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Top 10 Cyber Universities Named by The New New Internet

The New New Internet has published a list of the Top 10 Universities Preparing Future Cyber Security Professionals.  As the need for cybersecurity professionals swells, universities across the nation are helping to train the next generation of cyber professionals.  Each university on The New New Internet’s list is certified by the Department of Homeland Security [...]

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Advice for Dealing with Administration Change from Proven Players

Change of administration is always a challenging time for government contracting as the markets realign in anticipation of where spending will flow and how to best position for the upcoming priorities. The Obama administration change is no exception with Military shifting from hard resources to soft, traditional defense firms shifting from projecting physical space to [...]

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Vivek Kundra, Federal CIO speaks to a sold-out POC event

Vivek Kundra spoke before over 280 members and guests of the Potomac Officers Club organization today at the Tyson’s Corner Ritz Carlton. Kundra outlined many of the key presidential IT initiatives and the breathtaking speed that will be required to perform them. The event, which was sponsored by Peter Doolan, vice president of technology at [...]

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David Walker offers sobering take on U.S. economy to Potomac Officers Club

The moment is eerily prescient. David Walker, then US comptroller general of the United States, being interviewed by 60 Minutes two years ago this month when he offers this sobering message: “We suffer from a fiscal cancer, it is growing within us…” Two years later, Walker is sounding an even greater alarm. In an exclusive [...]

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David Walker asks Pres. Obama about the $45 Trillion in Unfunded Obligations

Monday February 23, 2009.  On Capitol Hill: The Honorable David Walker, President & CEO of the Peter G. Peterson Foundation and the former Comptroller General of the United States, had the opportunity to raise questions and voice his concerns over the fiscal state of the union directly to President Obama.  Walker joined a select group of [...]

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Secretary Bill Cohen to speak on Obama’s new priorities

The Honorable William Cohen, Chairman and CEO of the Cohen Group, will speak at the Potomac Officer’s Club on Jan. 15. The day President Bill Clinton called on him to lead as Secretary of Defense marked the first time in history that a President had called upon an elected official from a different political party [...]

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Ted Leonsis on CNBC Urges Companies to reboot

Local Tech Leader Ted Leonsis interview on CNBC Following the 4th largest single day fall in points on the Dow Jones Industrial average, Ted Leonsis appeared on CNBC’s morning edition of Squawkbox. Leonsis believes that the growth of online media will outpace more traditional methods as we see “consumers become merchants.”  According to a CNBC interview, Ted Leonsis, [...]

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