MITRE Named to the "Best Places to Work in IT" List for Second Year in a Row

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Bedford, Massachusetts, June 20, 2006 — International Data Group's Computerworld has named The MITRE Corporation to its "Best Places to Work in IT" list for the second year in a row. MITRE ranked eighth on the list of 100 companies. Selection is based on a comprehensive survey of each organization's benefits, diversity, career development, training, and retention, as well as feedback from employees.

Computerworld gave MITRE particularly high marks for its flextime, teleworking, part-time employment, and job sharing programs, as well as its summer-hours program that allows employees who have completed their work and work-hours to leave early on Fridays. MITRE's generous retirement plan also contributed to its high ranking. MITRE contributes up to approximately 11 percent of employees' salaries to their retirement accounts.

A total of 20,435 IT professionals from the final 100 companies selected responded to the survey. To qualify, participating companies, both public and private, had to have a 2005 revenue of $250 million or greater and employ a minimum of 500 people in the U.S. with at least 100 of those in IT.

"Being named to the 'Best Places to Work in IT' list for a second year confirms that MITRE is succeeding in its efforts to provide a world-class work environment that values its IT professionals," said Joel Jacobs, Acting Chief Information Officer at MITRE.

MITRE (www.mitre.org) is a not-for-profit company that provides systems engineering, research and development, and information technology support to the government. It operates federally funded research and development centers for the Department of Defense, the Federal Aviation Administration, and the Internal Revenue Service, with principal locations in Bedford, Mass., and McLean, Va.

Computerworld is a business unit of International Data Group (IDG), the world’s leading technology media, research and events company. A privately held company, IDG publishes more than 300 magazines and newspapers, including CIO, CSO, Computerworld, GamePro, InfoWorld, Network World and PC World. The company features the largest network of technology-specific Web sites, with more than 400 around the world. IDG is also a leading producer of more than 170 computer-related events worldwide, including LinuxWorld Conference & Expo®, Macworld Conference & Expo, DEMO® and IDC Directions. IDC provides global market research and advice through offices in 50 countries. Company information is available at http://www.idg.com.

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