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         <title><![CDATA[Contracting as an economic engine]]></title>
         <description><![CDATA[Just as in every campaign that has preceded it, the issue ofjobs has been at center stage throughout the 2008 presidentialcampaign. Candidates talk about creating jobs, buildingsustainable domestic industries and so forth. Ironically, onetopic that never comes up in those discussions is one of thenation&#146;s most significant sources of high-quality, well-compensatedemployment: government contracting.]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA[Prices hold firm for government M&amp;A deals]]></title>
         <description><![CDATA[Since 2004, the price-to-performance multiples of publiclytraded government technology services companies havetrended downward, while the valuations of mergers andacquisitions have held their ground. Is this rational,sustainable and likely to continue through this year and the next?]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA[Now comes Vangent]]></title>
         <description><![CDATA[Name changes haven&#146;t stunted BPO provider&#146;s ability to win contracts.]]></description>
         <link>http://www.washingtontechnology.com/print/23_07/32638-1.html?topic=finmarket&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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         <title><![CDATA[Market disruption presents silver lining]]></title>
         <description><![CDATA[One comment I often hear lately about the financialmarkets is that their volatility has increased. Theincreased volatility is an indicator of uncertainty, causinginvestors to react quickly to each piece of financial,economic or political news.]]></description>
         <link>http://www.washingtontechnology.com/print/23_07/32629-1.html?topic=finmarket&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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         <title><![CDATA[In-Q-Tel invests in CoreStreet]]></title>
         <description><![CDATA[In-Q-Tel, the intelligence community&#146;s investment arm, is putting funds into a company that makes a new type of access control system.]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA[Adobe seeks greener pastures]]></title>
         <description><![CDATA[Multimedia giant takes aim at selling government solutions.]]></description>
         <link>http://www.washingtontechnology.com/print/23_05/32480-1.html?topic=finmarket&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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         <title><![CDATA[Planning, process and personnel]]></title>
         <description><![CDATA[Business development teams often struggle to reach growth targets or achieve revenue quotas. It can seem as if you are just digging yourself into a ditch while workingharder to climb out.]]></description>
         <link>http://www.washingtontechnology.com/print/23_05/32467-1.html?topic=finmarket&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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         <title><![CDATA[Rethinking the pure-play mandate]]></title>
         <description><![CDATA[Most prospective buyers in the government services markets are seeking pure-play, federal-oriented targets. These acquirers are either already focused on thefederal segment and want to expand there or they are seeking to enter the federal arena. This approach essentially involves sticking to the market you know.]]></description>
         <link>http://www.washingtontechnology.com/print/23_05/32466-1.html?topic=finmarket&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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         <title><![CDATA[GSA pumps up cooperative purchasing]]></title>
         <description><![CDATA[A recent Input Inc. report shows that state and local purchases under GSA's IT schedules grew to $361.2 million in 2007, a marked increase compared to 2006. Inputprojects sales under cooperative purchasing to continue to grow at a compound annual rate of 24.6 percent, surpassing $1 billion by 2012.]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA[Acquisition Solutions makes a deal of its own]]></title>
         <description><![CDATA[(UPDATED) Acquisition Solutions Inc. has sold an ownership stake in the company to Denver-based private equity firm Excellere Partners.]]></description>
         <link>http://www.washingtontechnology.com/online/1_1/32446-1.html?topic=finmarket&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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         <title><![CDATA[Where they are now | After contracting: Back to basics]]></title>
         <description><![CDATA[Joseph Kampf parlays Anteon years into private equity fund leadership.]]></description>
         <link>http://www.washingtontechnology.com/print/23_04/32395-1.html?topic=finmarket&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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         <title><![CDATA[Quarterly reports: Firms hit their targets]]></title>
         <description><![CDATA[With the public federal IT services firms having reported results for the quarterended Dec. 31, there have been some noteworthy trends. Contract awards have generally been lighter than last quarter. However, I anticipate better contract award activity in the next few quarters.]]></description>
         <link>http://www.washingtontechnology.com/print/23_04/32388-1.html?topic=finmarket&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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         <title><![CDATA[Cross-border deals take center stage]]></title>
         <description><![CDATA[A flurry of international deals involving European buyers ofU.S. defense and civilian contractors has been under waysince early 2007. Of 292 transactions by strategic buyersof U.S.-based defense companies in 2007, 50 buyerswere foreign &#151; 17 percent. So far in 2008, two of 17 deals involveforeign buyers.]]></description>
         <link>http://www.washingtontechnology.com/print/23_03/32302-1.html?topic=finmarket&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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         <title><![CDATA[Global SI business on the rise]]></title>
         <description><![CDATA[Systems integrators&#146; hourly billing rates are rising for the first time in years, indicating a &#147;healthy&#148; market for such services, according to a new report.]]></description>
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