[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 146 (2000), Part 16]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Pages 23715-23716]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]



                 IN RECOGNITION OF PALADIN DATA SYSTEMS

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                            HON. JAY INSLEE

                             of washington

                    in the house of representatives

                      Wednesday, October 18, 2000

  Mr. INSLEE. Mr. Speaker, I rise today in order to publicly praise a 
tremendous high-tech company in my district, Paladin Data Systems. 
Paladin, based in Poulsbo, Washington, was recently ranked number 59 
among the 500 fastest growing private companies in the nation by Inc. 
Magazine.
  Paladin specializes in implementing both Oracle and Microsoft based 
solutions, Oracle database development, consulting and remote 
administration, technology training. Founded in 1994, Paladin was voted 
one of the ``Best Places to Work'' by Washington CEO Magazine in 1998, 
1999, and 2000. The Puget Sound Business Journal placed Paladin at 
number 69 on their list of the 100 fastest growing private companies in 
Washington. It is clear that Paladin, now with over 70 employees, is 
indeed fueling the engine of our new economy.
  Paladin also recognizes that the students of today must receive a 
comprehensive high-tech education so that they are able to secure jobs 
in the high-tech corridors of Puget Sound. To that end, Paladin has 
partnered with the Bremerton, Central Kitsap, North Kitsap, South 
Kitsap, North Mason, and Peninsula School Districts to form the West 
Sound School-to-Career consortium to train faculty members to teach the 
most recent information technology to our young people. Moreover, 
Paladin received a $100,000 Information Technology Education Grant from 
Washington State and contributed $50,000 of its own funds for this 
exciting partnership.

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  Paladin is just one of the many high-tech, bio-tech, and information 
technology businesses that are stimulating economic growth and creating 
new jobs in our country. Like many other Members of Congress, I value 
the contributions of our dynamic high-tech industry and want to make 
sure that the government continues to take appropriate action to help 
stimulate and develop this industry. I invite other Members of Congress 
to join me in congratulating Paladin Data Systems for their amazing 
success and wishing them nothing but the best in years to come.

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