Awards
2007 - Diversity 100
Filnet ranked 85th on Virginia's Top 100 Diversity Owned Business List. Filnet was also 89th on the Top 100 Small Business List in the Commonwealth.
2006 - Diversity 100
The Div100 is a classification that represents the top 100 diversity-owned (women, Blacks, Hispanics, Asians, Native Indian and other minority groups) businesses in the U.S., in sectors such as technology, manufacturing, food service and professional services. The Div100 is produced annually by DiversityBusiness.com, the nation's leading multicultural B2B Internet portal that links large organizational buyers to multicultural product and service suppliers.
2005 - AEP Beacon Award Finalist for Web and Marketing
Prince William Network's Teen Smart Driver website was a "Web/Marketing" finalist for the AEP Beacon Awards, which honors excellence in marketing media created specifically for the multibillion dollar education industry. The Prince William Network (PWNet) is the distance learning arm of Prince William County Public Schools-the second largest school district in the Commonwealth of Virginia. Filnet designed and developed the Teen Smart Driver website.
2005 - AEP Distinguished Achievement Award for Best Science Website
Happenin' Habitats won the "Distinguished Achievement Award for Best Science Website" from the Association of Educational Publishers (AEP). The e-learning website was designed and developed by Filnet, the National Wildlife Federation, and Prince William Network (PWNet) and sponsored by Mitsubishi Electric America Foundation.
2005 - Best of Web for Outstanding Municipal Portal
The DC.gov portal was named Best of the Web by the Center for Digital Government, a national research and advisory institute on information technology policies and best practices in state and local government. The 2005 award represented an unprecedented second win for the DC portal, which won just two years ago in 2003-and was ineligible in 2004 because of its win the previous year. Filnet played a key role in both the development and design of the coveted portal.
2005 - Top Ranked DC Metro Interactive Web Design Firms
The Washington Business Journal's Book of Lists ranked Filnet, Inc as the 15th largest interactive web design firm in the Washington, DC metro-area.
2004 - Top 20 Fastest-Growing DC Metro Interactive Web Design Firms
The Washington Business Journal's Book of Lists (June 18-24, 2004 issue) ranked Filnet, Inc as the 11th largest interactive design firm in the Washington, DC metro-area.
2004 - IABC (Washington, DC) Silver Inkwell Award
The International Association of Business Communicators awarded Filnet a Silver Inkwell for the web component of the Teen Smart Driver public health awareness campaign presented by long time client PWNet. The Washington, DC Chapter of IABC awards the Silver Inkwell annually for communications excellence.
2004 - Best of the Web Awards
The DC portal's Education Center was #2 in BOW's 2004 ranking of K-12 education websites in the nation. Filnet played a key role in both the development and design of this project. See DC's Award-Winning Education Center
2004 - NASCIO Recognition Awards - Innovative Use of Technology
The 2004 Recognition Award for Innovative Use of technology was presented to DC Guide by the National Association of State Chief Information Officers (NASCIO). DC Guide is a GIS program whose interface design was facilitated by Filnet. Before the DC Guide was launched, residents, businesses and visitors had to use several sources to find specific District information.
2003 - BEST OF THE WEB AWARDS
According to the Center for Digital Government, Washington, DC, had the best city government web site in America for 2003. Filnet developed a number of applications and designs for a variety of DC Government agencies. Our work is featured prominently throughout the portal site.
2003 - DELOITTE TECHNOLOGY FAST 50 VIRGINIA
Filnet was named to Deloitte's prestigious Technology Fast 50 program for Virginia, Deloitte & Touche LLP's ranking of the 50 fastest growing technology companies in the area. Rankings are based on the percentage of growth in fiscal year revenues over five years, from 1999-2003. Filnet's increase in revenues of 857% from 1999 to 2003 resulted in a 14 ranking in the Fast 50 for Virginia.
2003 - DELOITTE TECHNOLOGY FAST 500
Filnet ranked at 248th on the 2003 Deloitte Technology Fast 500, a ranking of the 500 fastest growing technology companies in North America. Rankings are based on average percentage revenue growth over five years, from 1998-2002. Filnet grew 857 percent during this period.