Online Extra: Dealmaking shakes up the Top 100
Some familiar names disappeared from this year's Top 100, but not because business was bad. Business at these companies was good?so good, in fact, that larger companies gobbled them up.
Top 100: Top 10 past and present
A look back at the leading Federal Prime Contractors for the past 5 years.
Top 100: What a difference a decade makes
When Washington Technology published its first Top 100 list of federal IT contractors in 1994, a Democrat was in office, defense budgets were shrinking and the Internet was just emerging as a business tool.
Market Watch: Federal R&D program boosts small business values
The war in Iraq, even more so than Operation Desert Storm in 1991, is demonstrating the enormous impact of modern technology on U.S. defense policy and warfighting strategy. Our military branches and intelligence agencies are deploying cutting-edge technologies faster than ever before. Accordingly, those companies that engage in research and development and the follow-on prototyping, testing and production of technology products are critically important in sustaining our technological superiority.
Market Share: Growth is good ... and it will get better
<FONT SIZE=2>Federal IT stocks have been weak over the past couple months for a number of reasons, including uncertainty from civilian budget delays and potential reallocation of funds because of the possible conflict with Iraq. Some investors are also saying that growth may have gotten "as good as it could get." As an example, they point out that defense spending growth in fiscal 2004 is currently proposed at about 4 percent, compared to double-digit increases the two previous years. </FONT>
Market Watch: Replacing confusion with clarity in the M&A arena
Frequently, shareholders of government information technology and defense services companies take on sales and divestitures without solid guidance about the mergers and acquisitions market
Market Share: Wild ride doesn't dampen federal IT stocks
<FONT SIZE=2>It has been a wild ride for the </FONT><FONT SIZE=2>publicly traded federal information technology services companies. In one day alone, following lowered expectations by PEC Solutions Inc., the federal IT companies were down 10 percent as a group. </FONT>
Cryptek closes $10M funding round
Cryptek Inc., a Sterling, Va., maker of network security products, has secured $10 million in Series B funding.
SAIC closes acquisition of Quality Research
Science Applications International Corp. of San Diego has bought Quality Research Inc. of Huntsville, Ala., SAIC officials announced this week. Terms of the deal were not disclosed.
Market Watch: Eliminating tax on dividends will boost government IT stocks
<FONT SIZE=2>The Bush administration's controversial proposal to eliminate the "double taxation" of dividends would impact capital market investors and influence the decisions of corporate executives and boards of directors. But whether the impacts are negative, neutral or positive will vary by industry and company and depend upon the strategy and stage of development of each business.</FONT>
Let's keep making a deal
<FONT SIZE=2>The rapid pace of acquisitions in the government information technology industry continues, with several purchases announced this month. </FONT>
Market Share: War risk doesn't dim outlook for government IT firms
<FONT SIZE=2>Many investors will be asking two key questions as they review fourth quarter 2002 earnings reports and management earnings guidance for 2003: Is there any sign of a rebound in commercial information technology spending, and will federal continue to show good growth?</FONT>
Hanging up on a rough year
<FONT SIZE=2>Just how bad was 2002 for the telecommunications industry?</FONT>
Will this marriage last?
<FONT SIZE=2>	Joseph Kampf wasn't about to compete with the promises of six-figure salaries, nor with BMWs or assistants who'd pick up dry cleaning or wash cars. </FONT>
Market Watch: Federal IT companies hold steady but uncertain lead
<FONT SIZE=2>Before mid-2000, commercial information technology companies, those serving predominantly commercial and state and local markets, outperformed the federal IT companies, both on an operating basis and in the stock market. </FONT>
Outlook 2003: Record opportunities, uncertainties
<FONT SIZE=2>Uncertainty and opportunity. The yin and yang for 2003.</FONT><FONT SIZE=2>The opportunities are huge in the $ 53.3 billion federal information technology market. Whether it is the creation of the Department of Homeland Security, more outsourcing or the increasing emphasis on e-government, IT will play a central role.</FONT>
Market Share: Acquisitions can push down federal IT stock prices
<FONT SIZE=2>In a bit of a switch, commercial information technology stocks have outperformed federal IT stocks over the past couple months. Is this the rotation out of federal stocks and into commercial that many federal IT investors have been fearing as commercial business picks up? </FONT>
Market Share: EDS struggles to get cash flowing in the right direction
Investors in the federal and<FONT SIZE=2> commercial information technology space have watched Electronic Data Systems Corp. go from high flying to struggling. One issue EDS is tackling is the eight-year, $6.9 billion Navy-Marine Corps Intranet contract awarded in October 2000. </FONT>
It pays to get it right
<FONT SIZE=2>With companies throughout the nation under intense scrutiny for financial reporting, one federal contractor is finding that even a seemingly minor misstatement regarding subcontract work can touch off repercussions, whether with a partner, a customer or Wall Street analysts.</FONT>
Market Share: Government IT outlook remains strong despite EDS bombshell
As we near the end of the third<font SIZE="2"> quarter, it appears there will be moregood news from federal information technology services firms and not-so-good news fromcommercial IT service firms. </font>
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