SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                                  Washington, D.C.


          LITIGATION RELEASE NO. 16001 / December 15, 1998


          Securities and Exchange Commission v. Rex G. Ahlstrom, U.S.
          District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia, Civil Action
          No. 98-1775-A


               The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced the
          filing of a settled complaint for insider trading in the
          securities of BDM International, Inc. against Rex G. Ahlstrom of
          Reston, Virginia.  BDM was a defense and information technology
          company, headquartered in McLean, Virginia.  The complaint, filed
          with the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of
          Virginia, alleges that Ahlstrom purchased BDM stock after
          learning indirectly of confidential information relating to a
          tender offer for BDM from his neighbor, a senior executive at
          BDM.  Ahlstrom's trading resulted in illicit profits of $16,315
          and violated Section 14(e) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
          and Rule 14e-3 thereunder.

               According to the complaint, in November 1997, the wife of
          the senior BDM executive telephoned Ahlstrom's wife and requested
          child care assistance because she was ill.  In this conversation,
          the senior BDM executive's wife disclosed to Ahlstrom's wife that
          the senior BDM executive could not assist with child care because
          BDM was being sold.  Ahlstrom's wife relayed this information to
          Ahlstrom and, after confirming on the Internet that the
          information was not yet public, Ahlstrom purchased 2,000 shares
          of BDM stock.  At that time, Ahlstrom knew that his neighbor was
          responsible for merger and acquisition activity at BDM.  After
          the November 21, 1997, announcement by BDM that it had agreed to
          be acquired in a tender offer by TRW, Inc., Ahlstrom sold his BDM
          shares for a profit of $16,315.

               Prior to the filing of the action, Ahlstrom consented,
          without admitting or denying the allegations of the complaint, to
          entry of a final judgment permanently enjoining him from
          violations of Section 14(e) of the Exchange Act and Rule 14e-3
          thereunder, and ordering Ahlstrom to pay disgorgement of $16,315,
          prejudgment interest of $1,171, and a penalty of $16,315 under
          the Insider Trading and Securities Fraud Enforcement Act, for a
          total payment of $33,801.

               The Commission wishes to acknowledge the cooperation of
          NASD Regulation, Inc. in this matter.  The Commission's
          investigation into trading of BDM securities is continuing.