Exhibit 99.1

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
James J. Groberg and Ron Kochman
Volt Information Sciences, Inc.
(212) 704-2400
voltinvest@volt.com

               VOLT INFORMATION SCIENCES ANNOUNCES COVENANT WAIVER

NEW YORK, NY - October 17, 2002 - James J. Groberg, Chief Financial Officer of
Volt Information Sciences, Inc. (NYSE: VOL), announced today that the Company
has received a waiver of an interest coverage covenant, relating to its fiscal
year ending November 3, 2002, contained in its $40,000,000 secured revolving
credit facility. All other covenants of the facility remain in effect. The
Company also announced that the credit facility has been assigned a BBB- rating
by Fitch.

Mr. Groberg stated that "As previously noted in the Company's third quarter
earnings release, the Company has no borrowings outstanding under this facility.
In addition, there are no borrowings under this facility anticipated in the
fourth quarter of fiscal 2002 or the first quarter of the next fiscal year.
However, since it is uncertain whether fourth quarter earnings will be
sufficient to enable the Company to meet the fiscal year covenant requirement,
the Company requested and received the waiver from the banks participating in
the facility."

Volt Information Sciences, Inc. is a leading national provider of Staffing
Services and Telecommunications and Information Solutions for its Fortune 100
customer base. Operating through a network of over 300 Volt Services Group
branch offices, the Staffing Services segment fulfills IT and other technical,
commercial and industrial placement requirements of its customers, on both a
temporary and permanent basis. The Telecommunications and Information Solutions
businesses provide complete telephone directory production and directory
publishing; a full spectrum of telecommunications construction, installation and
engineering services; and advanced information and operator services systems for
telephone companies. For additional information, please visit the Volt
Information Sciences, Inc., web site at www.volt.com http://www.volt.com/.

This press release contains forward-looking statements which are subject to a
number of known and unknown risks, including general economic, competitive and
other business conditions, the degree and timing of customer utilization and the
rate of renewals of contracts with the Company, that could cause actual results,
performance and achievements to differ materially from those described or
implied in the forward-looking statements. Information concerning these and
other factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those in
the forward-looking statements is contained in Company reports filed with the
Securities and Exchange Commission. These and other SEC filings by the Company
are also available to the public over the Internet at the SEC's website at
http://www.sec.gov and at the Company's website at http://www.volt.com in the
Investor Information section.

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