Electronic Data Systems announced that a German government agency has extended an information technology support contract for two years. EDS will provide support for the German Federal Office for Labor's 90,000 employees through 2006. The financial terms of the contract were not disclosed. The original agreement established EDS' help desk role in 1998.
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