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Intelligent Decisions Included in Diverse 100 List

Intelligent Decisions was named to the inaugural Diverse 100 list by Everything Channel’s CRN Magazine. The Diverse 100 are ranked by revenue and include women, disabled individuals, veterans and Americans of Asian, African and Hispanic decent. According to the firm, “CRN decided to present this information this year as a service to its readership. Often, [...]

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Lynn Rolls Out Five-Sided Cyber Defense Plan

Following the admission of the flash drive fiasco, Deputy Secretary of Defense William J. Lynn outlined the various ways the Pentagon is striving to stay immune to cyber villains in an article published in Foreign Affairs. In “Defending a New Domain,”  Lynn describes DoD’s emerging cybersecurity policy, comprised by five key points. The first, cyber [...]

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D.C.-Area Entrepreneur Jim Speros, Super Bowl Champion QB Doug Williams Bring Pro Football to Tidewater

Local entrepreneur Jim Speros, a former assistant coach with the NFL’s Washington Redskins, has a deal in place to bring an expansion UFL franchise to the Hampton Roads area of Virginia. The deal is contingent upon finding a stadium, but Speros has numerous options in downtown Norfolk and Virginia Beach. Although no head coach has [...]

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America Not the Global IT Leader it Used to Be, Says Survey

A new study reveals that the majority of business technology professionals believe the United States has lost its position as a global IT innovation leader, primarily due to offshoring, failure in education and national policy making. The “Research: Innovation Mandate” report surveyed nearly 625 business technology professionals on their opinions whether the nation is losing [...]

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ATSC’s Sid Fuchs Gets Appointment from VA Gov. McDonnell

ATS Corporation ( (NYSE Amex: ATSC) announced that Sid Fuchs, executive vice president and COO, was appointed by Virginia Governor Robert F. McDonnell to the Global Strategies Council of the Southern Growth Policies Board (“Southern Growth”). According to the firm, “Southern Growth’s Global Strategies Council (GSC) serves as the South’s advocate for all aspects of [...]

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Pentagon Confirms Flash Drive Horror Story, Boosts Cyber Concerns

Rumor had it that a single flash drive corrupted with malicious code by a foreign intelligence agency created the largest data breach of military computers the Pentagon has seen to date. According to the Pentagon, that tale is no fiction. Deputy Defense Secretary William J. Lynn III confirmed the story to Foreign Affairs, in what [...]

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OMB, Kundra Take Close Look at 26 Floundering IT Projects

The Office of Management and Budget is pointing to more than two dozen “high-priority” IT projects at federal agencies that are running the risk of major overhauls or outright cancellation if problematic budget and timing issues cannot be resolved. “The focus here is to make sure that these projects are turned around and if these [...]

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