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                                                                   EXHIBIT 10.14

                      SECOND AMENDMENT TO CREDIT AGREEMENT

       This Second Amendment (the "Second Amendment") dated as of March 21, 2001
amends that certain $120,000,000 Multi-Currency Revolving Credit Agreement dated
as of January 9, 1998 among American Management Systems, Incorporated (as a
Borrower and the Guarantor), various other Borrowers, the Lenders named therein
and Bank of America, N.A., formerly NationsBank, N.A., as Administrative Agent,
and Wachovia Bank, N.A., as Documentation Agent, as amended by a certain First
Amendment to Credit Agreement dated as of March 16, 1998 (the "Agreement").

       WHEREAS, the Borrowers and the Guarantor have requested that the Lenders
and the Agents amend certain provisions of the Agreement, and the Lenders and
the Agents are willing to amend the Agreement as herein provided;

       NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the promises and the mutual covenants
contained herein, the Borrowers, the Guarantor, the Lenders and the Agents
hereby agree as follows:

       1.     DEFINITIONS. Capitalized terms used herein and not otherwise
defined herein shall have the meanings assigned to them in the Agreement.

       2.     APPLICABLE RATE.  The definition of "Applicable Rate" in Section
1.1 of the Agreement shall be amended by substituting the following for the
existing language:

                     "APPLICABLE RATE" means, for any day, with
              respect to any Eurocurrency Rate Revolving Credit Loan
              or Swingline Loan, or with respect to the Facility Fees
              payable hereunder, or with respect to the Letter of
              Credit Fees payable hereunder, as the case may be, the
              applicable rate per annum, expressed as a percentage,
              equal to the

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              number of basis points set forth below under the caption
              "Eurocurrency Rate Margin/Swingline Margin," "Facility
              Fee," or "LC Fee," as the case may be, based upon the
              ratio of EBILTDA to Interest and Lease Charges of AMS
              and its consolidated Subsidiaries:

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                    Eurocurrency Rate
                    Margin/Swingline
                         Margin           Facility Fee           LC Fee
EBILTDA: Interest     (basis points      (basis points     (basis points
and Lease Charges      per annum)         per annum)         per annum)
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<S>                     <C>                 <C>               <C>
Less than or              77.5                35                77.5
equal to 3.0
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Greater than 3.0
but less than or
equal to 3.5               70                 30                 70
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Greater than 3.5          62.5                25                62.5
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                     For purposes of the foregoing, the Applicable
              Rate for any date shall be determined by reference to
              the ratio of EBILTDA to Interest and Lease Charges as of
              the last day of the fiscal quarter of AMS most recently
              ended as of such determination date (such calculations
              of EBILTDA and Interest and Lease Charges to be for the
              four fiscal quarters ending on such date), and any
              change in the Applicable Rate shall become effective
              five Business Days after the delivery to each Lender of
              the certificate with respect to the Financial Statements
              to be delivered pursuant to Section 5.1(a) for the
              fiscal quarter or fiscal year most recently ended, as
              the case may be, and shall apply to Loans and Letters of
              Credit outstanding on such delivery date or made on and
              after such delivery date. Notwithstanding the foregoing
              and except as provided in the following sentence, at any
              time during which AMS has failed to deliver to the
              Administrative Agent the certificate referred to above
              with respect to a fiscal quarter or fiscal year
              following the date that delivery of Financial Statements
              relating to such fiscal quarter or fiscal year are
              required to be delivered under Section 5.1(a), the ratio
              of EBILTDA to Interest and Lease Charges shall be
              deemed, solely for the purposes of calculating the
              Applicable Rate, to be less than 3.0 until such time as
              AMS shall have delivered such certificate and Financial
              Statements to the Administrative Agent. Notwithstanding
              the foregoing, from the date hereof to the date on which
              the certificate required by Section 5.1(a) with respect
              to the Financial Statements for the fiscal quarter
              ending March 31, 2001 is actually delivered, the ratio
              of EBILTDA to Interest and Lease Charges shall be
              deemed, solely for purposes of calculating the
              Applicable Rate, to be less than or equal to 3.0.

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       3.     DENOMINATION DATE. The definition of Denomination Date in Section
1.1 of the Agreement shall be amended by substituting the following for the
existing language:

              "DENOMINATION DATE" means, (i) with respect to the borrowing,
              continuation or conversion of a Loan denominated in U.S. Dollars,
              the date such Loan is made, converted or continued; (ii) with
              respect to the borrowing, conversion or continuation of a
              Eurocurrency Rate Revolving Credit Loan or a Swingline Loan
              denominated in an Approved Currency other than U.S. Dollars, the
              date that is two Business Days before the date such Loan is made,
              converted, or continued as a Eurocurrency Rate Revolving Credit
              Loan; (iii) with respect to the issuance of a Letter of Credit,
              the date such Letter of Credit is issued; and (iv) with respect to
              a borrowing of a Competitive Bid Loan, the date such Loan is
              accepted by Borrower.

       4.     EBILTDA. The definition of "EBILTDA" in Section 1.1 of the
Agreement shall be amended by adding the following sentence to the definition:

              For purposes of Section 5.2 hereof only, for each of the fiscal
              quarters ending March 31, 2001 and June 30, 2001, EBILTDA shall be
              calculated by adding back to the figure otherwise calculated in
              accordance with GAAP the amount of $35,200,000 recorded as a
              charge to earnings for the quarter ended September 30, 2000 in
              connection with a settlement and related expenses of legal
              proceedings against AMS brought by the State of Mississippi in an
              action styled State of Mississippi v. American Management Systems,
              Inc., No. 251-99-382-CIV (Circuit Court of Hinds County,
              Mississippi (filed April 22, 1999).

       5.     USAGE PREMIUM. The definition of "Usage Premium" in Section 1.1 of
the Agreement shall be deleted.

       6.     INTEREST BASIS; INTEREST PAYMENT DATES.  Section 2.10 of the
Agreement is hereby amended by substituting the following subsection (a) for the
existing subsection:

              (a) Each Borrower agrees to pay interest in respect of the unpaid
              principal amount of each Revolving Credit Loan, Swingline Loan and
              Competitive Bid Loan from the date of the relevant Loan until such
              Loan is paid in full and at maturity (whether by acceleration or
              otherwise) and thereafter on demand at the following rates per
              annum:

                     (i) For each day that such Loan is a Base Rate Loan, the
                     Base Rate applicable to such Loan for such day.

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                     (ii) For each day that such Loan is a Swingline Loan, a
                     rate per annum equal to the sum of the rate quoted by Bank
                     of America for such Loan for such day and accepted by AMS,
                     plus the Applicable Rate.

                     (iii) During such period that such Loan is a Eurocurrency
                     Rate Revolving Credit Loan, the Eurocurrency Rate
                     applicable to such Loan for the related Interest Period
                     plus the Applicable Rate.

                     (iv) During such period that such Loan is a Competitive Bid
                     Loan, at a rate per annum accepted by Borrower in its
                     notice to the Administrative Agent delivered pursuant to
                     Section 2.6(a)(iii)(B) or Section 2.7(a)(iii)(B).

       7.     FEES. Section 2.13 of the Agreement is hereby amended by
substituting the following subsection (b) for the existing subsection:

              (b) Each Borrower for the account of which a Letter of Credit is
       issued hereunder shall pay to the Administrative Agent (i) for the
       account of each Lender, a fee (the "Letter of Credit Fee") in U.S.
       Dollars on the date of issuance of a Letter of Credit in an amount equal
       to the Applicable Rate per annum times the stated amount of such Letter
       of Credit and (ii) for the account of the Administrative Agent, a
       fronting fee (the "Fronting Fee") in U.S. Dollars on the date of issuance
       of a Letter of Credit in an amount equal to .125% per annum times the
       stated amount of such Letter of Credit; provided that the Administrative
       Agent shall rebate to such Borrower the ratable portion of such fees
       attributable to the period between the date such Letter of Credit is
       cancelled by mutual agreement of Bank of America and such Borrower (other
       than by reason of payment in full of such Letter of Credit) and the
       expiration date of such Letter of Credit. For purposes of this Section
       2.13(b), the stated amount of a Letter of Credit denominated in an
       Alternative Currency shall be the Equivalent U.S. Dollar Amount thereof
       as of the Denomination Date. Upon receipt of notice from the
       Administrative Agent, each Lender shall pay to the Administrative Agent
       its Commitment Percentage of any amount subject to rebate hereunder.

       8.     BANK OF AMERICA. Each and every reference in the Agreement to
"NationsBank" shall be deemed a reference to "Bank of America."

       9.     ACKNOWLEDGEMENT OF GUARANTOR. The Guarantor affirms its
obligations under the Guaranty and consents to this Second Amendment.

       10.    REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES. Each Borrower represents and
warrants to the Agents and each Lender as follows:

              10.1   EXISTENCE. Each of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries is a
corporation or partnership duly organized, validly existing and in good standing
under the Laws of the nation in which it is organized and any political
subdivision thereof, and is duly qualified to do business and in good standing
in each other nation and any political subdivision thereof where the nature

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or extent of its business activities requires such qualification, except where
the failure to be so qualified and in good standing could not reasonably be
expected to have a Materially Adverse Effect.

              10.2   POWER AND AUTHORITY. Each of the Borrower and its
Subsidiaries has all requisite power and authority to own or lease its
properties, conduct its business as now conducted and to execute and deliver the
Second Amendment and to perform the Agreement as amended hereby.

              10.3   AUTHORIZATION AND ENFORCEABILITY. The execution, delivery
and performance of the Second Amendment have been duly authorized by all
necessary corporate or partnership action of each of the Borrower and its
Subsidiaries and require no consent of any Person which has not been obtained,
and the Second Amendment constitutes and the Agreement as amended hereby
constitutes valid and binding obligations of each of the Borrower and its
Subsidiaries party thereto, enforceable in accordance with their respective
terms, except as such enforceability may be limited by Debtor Relief Laws and by
general principles of equity.

              10.4   NO VIOLATION. The execution, delivery and performance of
the Second Amendment does not and will not violate any Borrower's or any of its
Subsidiaries' charter, bylaws, partnership agreement or other organizational
documents, any Laws applicable to such Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries or
any agreement to which such Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries is a party or by
which such Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries is bound, except for violations
of Laws or agreements which could not reasonably be expected to have a
Materially Adverse Effect.

              10.5   NO DEFAULT. As of the date of this Second Amendment, no
Default Condition or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing under the
Agreement which has not been waived.

              11.    COST AND EXPENSES. AMS shall pay all reasonable
out-of-pocket costs, fees and expenses of the Agents incident to this Second
Amendment, including the reasonable fees, out-of-pocket expenses and other
disbursement of Troutman Sanders Mays & Valentine LLP, counsel for the Agents,
in connection with this Second Amendment, and an arrangement fee as agreed
between the Administrative Agent and the Guarantor.

       12.    REAFFIRMATION. Except as otherwise expressly amended by this
Second Amendment, the Agreement is and shall continue to be in full force and
effect in accordance with its terms. The parties hereto further agree that each
reference in any Loan Document to the "Agreement" or the "Loan Agreement" shall
be deemed to refer to the Agreement as amended by this Second Amendment and as
it may be amended from time to time hereafter.

       13.    MISCELLANEOUS.

              13.1   GOVERNING LAW. This Second Amendment shall be governed by,
and construed and interpreted in accordance with, the laws of the State of New
York.

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              13.2   NO NOVATION. The transactions described herein do not
constitute, and should not be construed to be, a novation of any indebtedness
outstanding under the Agreement.

              13.3   WAIVER. Any waiver of a provision of a Loan Document
accomplished by this Second Amendment shall be effective only in the specific
instance for which it is granted, shall not constitute a waiver of any other
provision of a Loan Document and shall not constitute an undertaking or
agreement to waive any provision of a Loan Document in the future.

              13.4   SUCCESSORS AND ASSIGNS. This Second Amendment shall be
binding upon, inure to the benefit of and be enforceable by the parties and
their respective successors and permitted assigns.

              13.5   INVALIDITY. If any provision of this Second Amendment shall
be held invalid by any court of competent jurisdiction, such holding shall not
invalidate any other provision hereof.

              13.6   COUNTERPARTS. This Second Amendment may be executed in
several counterparts, each of which shall be an original and all of which
together shall constitute but one and the same instrument.

              13.7   EFFECTIVE DATE. This Second Amendment shall become
effective upon its execution by AMS and all of the Lenders. Until a Borrower
executes this Second Amendment, such Borrower shall not have the right to borrow
under the Agreement and the Lenders shall have no obligation to lend to such
Borrower under the Agreement. On the date this Second Amendment is executed by a
Borrower, such Borrower shall have the right to borrow, and the Lenders shall be
obligated to lend to such Borrower, under the Agreement, as amended, and such
Borrower shall be deemed to have made the representations and warranties
contained herein as of the date of such execution. Upon execution of this Second
Amendment, AMS Poland Sp. Z.O.O. shall be a Borrower.

              IN WITNESS WHEREOF, each Borrower, the Guarantor, the
Administrative Agent, the Documentation Agent and each Lender have caused this
Agreement to be duly executed by their respective authorized officers as of the
day and year first about written.

                               AMERICAN MANAGEMENT
                                SYSTEMS, INCORPORATED,
                                as Borrower and Guarantor

                               BY:  /s/ FRANK A. NICOLAI
                                    --------------------------------------------
                               TITLE: Frank A. Nicolai, Director
                                     -------------------------------------------
                               DATE: March 23, 2001
                                     -------------------------------------------

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                               AMS MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS
                                DEUTSCHLAND GMBH,
                                as Borrower

                               BY: /s/ FRANK A. NICOLAI
                                  ----------------------------------------------
                               TITLE: Frank A. Nicolai, Director
                                     -------------------------------------------
                               DATE: March 23, 2001
                                     -------------------------------------------

                               AMS MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS
                                EUROPE S.A./N.V.,
                                as Borrower

                               BY: /s/ FRANK A. NICOLAI
                                  ----------------------------------------------
                               TITLE: Frank A. Nicolai, Director
                                     -------------------------------------------
                               DATE: March 23, 2001
                                     -------------------------------------------

                               AMS MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS U.K. LTD.,
                                as Borrower

                               BY: /s/ FRANK A. NICOLAI
                                  ----------------------------------------------
                               TITLE: Frank A. Nicolai, Director
                                     -------------------------------------------
                               DATE: March 23, 2001
                                     -------------------------------------------

                               AMS MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS CANADA
                                INC.,
                                as Borrower

                               BY: /s/ FRANK A. NICOLAI
                                  ----------------------------------------------
                               TITLE: Frank A. Nicolai, Director
                                     -------------------------------------------
                               DATE: March 23, 2001
                                     -------------------------------------------

                               AMSY MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS
                                NETHERLANDS, B.V.,
                                as Borrower

                               BY: /s/ FRANK A. NICOLAI
                                  ----------------------------------------------
                               TITLE: Frank A. Nicolai, Director
                                     -------------------------------------------
                               DATE: March 23, 2001
                                     -------------------------------------------

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                               NORDIC BUSINESS MANAGEMENT
                                SYSTEMS AB,
                                as Borrower

                               BY: /s/ FRANK A. NICOLAI
                                  ----------------------------------------------
                               TITLE: Frank A. Nicolai, Director
                                     -------------------------------------------
                               DATE: March 23, 2001
                                     -------------------------------------------

                               AMS MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS
                                AUSTRALIA PTY. LIMITED,
                                as Borrower

                               BY: /s/ FRANK A. NICOLAI
                                  ----------------------------------------------
                               TITLE: Frank A. Nicolai, Director
                                     -------------------------------------------
                               DATE: March 23, 2001
                                     -------------------------------------------

                               AMS MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS
                                (SWITZERLAND) AG,
                                as Borrower

                               BY: /s/ FRANK A. NICOLAI
                                  ----------------------------------------------
                               TITLE: Frank A. Nicolai, Director
                                     -------------------------------------------
                               DATE: March 23, 2001
                                     -------------------------------------------

                               AMS MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS ITALIA
                                S.P.A.,
                                as Borrower

                               BY: /s/ FRANK A. NICOLAI
                                  ----------------------------------------------
                               TITLE: Frank A. Nicolai, Director
                                     -------------------------------------------
                               DATE: March 23, 2001
                                     -------------------------------------------

                               AMS MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS
                               FRANCE S.A.,
                                as Borrower

                               BY: /s/ FRANK A. NICOLAI
                                  ----------------------------------------------
                               TITLE: Frank A. Nicolai, Director
                                     -------------------------------------------
                               DATE: March 23, 2001
                                     -------------------------------------------

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                               AMS MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS
                               POLAND SP. Z O.O.,
                                as Borrower

                               BY:
                                  ----------------------------------------------
                               TITLE:
                                     -------------------------------------------
                               DATE:
                                     -------------------------------------------

                               AMERICAN MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS
                               PORTUGAL-CONSULTORIA E
                               DESENVOLVIMENTO DE SOFTWARE,
                               SOCIEDADE UNIPESSOAL IDA, as Borrower

                               BY: /s/ FRANK A. NICOLAI
                                  ----------------------------------------------
                               TITLE: Frank A. Nicolai, Director
                                     -------------------------------------------
                               DATE: March 23, 2001
                                     -------------------------------------------

                               AMS MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS
                                ESPANA, S.A.,
                                as Borrower

                               BY: /s/ FRANK A. NICOLAI
                                  ----------------------------------------------
                               TITLE: Frank A. Nicolai, Director
                                     -------------------------------------------
                               DATE: March 23, 2001
                                     -------------------------------------------

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COMMONWEALTH OF VIRGINIA

CITY/COUNTY OF __________________

       The foregoing instrument was acknowledged before me in my jurisdiction
aforesaid this _____ day of ___________, ________ by _________________, who is
________________ of AMS Management Systems Espana, S.A., for and on behalf of
the corporation.

                                     ---------------------------------------
                                                   Notary Public

My commission expires: ______________________________

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                            BANK OF AMERICA, N.A.,
                            as Administrative Agent and Lender

                            BY: /s/ ROBERT MAURIELLO
                                ------------------------------------------------
                            TITLE: Vice President
                                   ---------------------------------------------
                            DATE: March 21, 2001
                                  ----------------------------------------------

                            WACHOVIA BANK, N.A.,
                            as Documentation Agent and Lender

                            BY: /s/ JENNIFER L. NORRIS
                                ------------------------------------------------
                            TITLE: Assistant Vice President
                                   ---------------------------------------------
                            DATE: March 21, 2001
                                  ----------------------------------------------

                            BANK OF TOKYO - MITSUBISHI
                            TRUST COMPANY, as Lender

                            BY:  /s/ JEFFERY STANTON
                                 -----------------------------------------------
                            TITLE: Vice President
                                   ---------------------------------------------
                            DATE: March 22, 2001
                                  ----------------------------------------------

                            COMERICA BANK, as Lender

                            BY: /s/ ASHLEY S. YASHIN
                                ------------------------------------------------
                            TITLE: Account Officer
                                   ---------------------------------------------
                            DATE: March 21, 2001
                                  ----------------------------------------------

                            KBC BANK N.V.

                            BY:    /s/ Robert Snauffer   /s/ Patrick A. Janssens
                                ------------------------------------------------
                            TITLE: First Vice President   Vice President
                                   ---------------------------------------------
                            DATE:
                                   ---------------------------------------------

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                                                                   EXHIBIT 10.15

                  FORM OF CHANGE IN CONTROL EXECUTIVE RETENTION
                         AGREEMENT FOR SENIOR EXECUTIVES

Date

NameTitle
Address
c/o American Management Systems, Incorporated
4050 Legato Road
Fairfax, Virginia 22033

         Re:  Change in Control Retention Agreement

Dear Name:

         The Compensation Committee of the Board of Directors of American
Management Systems, Incorporated (the "Corporation") has concluded that it is in
the best interest of the Corporation to ensure that, during any period of
uncertainty preceding and after a change in control of the Corporation, key
personnel of the Corporation not be distracted or encouraged to seek other
employment because of concerns over employment security following the change in
control. The Compensation Committee has concluded that the best way to achieve
this goal is to provide for the payment of severance benefits to key personnel
whose employment terminates under certain circumstances following an actual
change in control of the Corporation.

         The Corporation has identified you as among the key personnel of the
Corporation whose services it is in the best interest of the Corporation to
retain during the period surrounding a change in control. Therefore, the
Corporation is pleased to offer severance benefits to you on the terms set forth
below:

                    AMERICAN MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS, INCORPORATED
                 CHANGE IN CONTROL EXECUTIVE RETENTION AGREEMENT

                            ARTICLE I: DEFINITIONS

         The following capitalized words and phrases as used in this Agreement
shall have the following meanings, unless a different meaning is clearly
required by the context:

         1.1      AGREEMENT. The American Management Systems, Incorporated
Change in Control Executive Retention Agreement, as set forth in this document
and as amended from time to time.

         1.2      BOARD. The Board of Directors of the Corporation.

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Address
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         1.3      CHANGE IN CONTROL. The first of the following events to occur:

                  (a)      Any person or group (within the meaning of Sections
13(d) and 14(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the "Act")), other than
the Corporation or a trustee or other fiduciary holding securities under an
employee benefit plan of the Corporation or a corporation owned directly or
indirectly by the stockholders of the Corporation in substantially the same
proportions as their ownership of stock of the Corporation, becomes the
beneficial owner (within the meaning of Rule 13d-3 under the Act), directly or
indirectly, of securities representing 50 percent or more of the combined voting
power of the Corporation's then-outstanding securities entitled generally to
vote for the election of directors;

                  (b)      The Corporation's stockholders approve an agreement
to merge or consolidate with another corporation (other than a
majority-controlled subsidiary of the Corporation) unless the Corporation's
stockholders immediately before the merger or consolidation are to own more than
two-thirds (66-2/3 percent) of the combined voting power of the resulting
entity's voting securities entitled generally to vote for the election of
directors;

                  (c)      The Corporation's stockholders approve an agreement
(including, without limitation, an agreement of liquidation) to sell or
otherwise dispose of all or substantially all of the business or assets of the
Corporation; or

                  (d)      During any period of two (2) consecutive years,
individuals who, at the beginning of the period, constituted the Board cease for
any reason to constitute at least a majority thereof, unless the election or the
nomination for election by the Corporation's stockholders of each new director
was approved by a vote of at least two-thirds of the directors then still in
office who were directors at the beginning of the period.

         However, no Change in Control shall be deemed to have occurred by
reason of (i) any event involving a transaction in which you or a group of
persons or entities with whom or with which you act in concert, acquires,
directly or indirectly, 50 percent or more of the combined voting power of the
Corporation's then-outstanding voting securities or the business or assets of
the Corporation; or (ii) any event involving or arising out of a proceeding
under Title 11 of the United States Code or the provisions of any future United
States bankruptcy law, an assignment for the benefit of creditors or an
insolvency proceeding under state or local.

         1.4      COMPENSATION. The sum of the following: (a) your base salary
in effect immediately before the Change of Control, plus (b) two shares of
incentive compensation, each such share being calculated by multiplying (i) your
target percentage in your incentive compensation plan as in effect immediately
before the Change of Control, by (ii) your base salary in effect immediately
before the Change of Control.

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Address
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         1.5      CORPORATION. American Management Systems, Incorporated, a
corporation organized under the laws of the State of Delaware.

         1.6      GOOD REASON. Any of the following occurring on or after a
Change in Control:

                  (a)      a significant reduction in the nature or scope of
your authority or the duties that you perform;

                  (b)      a reduction in your annual base salary and/or
incentive compensation target percentage;

                  (c)      a significant reduction in your employee benefits as
a whole or the number of your incentive compensation shares, or a significant
increase in your incentive compensation goals (other than a change made as part
of a program or plan modification that applies generally to you and the other
persons then party to agreements identical to this Agreement);

                  (d)      a change of more than 25 miles in your principal
place of employment (not including business travel); or

                  (e)      a determination by the Board that you are unable to
exercise your authority or perform your duties as a result of a Change in
Control.

         1.7      GROSS MISCONDUCT. Any of the following:

                  (a)      theft, dishonesty, or falsification of any employment
or Corporation records;

                  (b)      improper disclosure of the Corporation's confidential
or proprietary information;

                  (c)      any action that has a material detrimental effect on
the Corporation's financial condition or position, reputation or business;

                  (d)      conviction of any criminal act that impairs your
ability to perform your duties for the Corporation; or

                  (e)      willful and material breach by you of your duties and
responsibilities, which breach is committed in bad faith or without reasonable
belief that such breaching conduct is in the best interests of the Company , but
only if the Board adopts a resolution by a vote of at least 75 percent of its
members so finding after giving you and your attorney an opportunity to be heard
by the Board.

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NameTitle
Address
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         1.8      TERMINATION DATE. The date that you cease to perform services
as an employee for the Corporation.

                         ARTICLE II: SEVERANCE BENEFIT

         If (a) your employment with the Corporation is terminated, either (i)
by the Corporation for any reason other than for Gross Misconduct or (ii) by you
for Good Reason not resulting from Gross Misconduct, (b) your Termination Date
occurs during the one (1) year period beginning on the date of the Change of
Control, and (c) you execute a release substantially identical to the release
attached hereto, the Corporation shall pay to you a benefit equal to two times
your Compensation. Such benefit shall be paid in a lump sum in cash as soon as
reasonably practicable after the later of your Termination Date and the last day
for revoking such release.

                          ARTICLE III: MISCELLANEOUS

         3.1      AMENDMENTS. The Board shall have complete power and authority
to amend or modify this Agreement at any time, provided that no such action by
the Board shall adversely affect your rights under this Agreement.

         3.2      ASSIGNMENT AND ALIENATION. Neither you nor any other person
shall have the right to assign, alienate, transfer, encumber, or otherwise
subject to lien the benefit provided under this Agreement.

         3.3      BENEFIT SOLELY FROM GENERAL ASSETS. The benefit provided under
this Agreement shall be paid solely from the general assets of the Corporation.
Nothing herein shall be construed to require the Corporation to maintain any
fund or to segregate any amount for your benefit or the benefit of any other
person, and neither you nor any other person shall have any claim against, right
to, or security or other interest in any fund, account, or other specific asset
of the Corporation from which any payment pursuant to this Agreement may be
made.

         3.4      COMPLETE STATEMENT OF AGREEMENT. This Agreement constitutes
the entire Agreement of the parties hereto with respect to the subject matter
hereof.

         3.5      DEATH. If you become entitled to receive a benefit under this
Agreement but die before receiving the benefit, the Corporation shall pay the
benefit to which you were entitled to your surviving spouse, or to your personal
representative if there is no surviving spouse.

         3.6      EXPENSE REIMBURSEMENT. In the event that any dispute arises
between you and the Corporation as to the terms or interpretation of this
Agreement, whether instituted by formal legal proceedings or otherwise, the
Corporation shall reimburse you

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NameTitle
Address
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for all costs and expenses (including reasonable attorneys' fees) arising from
such dispute, regardless of the outcome thereof. Such reimbursement shall be
paid within ten (10) days after you furnish the Corporation written evidence
reasonably satisfactory to the Corporation of any costs or expenses incurred by
you.

         3.7      GOVERNING LAW. This Agreement shall be construed,
administered, and enforced in accordance with the laws of the State of Delaware.

         3.8      HEADINGS. The headings and subheadings of this Agreement have
been inserted for convenience of reference only and shall not affect the
construction of the provisions thereof.

         3.9      INTERNAL REVENUE CODE SECTION 280G.

                  (a)      The benefit provided under this Agreement shall be
provided without regard to any limitations imposed by Section 280G or 4999 of
the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the "Code").

                  (b)      In the event that you become entitled to the benefits
provided under this Agreement (the "Agreement Benefits"), if any of the
Agreement Benefits will be subject to the tax (the "Excise Tax") imposed by
Section 4999 of the Code (or any similar tax that may hereafter be imposed), the
Corporation shall pay to you an additional amount (the "Gross-up Payment") such
that the net amount retained by you, after deduction of any Excise Tax on the
Total Benefits (as hereinafter defined) and any federal, state and local income
tax and Excise Tax upon the Gross-up Payment provided for by this subsection
(vi), but before deduction for any federal, state or local income tax on the
Agreement Benefits, shall be equal to the "Total Benefits," as defined below.

                  (c)      For purposes of determining whether any of the
Agreement Benefits will be subject to the Excise Tax and the amount of such
Excise Tax, (i) any other payments or benefits received or to be received by you
in connection with a change in control of the Corporation or your termination of
employment (whether pursuant to the terms of this Agreement or any other plan,
arrangement or agreement with the Corporation, any person whose actions result
in a change of control of the Corporation or any person affiliated with the
Corporation or such person) (which, together with the Agreement Benefits, shall
constitute the "Total Benefits") shall be treated as "parachute payments" within
the meaning of Section 280G(b)(2) of the Code, and all "excess parachute
payments" within the meaning of Section 280G(b)(1) of the Code shall be treated
as subject to the Excise Tax, unless in the opinion of tax counsel selected by
the Corporation's independent auditors such other payments or benefits (in whole
or in part) do not constitute parachute payments, or such excess parachute
payments (in whole or in part) represent reasonable compensation for services
actually rendered within the meaning of Section 280G(b)(4) of the Code in excess
of the base amount within the meaning of Section 280G(b)(3) of the Code or are
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Tax, (ii) the amount of the Total Benefits which shall be treated as subject to
the Excise Tax shall be equal to the lessor of (A) the total amount of the Total
Benefits or (B) the amount of excess parachute payments within the meaning of
Section 280G(b)(1) of the Code (after applying clause (i), above), and (iii) the
value of any non-cash benefits or any deferred payment or benefit shall be
determined by the Corporation's independent auditors in accordance with the
principles of Sections 280(G)(d)(3) and (4) of the Code.

                  (d)      For purposes of determining the amount of the
Gross-up Payment, you shall be deemed to pay federal income taxes at the highest
marginal rate of federal income taxation for the calendar year in which the
Gross-up Payment is to be made and the applicable state and local income taxes a
the highest marginal rate of taxation for the calendar year in which the
Gross-up Payment is to be made, net of the maximum reduction in federal income
taxes which could be obtained from deduction of such state and local taxes. In
the event that the Excise Tax is subsequently determined to be less than the
amount taken into account hereunder at the time the Gross-up Payment is made,
you shall repay to the Corporation at the time that the amount of such reduction
in Excise Tax is finally determined the portion of the Gross-up Payment
attributable to such reduction (plus the portion of the Gross-up Payment
attributable to the Excise Tax and federal and state and local income tax
imposed on the portion of the Gross-up Payment being repaid by you if such
repayment results in a reduction in Excise Tax and/or a federal and state and
local income tax deduction), plus interest on the amount of such repayment at
the rate provided in Section 1274(b)(2)(B) of the Code. In the event that the
Excise Tax is determined to exceed the amount taken into account hereunder at
the time the Gross-up Payment is made (including by reason of any payment the
existence or amount of which cannot be determined at the time of the Gross-up
Payment), the Corporation shall make an additional gross-up payment in respect
of such excess (plus any interest payable with respect to such excess) at the
time that the amount of such excess is finally determined.

         3.10     LIMITATION OF RIGHTS. Neither the establishment of this
Agreement nor any amendment thereof shall be construed as giving you or any
other person any legal or equitable right against the Corporation (including the
creation of any employment contract), except as provided by the express terms of
this Agreement, and in no event shall your terms of employment or service
(including your eligibility for any plan, program, policy or practice provided
by the Corporation) be modified or in any way affected by the establishment of
this Agreement or any amendment hereof. This Agreement is not in substitution
for any other rights and claims you may have against the Corporation with
respect to accrued amounts due you on your Termination Date, such as base salary
for periods worked and not yet paid, expense reimbursements which may be due
you, and other claims for accrued sums to the Termination Date.

         3.11     NO MITIGATION OR SETOFF. In no event shall you be required to
seek other employment or take any other action to mitigate the amount of the
benefit provided under this Agreement, and such amount shall not be reduced
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employment. The Corporation's obligation to pay the benefit provided under this
Agreement shall not be subject to or affected by any setoffs, counterclaims or
defenses that the Corporation might have against you or others.

         3.12     NOTICE OF TERMINATION. Any termination by the Corporation for
Gross Misconduct, or by you for Good Reason, shall be communicated to the other
party hereto given in accordance with Section 3.16 of this Agreement. The notice
shall (i) indicate the specific termination provision in this Agreement being
relied upon, (ii) to the extent applicable, set forth in reasonable detail the
facts and circumstances claimed to provide a basis for termination of your
employment under the provision so indicated, and (iii) specify the date of
termination.

         3.13     NOTICES. All notices, requests, demands and other
communications hereunder shall be in writing and shall be deemed to have been
duly given if (i) delivered by hand and receipted for by the party to whom said
notice or other communication shall have been directed, or (ii) mailed by
certified or registered mail with postage prepaid, when received and signed for,
or (iii) sent by facsimile with receipt confirmed:

                  (a)      If to you, to:

                  (b)      If to the Corporation, to:

                           American Management Systems, Incorporated
                           4050 Legato Road
                           Fairfax, Virginia  22033

                           fax:  (703) 267-5111

                           Attention:  Chief Financial Officer

                           With a copy (which shall not constitute notice) to:
                           Shaw Pittman 2300 N Street, N.W.
                           Washington, D.C.  20037

                           fax:  (202) 663-8007

                           Attention:  Barbara M. Rossotti, Esq.

or to such other address as may have been furnished to you by the Corporation or
to the Corporation by you, as the case may be.

         3.14     SEVERABILITY. In the event that any provision of this
Agreement is held unlawful, such provision shall be of no force and effect, and
this Agreement shall be treated as if such provision had not been contained
herein.

         3.15     SUCCESSORS. This Agreement shall not be terminated by the
voluntary or involuntary dissolution of the Corporation, by a merger or
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Corporation is not the surviving corporation, by a transfer of all or
substantially all of the Corporation's assets, or by any other event that
constitutes a Change in Control. In the event of such merger, consolidation,
transfer or other event, the provisions of this Agreement shall be binding upon
and shall inure to the benefit of the surviving corporation or the corporation
to which the stock or assets of the Corporation are transferred or the
Corporation's other legal successors, and the Corporation shall require such
successor to agree expressly to be bound by the provisions of this Agreement.

         3.16     WITHHOLDING. The Corporation may make any appropriate
arrangements to deduct from all benefits provided under this Agreement any taxes
reasonably determined to be required to be withheld by any government or
government agency. You (or your representative or beneficiary, if applicable)
shall bear all taxes on benefits provided under this Agreement to the extent
that no taxes are withheld, irrespective of whether withholding is required.

                                     * * * *

         Thank you for your ongoing service to American Management Systems,
Incorporated. Please sign and date this letter on the spaces provided below to
acknowledge your acceptance of this Agreement.

                                    Sincerely,

                                    AMERICAN MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS,
                                    INCORPORATED

                                    By:
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                                    Name:
                                           -----------------------------------

         I hereby agree to and accept the terms and conditions of this Change in
Control Executive Retention Agreement.

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                                    Name:           NameTitle
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                                    Date:
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