Yesterday, Keith Fimian, candidate for the Republican Congressional nomination in Virginia’s 11th District, hosted a breakfast with Northern Virginia business leaders at the Tower Club in Tyson’s Corner. His remarks focused on the need for experienced business leaders in Congress and he advocated for a capital gains tax exemption for entrepreneurs. Check out the video [...]
The National Capital Area Chapter of The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society (LLS) raised $3 million at the 23rd annual Leukemia Ball presented by Baker Tilly. Proceeds benefit LL’s mission to cure blood cancer and improve the quality of life of patients and their families. The evening was emceed by area news personalities Lindsay Czarniak, Laura [...]
Hans Hollister is the Senior Vice President of Business Development for L-3 Global Security and Engineering Solutions. He is in charge of the entire strategic and tactical business development life cycle and we had the opportunity to learn from him his unique understanding of business development. Hollister offered advice to someone starting off their career [...]
UPDATED: Comment from Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee As political campaigns warm up for the 2010 election season, the race for Virginia’s 11th Congressional District is already in high gear. This week, Republican Keith Fimian accused incumbent Gerry Connolly (D-VA) of trading earmark requests for campaign contributions. From Mr. Fimian’s website, “This is just the latest [...]
On the Office of Science and Technology Policy Blog, Federal CTO Aneesh Chopra writes about the next steps in modernizing government. Last January, the Obama administration held the White House Forum on Modernizing Government, which brought together more than 50 CEOs from America’s leading technology companies, high-level government officials, labor union leaders and senior White [...]
The General Services Administration (GSA) is currently testing a wiki to streamline the process for bidding vendors. The wiki will be tested on two requirements: data.gov and Clearpath. GSA is seeking input on a requirement to provide a data repository for data.gov and looking for input on the technical infrastructure for our Clearpath hosting and [...]
Obama makes 15 recess appointments. Sid Fuchs was named COO at ATSC. Admiral Mike Mullen is confident in the new START treaty. GSA Administrator Martha Johnson comments on green IT and telework. The debate continues on cyber terrorism. China is the largest malware distributor in the world. A Symantec survey reveals poor password security. SAIC’s [...]
