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                                                                    EXHIBIT 23.1

              CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT CERTIFIED PUBLIC ACCOUNTANTS

     We have issued our report dated December 11, 1998, accompanying the
consolidated financial statements included in the Annual Report of Wiltek, Inc.
on Form 10-KSB, as amended, for the year ended October 31, 1998, which are
incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement. We consent to the
incorporation by reference in this Registration Statement of the aforementioned
report.

                                          /s/ GRANT THORNTON LLP

New York, New York
December 16, 1999