[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]WASHINGTON, DC | April 24, 2014 – Technical and Project Engineering, LLC (TAPE), an Inc. 500 | 5000 fastest-growing company, has been named one of the Top Businesses in America by DiversityBusiness.com for the second year in a row. This year, the company made the list in several additional categories:  Top 500 Women Owned Businesses in the U.S. (#283), Top 500 Veteran Owned Businesses in the U.S. (#58), Top 100 Disabled Veteran Owned Businesses in the U.S. (#23), and Top 100 Women Owned Businesses in Virginia (#2).

“We are honored to receive these accolades,” said Louisa Jaffe, CEO and President of TAPE. “When we started this company 10 years ago, I had a vision to bring together creative minds and empower them to craft, build and deliver solutions that address management challenges confronting our government.  As a woman and a veteran entrepreneur, we are proud that we are realizing this vision everyday when we service our clients.”

This recognition is just one in a series received by TAPE.  For the past three years, the company has received SmartCEO’s Future 50 Award, and was named Outstanding Employer by the U.S. Navy Reserve in 2013.  Last year, TAPE was named Leaders Portfolio’s Leadership Business of the Year within the Washington, D.C., metropolitan business community, and CRN Magazine listed TAPE as one of the top 500 IT solution providers in North America.

DiversityBusiness.com is a leading provider of Supplier Diversity management tools and is recognized as the most widely distributed Diversity magazine in the United States.  Award winners are chosen based on a survey conducted among 1.3 million DiversityBusiness members.  Launched in 1999, the online business resource is the largest organization of privately held businesses throughout the United States.  DiversityBusiness.com provides research and data collection services for diversity including the Top 50 Organizations for Multicultural Business Opportunities, Top 500 Diversity Owned Companies in America, and others.

About TAPE
Known for its systems engineering expertise, TAPE provides technological, management/program support, and training solutions to government agencies. From program staffing and acquisition to information systems, modeling and simulation, and cyber security solutions, TAPE brings a non-traditional, innovative approach that solves existing problems while anticipating and mitigating new ones. We maintain our competitive advantage by providing state-of-the-art support services and leveraging innovative methodologies and processes that can be easily integrated and implemented.

Incorporated in 2003, TAPE is a CVE-Verified Service- Disabled Veteran-Owned/8(m) Woman-Owned Small Business (SDVO/WOSB).  We are also a registered ISO 9001:2008 company under the International Organization for Standardization.

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Media Contact:  Walt Long
Senior Communications Specialist
wlong@tape-llc.com
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