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Getting Things Done in 2009 — David Allen’s Top Tips

Are you organizationally challenged? It’s not easy to juggle multiple projects, oversee teams, and stay resilient in the midst of tough economic times. To ring in 2009 — and up the odds you’ll be productive this coming year — we asked David Allen, author of Getting Things Done, for tips on staying on track. Allen’s [...]

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What’s next in cyber security? Ask DNI’s Melissa Hathaway

With the war winding down and a near-trillion dollar deficit on the horizon, chances are the federal budget will soon see some tightening. But cyber security is still slated to be a big line item in the budget this coming year, and for good reason. With cyber thieves targeting both consumers and the nation’s defense [...]

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Knight Kiplinger speaks at Potomac Officers Club

His name is synonymous with personal finance. For over two decades, Knight Kiplinger has been been known as one of America’s most respected economic journalists and business forecasters. This past Thursday — as the government reported more unemployment claims had been filed that week than at any other time in the past 25 years —  [...]

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QinetiQ North America’s new CIO Frank Kist

With major acquisitions in the government IT space under its belt, QinetiQ North America has left its mark as a leading defense technology company for U.S. government clients. Frank Kist is working to keep the momentum going. As the new CIO of QinetiQ North America, Kist oversees the integration of six major acquisitions. “To date [...]

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ExecutiveBiz Selects Top 20 People to Watch in 2009: the headline-makers coming your way

Just in the time for the New Year, ExecutiveBiz, the area’s largest e-Magazine, has compiled a list of the “Top 20 People to Watch in 2009.”  At a time of economic and political change, these tried and true veterans of the government’s public and private sectors stand poised to take their companies and stakeholders to [...]

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Google Reston Launch Orders Up More Cerf & Turf

I’m not going to lie: It took me about nine hours to come up with that headline today. I lost three clients in the process but I think we can all agree it was worth it. At a Reston Town Center event this morning, Google Internet Evangelist Vint Cerf and Federal Sales head Mike Bradshaw [...]

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The “New” ExecutiveBiz.com and Weekly Email

ExecutiveBiz began in 2002 as a weekly email distribution to the executive members of the Potomac Officers Club.  The “e-mag” quickly extended beyond the POC membership of about 500 to an audience of nearly 50,000 email subscribers.   For more than six years we have covered the people and companies making business news in the DC [...]

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