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FAIRFAX, VA, Oct. 14 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ - CGI Federal, Inc., (CGI) a wholly-owned U.S. operating subsidiary of CGI Group Inc., (NYSE: GIB; TSX: GIB.A) today announced that the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) selected CGI as the prime contractor to provide its Momentum(R) financial management software and Financial Management Line of Business (FMLOB) hosting solution as a part of the agency's Core Financial System Replacement (CFSR) initiative. The total value to CGI for the 10-year award is approximately US$25 million.

The FCC is moving from CGI's legacy financial management software, Federal Financial System, to Momentum. The FCC's financial system application will be hosted at CGI's Phoenix, AZ data center. FCC joins the General Services Administration, US Courts, Environmental Protection Agency, National Transportation Board, Broadcast Board of Governors and the Corporation for National and Community Service as clients whose financial systems applications are hosted by CGI.

Under the award, CGI will implement the Momentum Financials software suite for FCC, including Momentum Performance Budgeting and Momentum Data Warehouse. CGI will perform all integration and implementation activities, hosting, application management and ongoing operations and maintenance.

In addition to providing full financial management services, CGI's solution will deliver the added benefit of managing the Agency's annual regulatory and application processing fees. CGI's end-to-end fee calculation, billing, collecting, and reporting functions will help the FCC meet its federal financial and regulatory compliance needs while enhancing customer service through consolidated licensee management.

"We are proud to continue our relationship with the FCC, who has been a client of CGI for over 10 years, and help them modernize their financial system via CGI's hosted Momentum solution," said George Schindler, President of CGI Federal. "CGI is the market leader in the US Federal Government delivering a hosted financial solution that best enables agencies to improve mission support, comply with federal accounting and system standards, and modernize on a large-scale with the greatest efficiency and lowest risk."

About Momentum

The CGI Federal Momentum financial management software uses state-of-the art open Web technology standards to simplify system deployment and enable interoperability with external systems. This Web based version allows federal agencies to easily implement Momentum across their enterprise. The solution is offered as a government-certified commercial off-the-shelf product for federal agencies as well as part of a turnkey IT and business process service for federal agencies seeking new solutions under the Federal Financial Management Line of Business initiative. Over 100 U.S. federal government organizations currently use Momentum.

About CGI Federal

CGI Federal (www.cgi.com\usfederal) is a wholly-owned U.S. operating subsidiary of CGI Group Inc., dedicated to providing effective IT solutions for federal government agencies by combining over 30 years of government experience and technology skills. Founded in 1976, CGI Group Inc. is one of the largest independent information technology and business process services firms in the world. CGI and its affiliated companies employ approximately 27,000 professionals in over 100 offices across 16 countries. CGI provides end-to-end IT and business process services to clients worldwide from offices in Canada, the United States, Europe, Asia Pacific as well as from centers of excellence in North America, Europe and India. CGI's annual revenue run rate stands at $3.8 billion and at June 30th, 2008, CGI's order backlog was $12.03 billion. CGI shares are listed on the TSX (GIB.A) and the NYSE (GIB) and are included in the S&P/TSX Composite Index as well as the S&P/TSX Capped Information Technology and MidCap Indices. Website: www.cgi.com.

Forward-Looking Statements

All statements in this press release that do not directly and exclusively relate to historical facts constitute "forward-looking statements" within the meaning of that term in Section 27A of the United States Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and Section 21E of the United States Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and are "forward-looking information" within the meaning of sections 138.3 and following of the Ontario Securities Act. These statements and this information represent CGI's intentions, plans, expectations and beliefs, and are subject to risks, uncertainties and other factors, of which many are beyond the control of the Company. These factors could cause actual results to differ materially from such forward-looking statements or forward-looking information. These factors include and are not restricted to the timing and size of new contracts, acquisitions and other corporate developments; the ability to attract and retain qualified members; market competition in the rapidly-evolving IT industry; general economic and business conditions, foreign exchange and other risks identified in the MD&A, in CGI's Annual Report on Form 40-F filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (filed on EDGAR at www.sec.gov), the Company's Annual Information Form filed with the Canadian securities authorities (filed on SEDAR at www.sedar.com), as well as assumptions regarding the foregoing. The words "believe," "estimate," "expect," "intend," "anticipate," "foresee," "plan," and similar expressions and variations thereof, identify certain of such forward-looking statements or forward-looking information, which speak only as of the date on which they are made. In particular, statements relating to future performance are forward-looking statements and forward-looking information. CGI disclaims any intention or obligation to publicly update or revise any forward-looking statements or forward-looking information, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise, except as required by applicable law. Readers are cautioned not to place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements or on this forward-looking information. You will find more information about the risks that could cause our actual results to significantly differ from our current expectations in the Risks and Uncertainties section.

SOURCE CGI GROUP INC.