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Consensus and Direct conducts research and provides executive-level education and leadership training for U.S. allies, focusing on U.S. Security Cooperation, Energy Security, and Unexploded Ordnance (UXO) Stabilization. Programs are tailored for civilian defense officials, foreign affairs leaders, and emerging security professionals, delivered in partnership with academic institutions and international organizations, in-country, virtually, or through executive workshops.

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Science-based information synthesis, data analysis, mapping, and visualization to support species and habitat conservation at large geographic scales.

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Content Matters is a studio based in Carrboro, North Carolina, offering three service lines: content strategy, media production, and community experiences. For over 20 years it has partnered with government agencies, universities, healthcare systems, nonprofits, and small businesses to modernize content, elevate brands, and engage audiences. The team combines strategic consulting with media production, including photography by Chris Martin, to create human-centered content tied to measurable engagement.

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Corbu was founded in 2018 to establish a fluid and open architecture at the intersection of geopolitics, markets, and national security. The firm weaves deep domain expertise with broad primary sourcing to anticipate risk vectors and scaffold dynamic response frameworks in the language of market participants. Its advisory clients represent elite global investment and policy-influencing perspectives and inform an interactive and 360° approach to research. Corbu emphasizes cognitive empathy and contextualizes tactical considerations with long-term politica

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Counter Narratives Group works with organizations across sectors to create meaningful research, evaluation, and education that uplift multiple perspectives and foster deeper understanding. Their approach challenges traditional data narratives by integrating complexity and multiple viewpoints, empowering clients to craft strategies grounded in trust, insight, and understanding.

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Crafco is a manufacturer of pavement preservation materials and application equipment, established in 1976. The company produces crack sealants, cold patch, concrete repair and protection products, and equipment such as crack sealing melters, patchers, sealcoaters, and pavement routers. Crafco serves roads, bridges, airports, athletic surfaces, and other critical infrastructure, with materials and equipment manufactured across the U.S. and distributed worldwide. Crafco is an Ergon company.

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The Cratl Firm is a business development and research consulting firm that helps small businesses, government agencies, and corporations succeed in government contracting. With over 70 years of collective experience, the team provides expert guidance, tailored solutions, and personalized roadmaps to make businesses procurement ready and bridge the gap between government agencies and small businesses.

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Creative Mischief is an award-winning brand and web agency that helps partners achieve clarity and success through brand strategy, web design, and comprehensive marketing solutions. The agency digs into what makes clients different, builds brand and messaging foundations, and coordinates web, campaigns, content, paid media, video, PR, social, email, and direct marketing to put that story in front of the right people.

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Crosswind Media & PR is a public relations agency recognized by O'Dwyer's as one of the Nation's Top Public Relations Agencies. It offers clients national reach through a network of professionals in influential media, regulatory, financial, multi-cultural and high-growth markets, with offices in Austin, Los Angeles, Washington, D.C., Houston, Dallas, and Amarillo.

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C Tang & Father is a long-horizon institutional anchor focused on research, capital structuring, and supported initiatives in data and economic systems. Its work is grounded in disciplined governance, long-term capital stewardship, and independent research direction, with initiatives evaluated within a framework of intergenerational continuity and institutional responsibility.

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Cui Prodest is a niche global consulting firm that provides informed, actionable guidance on best-fit solutions to difficult challenges. It works with international agencies, governments, non-profit organizations, institutions, and businesses to provide high-quality, high-impact management consulting services. Cui Prodest is a woman-owned small business located in Bethesda, Maryland and is a registered federal contractor.

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Curio Consulting LLC is a management consulting agency specializing in innovation, change, and advocacy. It is an innovation consultancy partnering with small businesses, government, and nonprofits, with a mission to empower clients to make bold change leveraging curiosity, inclusivity, and systems thinking. Based in Reston, Virginia.

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Custom Robotics of La Jolla develops robotics accessories and safety systems designed to improve human-robot interaction and help intelligent machines operate safely alongside people. The company explores safety systems, communication interfaces, and customizable components for humanoid robotics platforms, and offers specialized tools, custom aesthetic shells, and interactive modules. Its first product concept, The Skollar™, is a visual communication interface using a dynamic LED system to signal robot status and intent.

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Cyber Pack Ventures, Inc. (CPVI) provides technical and managerial consulting services to industry and government in disciplines associated with national security, with emphasis on intelligence systems and information assurance. Founded in 2006 by a former government senior executive, CPVI is a Columbia and Maryland based Small Business employing fully-cleared Subject Matter Experts in Information Assurance, SIGINT, and cybersecurity.

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Cynex Consulting is based in Texas and provides business consulting services to startups, companies in transition, and companies in crisis. It helps founders create and execute strategic business plans, launch initiatives, and manage critical transitions, and offers specialized support for law firms and healthcare providers.

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Daguna Consulting, LLC provides scientific expertise on the conservation and management of endangered species inhabiting freshwater ecosystems. Since 2011, its biologists have conducted hundreds of surveys for endangered freshwater species throughout the Mid-Atlantic and Midwest, helping clients navigate the Endangered Species Act process, authoring Biological Assessments, and assisting with conservation planning.

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Dalberg is a global group working to build a more inclusive and sustainable world, with a mission to help solve the most pressing challenges of our time through systemic change. It comprises Dalberg Advisors, Dalberg Catalyst, Dalberg Data Insights, Dalberg Design, Dalberg Media, Dalberg Research and the Dalberg Trust. The site states it is trusted by 1,600+ leaders with over 4,000 engagements across 148 countries and 25 years of service.

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D'Angelo Technologies, LLC (D5T), headquartered in Beavercreek, Ohio, is a woman-owned small business providing engineering R&D capabilities to the DoD community, civil, and commercial clients. D5T offers engineering prototyping, coding, 3D modeling, small-scale manufacturing, and reengineering services, with expertise spanning research, prototype development, manufacturing, testing, and technology development.

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Darling is an independent, NYC-born strategic and creative advertising and design agency. It describes itself as full-service and fully service-minded, offering research, naming, branding, social media, and in-house writing, design, animation, and shooting. The team spans three offices in NYC, Greenport, and China, and the agency was founded with Kelly starting on day one in 2008.

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Data Works is an applied research and program evaluation company. Since 2010, it has provided organizations with tools and capacity to analyze effectiveness, address relevant issues, guide decision-making, and maximize results. It creates valid and reliable data collection tools and uses statistical techniques for data analysis to identify program progress, promoting equitable access in education, employment, and healthcare.

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Expert bryologist and lichenologist providing non-vascular botanical surveys and accurate identification services. The site presents research on lichens and bryophytes (cryptogams), including inventories of cryptogam communities and studies of visitor impacts on bryophytes and lichens in Mount Rainier National Park, Washington.

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dbS Productions is a small publishing, research, and training company well known in the Search & Rescue community as a source of search and rescue research, publications, and training. It began with research in lost person behavior with particular emphasis on Alzheimer's disease and wandering, and provides publications and training aids for law enforcement and search and rescue planners. It also offers consulting, curriculum development, research, lectures, and expert witness services.

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DCA Virtual Business Support provides US based virtual assistants and creative assistants for growing businesses, including virtual executive assistants, social media management, email marketing, graphic design, and website services. The company was established in 2011 and serves small businesses, nonprofits, associations, marketing agencies, coaches, consultants, accounting firms, and construction companies.

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