Washington, D.C.- Five Virginia businesses were chosen as U.S. Chamber of Commerce Blue Ribbon Small Business Award winners. The award recognizes their excellent business practices and the commitment made to their employees, customers, and community.

CSA Group is consistently ranked by Engineering News Record (ENR) among the Top 500 Design Firms, and among the Top 200 Environmental Firms in the U.S., and has most recently been ranked by Zweig White as one of the hottest and fastest growing firms in the Country for 2008. Offering product, services, and personnel,from conceptual design to project commissioning and even maintenance & operation...

JMC, founded by its President Mr. Irwin Jacobs in 1983, is a large professionally staffed company of experienced subject matter experts which manages several privately held companies (all owned by Mr. Jacobs) to include Jacobs Trading, LLC, Mill Creek Entertainment, LLC, J&D Acquisitions, LLC, (which includes Larson Boats, Marquis Yachts and Vec Technology), FLW Outdoors, Jacobs Interactive, Watkins Incorporated and Jacobs Industries, LLC.

DCS Corp creates innovative technology solutions for our customers and seeks to develop successful working relationships to ensure that we meet our customers’ expectations and get the job done right. The value that we place on ensuring customer satisfaction is based on our strong corporate culture of empowerment, innovation, responsiveness, and professional excellence. The transformative ideas and entrepreneurial spirit that characterize our 800 employee-owners allow DCS to ensure success of each client’s mission and actively contribute to the well being of the Nation.

Booz Allen leverages its past to help clients prepare for the future. Our legacy in management consulting enables us to see, hear, and innovate on behalf of our clients in ways our competitors cannot. Each day, we look beyond the requirements of a single client engagement to address the broader context of our client’s mission. As the needs of our clients have grown more complex, Booz Allen has expanded beyond its management consulting foundation to develop deep expertise in technology, engineering, and analytics.

C² Technologies, Inc. is a nationally recognized leader in performance improvement, dedicated to improving the effectiveness of productivity-driven organizations. We provide training, strategic human capital management, mission-critical support services, and information technology solutions to meet the specific needs of our civilian, defense, and private-industry clients. C²'s solutions are as diverse as our clients, giving us an opportunity to incorporate best practices from each industry into our services.

As a Woman-Owned, Small Business, MTCI has been "Maximizing Human Potential" for over a decade. We specialize in professional training, training analysis, resiliency training, curriculum design and development, recruiting and staffing solutions, logistics support, and IT services for government and corporate clients.

From our headquarters in Dumfries, Virginia and our Lone Star Regional office in Killeen, Texas, MTCI provides our clients with solutions across the United States and U.S. Territories.