EXHIBIT 23


                      CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT PUBLIC ACCOUNTANTS
                                           

Board of Directors
Claremont Technology Group, Inc. and Subsidiaries

We consent to incorporation by reference in the registration statement (No.
333-28161) on Form S-8 of Claremont Technology Group, Inc. of our report dated
August 14, 1997,  relating to the consolidated balance sheets of Claremont
Technology Group, Inc. and Subsidiaries as of June 30, 1997 and 1996, and the
related consolidated statements of operations, shareholders' equity, and cash
flows for each of the years in the three-year period ended June 30, 1997, which
report appears in the June 30, 1997 annual report on Form 10-K of Claremont
Technology Group, Inc.



                                                           KPMG PEAT MARWICK LLP

Portland, Oregon,
September 19, 1997