Start counting your frequent flier miles because our rankings of the top 25 cities by the number of government employees will have you going from the beaches of Miami to the cold waters of the Pacific Northwest and everywhere in between.
Although San Antonio is best-known for the ill-fated 19th-century battle at theAlamo, the city has a vibrant and rapidly growing 21st-century military- andfederal-contractor presence.
The North Texas metropolitan area is home to a large number of IT services companies, all with large government businesses. And others are in the region to support militaryprojects.
The federal contractor and IT presence includes Motorola Inc., Honeywell Aerospace, Phelps Dodge Corp. and STMicroelectronics N.V. of Switzerland. With 15,000 municipal employees, Phoenix is one of the Southwest's biggest employers.
Think Miami, and beaches, palm trees and sun come to mind. But the city has the third-largest number of DHS employees in the nation, after Washington and Los Angeles.
Located on the western shore of Puget Sound, Kitsap County, Wash., is the second most densely populated county and home to Naval Base Kitsap, the area's major defenseinstallation.
GTSI Corp.'s transformation from an IT reseller to an IT services and solutions provider continues to show signs of success as the company reported a profit in the last quarter.
An agency of DHS improperly awarded a $475 million sole-source contract in 2003 to the Alaskan Native firm Chenega Technology Services Corp., according to a new report.
