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| Economy |
| Washington, D.C. is first and foremost
a company town, the company being, of course, the federal government. Most (but
by no means all) people who work in or around the District have some sort of connection
to the federal government. In addition to government employees, many people work
for the federal contractors headquartered in the area, and many also work for
the numerous nonprofit organizations of all sizes and political orientations.
Then there are the law firms and lobbying firms, catering and administrative services
companies, and several other industries that are sustained by the enormous economic
presence of the federal government. | This
arrangement has the effect of making the Washington economy virtually recession
proof relative to the rest of the country, because the federal government will
still operate no matter the state of the general economy.Several major companies
are based in Washington, including the Carlyle Group, Marriott, and XM Satellite
Radio
| | Just outside the District,
mostly in the Northern Virginia suburbs of Washington, there are headquarters
to many large corporations. America Online and Orbital Sciences Corporation are
based in Dulles, Virginia; MCI is based in Ashburn, Virginia; Nextel and Unisys
are based in Reston, Virginia; US Airways is based in Arlington, Virginia; Colgan
Air is based in Manassas, Virginia; Lockheed Martin is based in Bethesda, Maryland;
General Dynamics is based in Falls Church, Virginia; Alhurra is based in Springfield,
Virginia; Independence Air is based at Dulles International Airport; and the Gannett
Company and its newspaper USA TODAY are based in McLean, Virginia. |
| The American genomics industry is largely centered
around the Maryland suburbs of Washington. Prominent players are Celera Genomics,
The Institute for Genomic Research (also known as "TIGR"), and Human
Genome Sciences (all of which are in the city of Rockville, Maryland). |
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