“If you had 15 minutes alone with President Bush, what is the one critical issue you would bring to his attention?” Now, that might have been a dicey proposition for the POTUS if asked at a different D.C. venue today, but in the context of the ExecutiveBiz CIO Series Event held this morning at the [...]
Six years ago, Joe Kelley, vice president of government and public affairs for Eli Lilly and Company, lost his wife Shelley to leukemia. Rather than let the disease have the last word, Kelley decided to carry on his wife’s fighting spirit. Since then, he’s worked tirelessly with The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society to raise funds [...]
A year and a half ago, Project Performance Corporation left behind the comfortable confines of the small business world. The rest, as they say, is history. Today, PPC is growing faster than ever. A big part of that success comes down to Mike Nigro, and a leadership style that is all about creating and nurturing [...]
Washington area golfers looking for an extra layer of corporate exclusivity have a new course to call home. The Presidential, a new course set to open in Dulles, has adopted a unique corporate-only membership policy providing its golfers elite access to the region’s most exclusive clients. While some other clubs frown on the practice of [...]
Those who keep watch for examples of Federal largess often cast an eye towards government contractors. It is easy to get lost in eye-popping contract awards that can involve billions of dollars, but of course the devil is in the details: the actual amount awarded often ends up far less than contract ceilings, and there [...]
Interested in learning more about the Government IT space? Then, mark your calendars: On Wednesday, March 19, Casey Coleman will speak at ExecutiveBiz’s Government IT series. Coleman was named Chief Information Officer for U.S. General Services Administration this past fall — the first woman in GSA’s history to hold that position. Founded in 1949, GSA [...]
The Abraxas Corp., a national security technology firm has signed a 10 year lease at Wordgate Plaza, according to the CoStar Group, a commercial real estate company. The deal gives Abraxas 21,000 square feet and the full third floor of the Herndon, Virginia-based address. The four-building, eight-floor Worldgate Plaza was bought in 2007 for $109 [...]
