EXHIBIT 23.4

                             MARCUM & KLEIGMAN LLP
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                   Certified Public Accountants & Consultants

                        CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT AUDITORS
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We consent to the use of the Registration Statement of Markland Technologies,
Inc., ("the Company" on Form SB-2 filed on May 11, 2004 (the "Registration
Statement") of our report dated February 25, 2004 relating to the financial
statements of Science and Technology Research, Inc., appearing in the current
report on Form 8-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March
23, 2004 File # 000-28863, which is a part of such Registration Statement, and
to the use of our name as it appears under the caption "Experts".


                                        /s/ Marcum & Kliegman LLP


May 11, 2004