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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

~~Form~~ FORM 8-K

CURRENT REPORT ~~PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934~~

~~Date~~Pursuant ofto ~~Report: July~~Section ~~24,~~13 ~~2002~~ or 15(~~Date~~d) of ~~earliest~~the Securities ~~event~~Exchange ~~reported)~~ Act of 1934

RWD Technologies, Inc. (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): August 6, 2002
RWD TECHNOLOGIES, INC. (Exact Name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Maryland (State of Incorporation)	0-22145 (Commission File Number)	52-1552720 (IRS Employer Identification No.)
10480 Little Patuxent Parkway, Suite 1200, Columbia, Maryland 21044 (Address of principal executive offices)
(410) 730-4377 (Registrant's telephone number)

Maryland (State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation)		0-22145 (Commission File Number)
52-1552720 (IRS Employer Identification No.)
10480 Little Patuxtent Parkway Columbia, Maryland (Address of Principal Executive Offices)		21044 (ZIP Code)

Item 5. Other Information

~~Registrants~~ On ~~telephone~~August 6, ~~number~~2002, ~~including~~the ~~area~~Company ~~code:~~issued a press release announcing the resignation of Dr. David Yager as president of the Company's Latitude360 ~~(410)~~operating segment. A copy of the press release issued by the Company is attached as an exhibit to this Current Report on Form ~~730~~8-~~4377~~ K.

Item 5. Other Events

On July 23, 2002, RWD Technologies, Inc. (the Registrant and the Corporation), by a press release attached as Exhibit 99.1 to this report, and a conference call held July 24, 2002, and the script attached as Exhibit 99.2 to this report, and incorporated herein by reference, commented on the financial results for the second fiscal quarter ended June 30, 2002. Management also discussed the Corporation's outlook for the remainder of 2002.

Actual results may differ materially from those expressed or implied by the forward-looking statements contained in this report and made during the conference call. For those statements, the Corporation claims the protection of the safe harbor for forward-looking statements contained in the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995.

Item 7. Financial Statements and Exhibits

(c): Exhibits. The following exhibits are filed with this document.

Exhibit Number		Description
99.1		Press Release dated August 6, 2002.

99.1		Press Release dated July 23, 2002.
99.2		July 24, 2002 Conference Call Script.

~~Item 9. Regulation FD Disclosure~~SIGNATURES

~~The~~Pursuant ~~Registrant elects~~ to ~~disclose~~the ~~through~~requirements ~~this~~of ~~filing, pursuant to Regulation FD,~~ the ~~information~~Securities ~~set~~Exchange ~~forth~~Act inof ~~the July 24~~1934, ~~2002~~the ~~conference~~Registrant ~~call~~has ~~script~~duly ~~of Dr. Robert~~caused W.this ~~Deutsch~~report ~~and~~to ~~Beth~~be ~~Marie~~signed ~~Buck.~~on ~~Due~~its tobehalf ~~technical difficulties encountered~~ by the ~~wire~~undersigned thereunto ~~service,~~duly ~~the advance notice of the earnings conference call was delayed~~authorized.

RWD TECHNOLOGIES, ~~SIGNATURE~~ INC. By: /s/ Laurens MacLure, Jr. Laurens MacLure, Jr. Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary

~~Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934~~Date: August 7, ~~the~~2002 ~~Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.~~

~~RWD TECHNOLOGIES, INC. (Registrant) By: /s/ BETH MARIE BUCK Beth Marie Buck Vice President and Chief Financial Officer (Principal Financial and Accounting Officer)~~3

~~Date:~~ ~~July 25,~~ ~~2002~~ Exhibit Index

EXHIBIT INDEX

Exhibit Number		Description
99.1		Press Release dated August 6, 2002.

Exhibit Number		Description of Exhibits
99.1		Press Release dated July 23, 2002.
99.2		July 24, 2002 Conference Call Script.

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Item 5. Other Information

Item 7. Financial Statements and Exhibits

SIGNATURES
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