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GMRI, a PC Mall Gov division based in Manassas, Virginia has been notified by their partner, All Points Logistics, LLC (APL), that the team has received an award under the Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS’) First Source solicitation. The eleven awards, all issued to small businesses, are indefinite delivery, indefinite quantity (IDIQ) contracts with a 2-year base period and 3 one-year options. Contract has a minimum earning potential of $5B using the combined total awards over the life of the contract.

The Contracting Officer recently announced that the First Source contract is to be a mandatory buying vehicle for all of DHS.

APL, a Tribal Small Business, and one of twelve such companies, wholly owned by Chickasaw Nation, Industries (CNI) and PC Mall Gov-GMRI will provide a full line of server, storage, desktop, laptop and supporting devices as well as niche products to support the unique requirements of the DHS Operating Groups. These products are provided in accordance with the various Classes dictated by First Source from major manufacturers including Sun Microsystems, IBM, HP and Apple.

“The APL/PC Mall Gov-GMRI relationship has been mutually beneficial to both organizations. PC Mall-GMRI brings a long-standing, broad set of technology talents, to the APL FirstSourceFirst Team. We will work together to provide the right products, solutions, and professional services needed to support the individual missions of the DHS community as well as accomplish the overall goals of the DHS” said Phil Monkress, CNI Corporate Vice President.

“We are excited about the opportunity to partner with APL on this contract. Our two companies will be able to work together to provide DHS with a large magnitude of IT products and solutions to meet all of their needs”, said Alan Bechara, President of PC Mall Gov.

About GMRI, a PC Mall Gov company

With 20 years' experience providing IT products, services and solutions to the Federal Government, GMRI, a PC Mall Gov company, is recognized as a leader in the information technology marketplace. GMRI has the contract vehicles and dedicated professional staff to deliver best value solutions for Managed Services, Data Center Services, Storage, Content Preparation Services, and Procurement Excellence.

About PC Mall Gov

PC Mall Gov, Inc., headquartered in Manassas, Virginia, is a rapid response supplier of technology solutions for government and educational institutions. PC Mall Gov offers 125,000 different products from companies such as Apple, Compaq, HP, and Sun Microsystems. The company makes these products available to federal agencies, state and local governments and educational customers on a variety of contracts as well as through open market and procurement card purchases.

This press release contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. Such statements include the statements regarding the our expectations, hopes or intentions regarding the future, including but not limited to statements regarding PC Mall Gov's award of the BPA, the potential sales under that contract, the benefits provided by PC Mall Gov's service and product offerings, revitalizing our contract award efforts, our efforts to create brand awareness and to merge the strengths of GMRI with PC Mall Gov, strengthening our strategic partnership relationships and identifying new relationship opportunities and Ms. Ennis’ role with PC Mall Gov. Forward-looking statements involve certain risks and uncertainties, and actual results may differ materially from those discussed in any such statement. There can be no assurance that we will receive any sales or any specified amount of sales or profits from the BPA, that we will be able revitalize our contract award efforts, that we will be able to create brand awareness, that we will be able to strengthen our strategic relationships or identify new relationship opportunities or that Ms. Ennis will contribute to PC Mall Gov regarding any such efforts or otherwise. Among the factors that could cause actual results to differ materially are the following: the BPA does not guarantee any sales; variations in government funding could cause sales under the BPA to be less than expected and could effect our strategic relationships; availability of third party suppliers at reasonable prices; risks related to retention and performance of key personnel; our advertising and marketing efforts may not be successful and our brand awareness could suffer as a result. Factors that could cause actual results to differ are discussed under the heading "Risk Factors " and in other sections of the PC Mall Inc.'s public reports filed with the Securities and Exchange commission including its Form 10-K for the 2005 fiscal year and its Forms 10Q for the fiscal quarters ending March 31, June 30 and September 30, 2006. All forward-looking statements in this document are made as of the date hereof, based on information available to PC Mall Inc. as of the date hereof, and the PC Mall, Inc. assumes no obligation to update any forward-looking statement.

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