FOR RELEASE:  October 20, 1994                CONTACT:   Lee Scurry
                                                     (202) 208-3983
                                                           or
                                                 Michael L. Baugher
                                                     (303) 231-3162

               THREE DENVER COMPANIES RECEIVE 
              $15 MILLION FOR SUPPORT SERVICES (#40079)

     The U.S. Department of the Interior's Minerals Management
Service (MMS) has awarded contracts totalling $15,194,043 to three
Denver companies, MMS officials announced today.

     The Townsen Consulting Group will receive $1,261,226 over five
years for on-site administrative support services provided to MMS'
Royalty Management Program (RMP) and Western Administrative Service
Center in Denver.

     Source One Management will receive $6,202,846 for the
continuation of accounting support services provided to MMS' RMP.

     The American Management Systems Operations Corporation will
receive $7,729,971 for the continuation of operation and
maintenance services provided to the MMS computer facility at the
Denver Federal Center.

     "MMS' royalty program collects and disburses about $4 billion
annually in revenues from federal and Indian mineral leases," said
MMS Acting Director Cynthia Quarterman.  "These three Denver
companies will assist MMS in its mission to collect, account for,
and disburse those revenues in the most timely and accurate way
possible." 

     MMS administers federal offshore mineral programs and manages
the federal mineral royalty collection program.

     MMS is the federal agency that manages and regulates the
nation's natural gas, oil and other mineral resources on the OCS,
and collects and disburses revenues from offshore mineral leases
and from onshore mineral leases on Federal and Indian lands.

                          -MMS-

Subject: PR-10/20/94 Contracts/Three Denver Companies Receive $15
Million For Support Services (#40079)