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By Comparison Dive deep into data about local Washington area companies.
Live Discussion
(Michael Kirkham for The Washington Post) Federal Spending Is Region's Bright Spot
The boom in government spending is attracting keen interest from big utilities, technology firms, start-ups and the lobby firms they employ. And it has foreign investors scouting real estate opportunities.
Company Spotlight
Lockheed Martin
As the world's largest defense contractor, Lockheed gets 58 percent of its revenue by making technology used by the Defense Department.
Always Looking Up
Steven Pearlstein profiles real estate magnate Joe Robert, who despite the downturn and illness keeps moving forward.
Value Added
The Recession Playbook
Business leaders discuss how to adapt to the uncertain economy with The Post's Tom Heath.
The Download
New Source of I.T. Work
Kim Hart writes how tech contractors are shifting focus to cloud computing and virtualization.
Editor's Note
It is impossible to read through the company profiles in this year's Post 200 and not get a sense of the damage that has been inflicted by the economic downturn. And yet, all is not gloom and doom.
The Rankings
See how the Post 200, which starts with a list of the 95 largest public companies with headquarters in the District and its suburbs, was compiled.
![[Lockheed]](http://media.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/photo/2009/05/12/PH2009051203093.jpg)
![[Steven Pearlstein]](http://media.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/photo/2005/09/15/PH2005091501121.gif)
![[Tom Heath]](http://media.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/photo/2009/03/24/PH2009032402598.gif)
![[Kim Hart]](http://media.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/graphic/2007/03/13/GR2007031300892.gif)
![[Post 200 2008]](http://media.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/graphic/2008/05/09/GR2008050900786.gif)
![[Revenue and Profits]](http://media.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/graphic/2005/05/18/GR2005051801657.gif)
![[By the Numbers]](http://media.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/graphic/2008/05/11/GR2008051101475.gif)
![[Revenue and Profits]](http://media.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/graphic/2009/05/12/GR2009051202389.gif)
![[Data]](http://media.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/graphic/2009/05/12/GR2009051202390.gif)