New World Solutions, Inc.

Established in 1999, EDJ Associates Inc. is a management consulting and technical services firm. Based in Reston, Va., it offers an array of services, such as conference and event management, peer review support, graphics design and development, information management, strategic planning, data processing and hosting. The firm caters to federal agencies, state and local units of government, private companies and nonprofit organizations. Some of its clients include the Department of Education, National Science Foundation, National Cancer Institute, Ashanti Computers Incorporated and Howard University, to name a few.

M.C. Dean, Inc. is one of the leading multi-disciplined technical services contractors in the Washington, D.C., metropolitan area. Established in 1949, the company offers energy, communications, security, life safety and automation services to government, corporate/special industry, business and residential clients across the United States and in various locations abroad. The firm specializes in design/build, installation, systems integration, testing, as well as follow-on maintenance for all classes of power, electronic and communications systems. M.C. Dean, Inc. staffs engineers, technicians, journeymen and support personnel who take part in constant on-the-job and classroom technical development training. M.C. Dean, Inc. is also a systems integrator with more than fifty years of experience providing sophisticated telecommunications solutions to Government and commercial customers. M.C. Dean, Inc. owns and operates a world-class network operations center managing more than 5,000 active nodes. M.C. Dean, Inc. is headquartered out of Dulles, Va.

Edenspace, founded in 1998, is a systems technology company that uses plants as solar-powered sensors, covers, pumps and filters. It acquired Phytotech, a pioneer in metal phytoextraction, in 1999. The company provides laboratory services, phytoremediation fieldwork, technology consulting, phytotechnology training and contract research.