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EXHIBIT 32.1


CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO 18 U.S.C. SECTION 1350

In connection with the accompanying Annual Report on Form 10-K of Computer
Horizons Corp. (the "Company") for the year ended December 31, 2002 (the "Annual
Report"), I, William J. Murphy, Chief Executive Officer of the Company, hereby
certify pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906
of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, to the best of my knowledge and belief, that
the Annual Report fully complies with the requirements of Section 13(a) or 15(d)
of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and that the information contained in the
Annual Report fairly presents, in all material respects, the financial condition
and results of operations of the Company.


Date: December 30, 2003                              /s/  William J. Murphy
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                                                     WILLIAM J. MURPHY
                                                     Chief Executive Officer