VOLT INFORMATION SCIENCES, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES

EXHIBIT 21--SUBSIDIARIES OF THE REGISTRANT

The following is a list of the subsidiaries and joint ventures of Volt as of
January 11, 2002 (exclusive of certain subsidiaries which, if considered in the
aggregate, would not, as of November 3, 2002, constitute a significant
subsidiary within the meaning of Rule 1-02(v) of Regulation S-X). All of such
subsidiaries, to the extent they were active and owned by the Company during
fiscal 2002, are included as consolidated subsidiaries in the Registrant's
consolidated financial statements as of November 3, 2002.

Name (1)                                          Jurisdiction of Incorporation
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Volt Delta Resources, Inc.                        Nevada
Volt Real Estate Corporation                      Delaware
Volt Directories S.A., Ltd.                       Delaware
Volt Holding Corp.                                Nevada
Volt Realty Two, Inc.                             Nevada
500 South Douglas Realty Corp.                    Delaware
14011 So. Normandie Ave. Realty Corp.             Nevada
Volt Orangeca Real Estate Corp.                   Delaware
Shaw & Shaw, Inc.                                 Delaware
Volt Technical Resources, LLC.                    Delaware
Volt ATRD Corp.                                   Delaware
Sierra Technology Corporation                     California
Volt Opportunity Road Realty Corp.                Delaware
Nuco II, Ltd.                                     Delaware
Volt Management Corp.                             Delaware
Volt Technical Corp.                              Delaware
Fidelity National Credit Services Ltd.            California
Nuco I, Ltd.                                      Nevada
Volt Information Sciences Funding, Inc.           Delaware
Volt Viewtech, Inc.                               Delaware
Volt Asia Enterprises, Ltd.                       Delaware
Volt STL Holdings, Inc.                           Delaware
DataNational of Georgia, Inc.                     Georgia
DataNational, Inc.                                Delaware
Volt Road Boring Corp.                            Florida
Volt Telecommunications Group, Inc.               Delaware
Volt Publications, Inc.                           Delaware
Volt Maintech, LLC                                Delaware
Volt Gatton Holding, Inc.                         Delaware
Maintech, Incorporated                            Delaware
Volt SRS Limited                                  Delaware
Information Management Associates, Inc.           Delaware
ProcureStaff, Ltd.                                Delaware
VMC Consulting Corporation                        Delaware
Volt Funding Corp.                                Delaware



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EXHIBIT 21--SUBSIDIARIES OF THE REGISTRANT--Continued

Name (1)                                          Jurisdiction of Incorporation
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Volt Delta B.V.                                   Netherlands
Volt Delta Europe, Limited                        United Kingdom
Volt Resource Management Limited                  United Kingdom
Tainol, S.A.                                      Uruguay
Volt Human Resources (VHRI), Inc.                 Canada
Volt Services Group (Netherlands) B.V.            Netherlands
Volt Jantec, Inc. (2)                             Delaware
Volt Directory Marketing, Ltd. (3)                Delaware
Volt Europe Limited (formerly Gatton Volt
     Computing Group Limited)                     United Kingdom
Gatton Volt Consulting Group Limited              United Kingdom
Gatton Volt Computastaff Limited                  United Kingdom
Gatton Computer Services GmbH                     Germany
Gatton Computer Services BV                       Netherlands
Volt Europe (Belgium) SPRI                        Belgium
Volt Europe (Espana) SPA                          Spain
Volt Europe Temporary Services Limited            United Kingdom
VMC Consulting Europe Limited                     United Kingdom
Volt Europe (France) SRL                          France
Volt Europe (Italia) SRL                          Italy
Volt Europe (Deutschland) GmbH                    Germany
Volt Netherlands Holding BV                       Netherlands
Volt Telecom BV                                   Netherlands
Volt Europe (Nederland) BV                        Netherlands

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(1)   Except as noted, each named subsidiary is wholly owned, directly or
      indirectly, by Volt Information Sciences, Inc., except that, in the case
      of certain foreign subsidiaries, qualifying shares may be registered in
      the name of directors.

(2)   60% owned subsidiary.

(3)   80% owned subsidiary.