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     COMPUTER HORIZONS HAS YET TO DISCLOSE MATERIAL FINANCIAL INFORMATION ABOUT SIGNIFICANT RGII TRANSACTION

Sends Letter to William Murphy

Boston, MA (August 1, 2003) – Aquent LLC, a privately-held global professional services firm, yesterday sent the following letter to Computer Horizons Corp. (NASDAQ: CHRZ) and today issued the following statement:

John Chuang, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Aquent LLC, said, “The timing of a productive meeting between Aquent and Computer Horizons is entirely in the control of their Board and management. On July 9, two days after we discussed August 1 as a meeting date, Computer Horizons announced a $31 million acquisition of RGII Technologies, a transaction that represents one-third of the company’s value prior to the announcement of our proposal. To date, Computer Horizons has failed to disclose any substantial historical or pro forma financial information regarding RGII – information they are obligated by the SEC to disclose and information we need to fully evaluate the impact of this significant transaction upon Computer Horizons. We look forward to meeting with them after Computer Horizons discloses this information and we have time to evaluate it.”

Aquent expected Computer Horizons to disclose historical and pro forma financial information regarding RGII in its second quarter earnings press release and discuss it on its July 30, 2003 conference call, as promised by Computer Horizons on its July 9, 2003 conference call announcing its acquisition of RGII.

Aquent yesterday sent the following letter to William J. Murphy, President and Chief Executive Officer of Computer Horizons:

July 31, 2003

VIA FACSIMILE AND OVERNIGHT DELIVERY

Mr. William J. Murphy
Computer Horizons Corp.
49 Old Bloomfield Avenue
Mountain Lakes, New Jersey 07046-1495

Dear Mr. Murphy:Thank you for your letter of July 31st. We respectfully suggest you reread our prior correspondence.

You have stated that the only agenda item for our meeting is for Aquent to put a substantially higher bid on the table based on publicly available information and to discuss with you Aquent's ability to finance that higher bid. Given that CHC is restricting the basis for the discussion to public information, the date of any such meeting must necessarily be deferred pending disclosure of full details of RGII, including historical and pro forma financial statements (whether in CHC's Form 10-Q or a separately filed Form 8-K). In effect, one-third of CHC's business is now a private company about which only CHC has information—information CHC appears to be waiting until the last possible moment to disclose, to Aquent, as well as to all other CHC shareholders. Once CHC completes such disclosure Aquent will quickly review and evaluate that information and ask its financing sources to do likewise. In the meantime, we cannot in good conscience speculate on matters of such importance.

CHC can fulfill its public disclosure obligations pertaining to RGII now, if it so chooses. Instead, CHC has assiduously avoided such public disclosure, much as it did when it delayed, until the day after the Shareholders' Meeting, making key disclosures pertaining to Mr. Cassese's separation deal. CHC's tactics then—and now—are transparent. Rather than participating in a real meeting, CHC Management has opted for the "gamesmanship" that Judge Lifland criticized when he concluded that CHC had "lied" to the United States District Court.

Aquent looks forward to a meeting following your public disclosure of the full historical and pro forma financials of RGII. Please let us know when you expect to make such filings, so we can schedule the date for our meeting promptly thereafter.


Yours very truly,

Steven Kapner
Director

Cc: Mr. William Duncan
Mr. William Marino
Mr. Earl www
Mr. Karl Meyer
Mr. Robert Trevisani

About Aquent
Aquent LLC is a privately-held premier global solutions company that operates 70 offices located in 15 countries. Aquent consists of two divisions: IT Services, providing solutions in application development, quality assurance testing, and project management; and Marketing & Creative Services, providing outsourcing, systems consulting and staffing for Global 1000 companies. Aquent was founded 17 years ago and is headquartered in Boston, MA. Additional information about Aquent can be found on the Company’s website at www.aquent.com.

SAFE HARBOR STATEMENT

Certain statements contained herein regarding matters that are not historical facts are forward-looking statements (as defined in the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995). Such forward-looking statements involve risks and uncertainties; consequently, actual results may differ materially from those expressed or implied thereby, including due to risk factors listed from time to time in Computer Horizons’ reports and filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

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