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Article: SAIC to Move Headquarters to Tysons in Another Coup for Area
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- The Washington Post
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- September 25, 2009
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Defense contractor Science Applications International Corp. said
Thursday it will move its headquarters from San Diego to Tysons
Corner, where 17,000 of its workers already are based, becoming the
latest of several major companies to relocate to the Washington
region in the past two years.
SAIC, the area's fourth-largest private employer, said it wanted
to be closer to its biggest client, the federal government. But the
move also is expected to benefit Virginia, which has shed 114,200
jobs over the past year, and add momentum to the D.C. region's
efforts to position itself as a mecca for corporate headquarters.
Gov. Timothy M. Kaine (D) said the state is offering SAIC $7
million in ...