be required by the Company, with reasonable diligence, to comply with any law or
regulation applicable to the issuance or delivery of such Shares.

     Options granted under the Plan are conditioned upon the Company obtaining
any required permit or order from appropriate governmental agencies, authorizing
the Company to issue such Options

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and Shares issuable upon exercise thereof. Shares shall not be issued pursuant
to the exercise of an Option unless the exercise of such Option and the issuance
and delivery of such Shares pursuant thereto shall comply with all relevant
provisions of law, including, without limitation, the Securities Act of 1933, as
amended, the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, applicable state law,
the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder, and the requirements of any
stock exchange upon which the Shares may then be listed, and may be further
subject to the approval of counsel for the Company with respect to such
compliance.

     i.   WITHHOLDING OR DEDUCTION FOR TAXES. The grant of Options hereunder and
the issuance of Shares pursuant to the exercise thereof is conditioned upon the
Company's reservation of the right to withhold, in accordance with any
applicable law, from any compensation or other amounts payable to the Optionee
any taxes required to be withheld under Federal, state or local law as a result
of the grant or exercise of such Option or the sale of the Shares issued upon
exercise thereof. To the extent that compensation and other amounts, if any,
payable to the Optionee are insufficient to pay any taxes required to be so
withheld, the Company may, in its sole discretion, require the Optionee, as a
condition of the exercise of an Option, to pay in cash to the Company an amount
sufficient to cover such tax liability or otherwise to make adequate provision
for the delivery to the Company of cash necessary to satisfy the Company's
withholding obligations under Federal and state law.

9.   NON-TRANSFERABILITY OF OPTIONS.

     Options granted under the Plan may not be sold, pledged, assigned,
hypothecated, gifted, transferred or disposed of in any manner, either
voluntarily or involuntarily by operation of law, other than by will or by the
laws of descent or distribution or, if permitted of Options granted under Rule
16b-3, transfers between spouses incident to a divorce.

10.  HOLDING PERIOD.

     In the case of officers and directors of the Company, at least six months
must elapse from the date of grant of the Option to the date of disposition of
the underlying Shares.

11.  ADJUSTMENT UPON CHANGE IN CORPORATE STRUCTURE.

     a.   Subject to any required action by the stockholders of the Company, the
number of Shares covered by each outstanding Option, and the number of Shares
which have been authorized for issuance under the Plan but as to which no
Options have yet been granted or which have been returned to the Plan upon
cancellation or expiration of an Option, as well as the exercise or purchase
price per Share covered by each such outstanding Option, shall be
proportionately adjusted for any increase or decrease in the number of issued
Shares resulting from a stock split or combination or the payment of a stock
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number of issued Shares effected without receipt of consideration by the Company
(other than stock awards to Employees or directors); provided, however, that the
conversion of any convertible securities of the Company shall not be deemed to
have been effected without the receipt of consideration. Such adjustment shall
be made by the Committee, whose determination in that respect shall be final,
binding and conclusive. Except as expressly provided herein, no issue by the
Company of shares of stock of any class, or securities convertible into shares
of stock of any class, shall affect, and no adjustment by reason thereof shall
be made with respect to, the number or price of Shares subject to the Plan or an
Option.

     b.   In the event of the proposed dissolution or liquidation of the
Company, or in the event of a proposed sale of all or substantially all of the
assets of the Company (other than in the ordinary course of business), or the
merger or consolidation of the Company with or into another corporation, as a
result of which the Company is not the surviving and controlling corporation,
the Board of Directors shall (i) make provision for the assumption of all
outstanding options by the successor corporation or (ii) declare that any Option
shall terminate as of a date fixed by the Board of Directors which is at least
30 days after the notice thereof to the Optionee and shall give each Optionee
the right to exercise his or her Option as to all or any part of the Optioned
Stock, including Shares as to which the Option would not otherwise be
exercisable provided such exercise does not violate Section 8(e) of the Plan.

     c.   No fractional shares of Common Stock shall be issuable on account of
any action aforesaid, and the aggregate number of shares into which Shares then
covered by the Option, when changed as the result of such action, shall be
reduced to the largest number of whole shares resulting from such action, unless
the Board of Directors, in its sole discretion, shall determine to issue scrip
certificates in respect to any fractional shares, which scrip certificates, in
such event shall be in a form and have such terms and conditions as the Board of
Directors in its discretion shall prescribe.

12.  STOCKHOLDER APPROVAL.

     Effectiveness of the Plan shall be subject to approval by the stockholders
of the Company within 12 months before or after the date the Plan is adopted;
provided, however, that Options may be granted pursuant to the Plan subject to
subsequent approval of the Plan by such stockholders. Stockholder approval shall
be obtained by the affirmative votes of the holders of a majority of voting
Shares present or represented and entitled to vote at a meeting of stockholders
duly held in accordance with the laws of the state of Delaware.

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13.  AMENDMENT AND TERMINATION OF THE PLAN.

     a.   AMENDMENT AND TERMINATION. Except as provided in Section 13(b) of the
Plan, the Committee may amend or terminate the Plan from time to time in such
respects as the Committee may deem advisable and shall make any amendments which
may be required so that Options intended to be Incentive Stock Options shall at
all times continue to be Incentive Stock Options for the purpose of Section 422
of the Code; provided, however, that without approval of the holders of a
majority of the voting Shares present or represented and entitled to vote at a
valid meeting of stockholders, no such revision or amendment shall be made that
affects the ability of Options thereafter granted under the Plan to satisfy Rule
16b-3.

     b.   EFFECT OF AMENDMENT OR TERMINATION. Except as otherwise provided in
Section 11 of the Plan, any amendment or termination of the Plan shall not
affect Options already granted and such Options shall remain in full force and
effect as if the Plan had not been amended or terminated, unless mutually agreed
otherwise between the Optionee and the Company, which agreement must be in
writing and signed by the Optionee and the Company. Notwithstanding anything to
the contrary herein, this 1996 Stock Option Plan shall not adversely affect,
unless mutually agreed in writing by the Company and an Optionee, the terms and
provisions of any Option granted prior to the date the Plan was approved by
stockholders as provided in Section 12 of the Plan.

14.  INDEMNIFICATION.

     No member of the Committee or of the Board of Directors shall be liable for
any act or action taken, whether of commission or omission, except in
circumstances involving willful misconduct, or for any act or action taken,
whether of commission or omission, by any other member or by any officer, agent,
or Employee. In addition to such other rights of indemnification they may have
as members of the Board of Directors, or as members of the Committee, the
Committee shall be indemnified by the Company against reasonable expenses,
including attorneys' fees actually and necessarily incurred in connection with
the defense of any action, suit or proceeding, or in connection with any appeal
therein, to which they or any of them may be a party by reason of any action
taken, by commission or omission, in connection with the Plan or any Option
taken thereunder, and against all amounts paid by them in settlement thereof
(provided such settlement is approved by independent legal counsel selected by
the Company) or paid by them in satisfaction of a judgment in any action, suit
or proceeding, except in relation to matters as to which it shall be adjudged in
such action, suit or proceeding that such Committee member is liable for willful
misconduct in the performance of his or her duties; provided that within 60 days
after institution of

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any such action, suit or proceeding, a Committee member shall in writing offer
the Company the opportunity, at its own expense, to handle and defend the same.

15.  GENERAL PROVISIONS.

     a.   OTHER PLANS. Nothing contained in the Plan shall prohibit the Company
from establishing additional incentive compensation arrangements.

     b.   NO ENLARGEMENT OF RIGHTS. Neither the Plan, nor the granting of
Shares, nor any other action taken pursuant to the Plan shall constitute or be
evidence of any agreement or understanding, express or implied, that the Company
will retain an Employee or a Non-Employee Director for any period of time, or at
any particular rate of compensation. Nothing in the Plan shall be deemed to
limit or affect the right of the Company or any such corporations to discharge
any Employee thereof at any time for any reason or no reason. Nothing in the
Plan shall in any way limit or affect the right of the Board of Directors or the
stockholders of the Company to remove any Non-Employee Director or otherwise
terminate his or her service as a director of the Company.

          No Employee or Non-Employee Director shall have any right to or
interest in Options authorized hereunder prior to the grant thereof to such
eligible person, and upon such grant he or she shall have only such rights and
interests as are expressly provided herein and in the related Option Agreement,
subject, however, to all applicable provisions of the Company's Certificate of
Incorporation, as the same may be amended from time to time.

     c.   NOTICE. Any notice to be given to the Company pursuant to the
provisions of the Plan shall be addressed to the Company in care of its
Secretary (or such other person as the Company may designate from time to time)
at its principal office, and any notice to be given to an Optionee whom an
Option is granted hereunder shall be delivered personally or addressed to him or
her at the address given beneath his or her signature on his or her Stock Option
Agreement, or at such other address as such Optionee or his or her transferee
(upon the transfer of the Optioned Stock) may hereafter designate in writing to
the Company. Any such notice shall be deemed duly given when enclosed in a
properly sealed envelope or wrapper addressed as aforesaid, registered or
certified, and actually received by the Company. It shall be the obligation of
each Optionee holding Shares purchased upon exercise of an Option to provide the
Secretary of the Company, by letter mailed as provided hereinabove, with written
notice of his or her direct mailing address.

     d.   Applicable Law. To the extent that Federal laws do not otherwise
control, the Plan shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws
of the State of Delaware, without

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regard to the conflict of laws rules thereof.

     e.   INCENTIVE STOCK OPTIONS. The Company shall not be liable to an
Optionee or other person if it is determined for any reason by the Internal
Revenue Service or any court having jurisdiction that any Incentive Stock
Options are not incentive stock options as defined in Section 422 of the Code.

     f.   INFORMATION TO OPTIONEES. The Company shall provide without charge to
each Optionee copies of such annual and periodic reports as are provided by the
Company to its stockholders generally.

     g.   AVAILABILITY OF PLAN. A copy of the Plan shall be delivered to the
Secretary of the Company and shall be shown by him or her to any eligible person
making reasonable inquiry concerning it.

     h.   SEVERABILITY. In the event that any provision of the Plan is found to
be invalid or otherwise unenforceable under any applicable law, such invalidity
or unenforceability shall not be construed as rendering any other provisions
contained herein as invalid or unenforceable, and all such other provisions
shall be given full force and effect to the same extent as though the invalid or
unenforceable provision was not contained herein.

16.  EFFECTIVE DATE AND TERM OF PLAN.

     The Plan shall become effective upon stockholder approval as provided in
Section 12 of the Plan. The Plan shall continue in effect for a term of ten
years unless sooner terminated under Section 13 of the Plan.



                       Certificate of Corporate Secretary

     The Assistant Secretary of GTSI Corp. (the "Company") hereby certifies that
the foregoing is a true and correct copy of the Company's 1996 Stock Option
Plan, as adopted by the Company's stockholders on May 7, 1996, and as amended
through May 14, 2003.




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