ARTICLES OF AMENDMENT OF
                          ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION OF
                              INFODATA SYSTEMS INC.


         The  undersigned,  pursuant  to  Chapter 9 of Title 13.1 of the Code of
Virginia, states as follows:

         1.  The  name  of  the  corporation  (hereinafter  referred  to as  the
"Corporation") is INFODATA SYSTEMS INC.

         2.  As  a  result  of  a  two-for-one   stock  split  declared  by  the
Corporation's  Board of  Directors on July 30, 1996,  and to be  distributed  on
August 26, 1996 to  shareholders  of record on August 12,  1996,  the  following
amendments to the Corporation's Articles of Incorporation have been adopted:

                  (a) ARTICLE 2 of the  Corporation's  Articles of Incorporation
is hereby amended to read as follows:

                  "2.      The total number of shares of capital
                  stock which the Corporation has authority to
                  issue is 7,006,666 shares."

                  (b) The first two sentences of ARTICLE 3 of the  Corporation's
Articles of Incorporation are hereby amended to read as follows:

                  "3. The  Corporation  shall be authorized to issue two classes
                  of capital stock to be designated Common Stock, par value $.03
                  per share,  and  Preferred  Stock,  par value $1.00 per share.
                  There shall be 6,666,666 authorized shares of Common Stock and
                  340,000 authorized shares of Preferred Stock."

         3. The  foregoing  amendments  were  adopted on July 30,  1996,  by the
Corporation's  Board of Directors without shareholder action pursuant to Section
13.1-706.3 of the Code of Virginia.

         The undersigned, being the President of the Corporation,  declares that
the facts herein stated are true as of this 12th day of August, 1996.

                                                     INFODATA SYSTEMS INC.



                                                     By: /s/Harry Kaplowitz
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                                                        Harry Kaplowitz
                                                        President