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At look at the first Top 100 A look back at the first Washington Technology Top 100, published in 1994, is instructive for two reasons. One is how much things have changed, and the second is how much they have stayed the same.

Learning tree Class of '08 will swell ranks of IT service providers.

Time to partner up Tech companies feed integrators need for new solutions by avoiding competition.

Lawmakers aim legislative volley at contractors A year ago, Sen. Hillary Clinton said she wanted to trim the federal contracting workforce by 500,000 employees. The huge growth in federal contracting, which has reached more than $440 billion a year, motivated her to speak out.

A season of giving Presidential races and critical procurement issues push companies to increase political contributions.

About our numbers For the 2008 Top 100, we have refined the product
service codes (PSCs) used to analyze data from the
Federal Procurement Data System-Next Generation.

Top 100: The challenge to stay on top Contractors face uncertainty with tight budgets, procurement woes and a lame-duck administration.

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