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                                 UNITED STATES
                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                             Washington, D.C. 20549
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                                    FORM 8-K

                                 CURRENT REPORT
     Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

                       Date of report:  December 24, 2009
              Date of earliest event reported:  December 22, 2009
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                                 MAXIMUS, INC.
             (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)


         Virginia                     1-12997                 54-1000588
(State or other jurisdiction       (Commission              (I.R.S. Employer
       of incorporation)           File Number)            Identification No.)

       11419 Sunset Hills Road,
          Reston, Virginia                                     20190-5207
(Address of principal executive offices)                       (Zip Code)

      Registrant's telephone number, including area code:  (703) 251-8500

                                 Not Applicable
         (Former name or former address, if changed since last report)


Check  the  appropriate  box  below  if  the  Form  8-K  filing  is  intended to
simultaneously  satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the
following  provisions:

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    (17 CFR 230.425)

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   Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))

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   Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))

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Item  1.01     Entry  into  a  Material  Definitive  Agreement.

          The  information  required  in  Item  1.01  regarding  the  Executive
Employment, Non-Compete and Confidentiality Agreement between MAXIMUS, Inc. (the
"Company") and Richard A. Montoni, relating to his continued employment as Chief
Executive  Officer  and  President  of the Company, is incorporated by reference
from  Item  5.02  below.

Item  5.02.     Departure  of  Directors  or  Principal  Officers;  Election  of
                Directors;  Appointment  of  Principal  Officers.

          On  December  22, 2009, the Company entered into a four-year extension
of  the  Executive  Employment,  Non-Compete  and Confidentiality Agreement (the
"Employment  Agreement")  with  Richard  A.  Montoni.  Under  that extension the
Employment  Agreement  will  continue  in force until April 24, 2014.  All other
terms  and  conditions  of  the  Employment  Agreement  remain  unchanged.


                                   SIGNATURES

     Pursuant  to  the  requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the
registrant  has  duly  caused  this  report  to  be  signed on its behalf by the
undersigned  hereunto  duly  authorized.


                                          MAXIMUS, Inc.


Date:     December 24, 2009               By: /s/ David R. Francis
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                                              David R. Francis
                                              General Counsel and Secretary