As counter-intuitive as it sounds, the federal and state governments are the biggest drivers of private sector success. The perspective that all government agencies are obstacles to profit, innovation, and success is simply misplaced. Subsidies, tax incentives, and sizeable purchases of service are offered by such agencies to industries and companies that are poised to improve the U.S. infrastructure, global competitiveness, and quality of life. The clean energy, computer chip, internet commerce, and nanotechnology industries can attest to that. In fact, government agencies are now incorporating commercial company philosophies in regard to efficiency, technology modernization, waste reduction, and asset protection, into their own operations, and even count profitability among their own departmental goals. Putnam/Advisors is poised to provide consulting teams to assist in technology and process optimization efforts, pain-point root cause investigation, program management, and financial analyses. Putnam/Travers is excited to bring talented strategists and representatives to state governments seeking to attract growth industries and companies to their state.