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		<title>Deltek Announces Deal with COWI</title>
		<link>http://blog.executivebiz.com/2011/03/deltek-announces-deal-with-cowi/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 31 Mar 2011 20:18:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Aquala Bogan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Consulting firm Deltek has announced its deal with Danish consulting firm COWI to bolster COWI’s One Company Strategy. “Deltek has extensive knowledge of consulting, which is apparent in how it designs its solutions,” said Lars Peter Soybe, COWI CEO. “We have found the long-term strategic match we were looking for and we know that Deltek [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Norm Augustine&#8217;s Report on NASA&#8217;s Bleak Future</title>
		<link>http://blog.executivebiz.com/2009/08/norm-augustines-report-on-nasas-bleak-future/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 19 Aug 2009 19:04:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jim Garrettson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[After just seven more missions to the International Space Station (ISS), the Space Shuttle will retire without a replacement.  Ex-Lockheed Martin CEO Norm Augustine, chair of the United States Human Space Flight Plans Committee review, has published his committee&#8217;s findings, and NASA&#8217;s budgetary future looks bleak. Augustine told PBS &#8220;the human space flight program really isn&#8217;t executable with [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Melissa Hathaway Resigns as Acting Cyber Czar</title>
		<link>http://blog.executivebiz.com/2009/08/melissa-hathaway-resigns-as-acting-cyber-czar/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.executivebiz.com/2009/08/melissa-hathaway-resigns-as-acting-cyber-czar/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 03 Aug 2009 19:42:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Staff Writer</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Melissa Hathaway, the ExecutiveBiz Top 10 Game Changer to Watch in &#8217;09 who completed the Obama administration&#8217;s cybersecurity review in April and has served as the White House&#8217;s acting cybersecurity czar announced her resignation today, citing personal reasons.  Her resignation will take effect August 24th. The White House is considering candidates for the position of Cyber Coordinator, which the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Kim Hart pens last Download column</title>
		<link>http://blog.executivebiz.com/2009/07/kim-hart-pens-last-download-column/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 27 Jul 2009 22:31:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Staff Writer</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In another sign of troubled times for the Washington Post, Kim Hart announced today she will be leaving the paper. For the past year, Hart offered Beltway readers the inside scoop on Washington&#8217;s technology community. Hart delivered news of her departure in today&#8217;s final Download column: &#8220;I have enjoyed connecting the dots between these worlds [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Baroni Management to Prepare Strategic Assessment of Patriot Data Solutions Group</title>
		<link>http://blog.executivebiz.com/2009/07/baroni-management-to-prepare-strategic-assessment-of-patriot-data-solutions-group/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.executivebiz.com/2009/07/baroni-management-to-prepare-strategic-assessment-of-patriot-data-solutions-group/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 13 Jul 2009 18:25:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Staff Writer</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Cybersecurity]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[greg baroni]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Patriot Scientific Corporation has announced that Baroni Management Company LLC of Potomac, Maryland has been hired by the Audit Committee of Patriot&#8217;s Board of Directors to prepare a strategic assessment of Patriot&#8217;s wholly owned subsidiary Patriot Data Solutions Group, Inc’s operations. Rumor has it though that Éclat Consulting, LLC, founded by Greg Baroni, is closing [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Mark Stone Replaces Jim O&#8217;Neill as CEO of Siemens Enterprise Communications</title>
		<link>http://blog.executivebiz.com/2009/07/mark-stone-replaces-jim-oneill-as-ceo-of-siemens-enterprise-communications/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.executivebiz.com/2009/07/mark-stone-replaces-jim-oneill-as-ceo-of-siemens-enterprise-communications/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 09 Jul 2009 12:39:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Staff Writer</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The restructuring of Siemens by majority owner The Gores Group will also brings personnel changes. CEO Jim O&#8217; Neill, in office since October 2008 and one of ExecutiveBiz&#8217;s Top 20 People to Watch in &#8217;09, will be replaced by Mark Stone, who has served as chairman of board of Siemens Enterprise Communications Group since October [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Gerry Connolly: &#8220;We Couldn’t Function&#8230;Without Private-Sector Partners&#8221;</title>
		<link>http://blog.executivebiz.com/2009/07/gerry-connolly-we-couldn%e2%80%99t-functionwithout-private-sector-partners/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.executivebiz.com/2009/07/gerry-connolly-we-couldn%e2%80%99t-functionwithout-private-sector-partners/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Jul 2009 17:18:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jim Garrettson</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Cybersecurity]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Executive Spotlight]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Gerry Connolly (D) is the freshman Congressman from Virginia&#8217;s 11th District, including parts of Fairfax and Prince William Counties.  He replaced Tom Davis (R) after Tom&#8217;s retirement last year, and has some big shoes to fill as an advocate for the GovCon community.  Here are some highlights from our interview: I think there’s a looming personnel [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Ernst &amp; Young Entrepreneur of the Year Awards Recap</title>
		<link>http://blog.executivebiz.com/2009/06/ernst-young-entrepreneur-of-the-year-awards-recap/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.executivebiz.com/2009/06/ernst-young-entrepreneur-of-the-year-awards-recap/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 24 Jun 2009 19:04:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Staff Writer</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Aneesh Chopra]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[We brought our camera to the Ritz-Carlton in Tysons on Thursday for the Ernst &#38; Young Executive of the Year awards.  Federal CIO Vivek Kundra and CTO Aneesh Chopra took a break from their marathon push to meet the administration&#8217;s ambitious IT goals to congratulate industry leaders and take in some top-notch surf-and-turf (or, in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Mark Gerencser: Build a Cyber Megacommunity in 5 Easy Steps</title>
		<link>http://blog.executivebiz.com/2009/06/mark-gerencser-build-a-cyber-megacommunity-in-5-easy-steps/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.executivebiz.com/2009/06/mark-gerencser-build-a-cyber-megacommunity-in-5-easy-steps/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 23 Jun 2009 20:06:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jim Garrettson</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Cybersecurity]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Cyber Community in 5 easy steps? OK, maybe the steps aren&#8217;t that easy, but they can simplify and improve your focus on building a more cooperative and efficient cybersecurity model across industry and government. Mark Gerencser is the author of the well known book Megacommunities and the following is taken from his recent ExecutiveBiz interview: Click here for [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Budget Cuts Prompt GovCon&#8217;s Identity Shift</title>
		<link>http://blog.executivebiz.com/2009/06/budget-cuts-prompt-govcons-identity-shift/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.executivebiz.com/2009/06/budget-cuts-prompt-govcons-identity-shift/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Jun 2009 18:03:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jim Garrettson</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Larry Prior]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Responding to recent budget changes from the new administration, government contractors like Northrop Grumman and Lockheed Martin are increasingly diversifying their national defense strategy to include civillian and business assets. The new administration&#8217;s defense budget includes major cuts to Missile Defense, Future Combat Systems and Navy shipbuilding operations, as well as killing controversial programs to build a new presidential [...]]]></description>
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