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The time is now for business intelligence in government. Obama’s call for greater transparency proves as much. So does the appointment of a first-ever chief performance officer. Helping to meet the need is CadenceQuest, an Arlington, Va.-based company that provides BI solutions to top retailers such as Staples and CVS. …

DLT Solutions, Inc., an industry-leading value-added reseller of information technology (IT) products and services, has announced that CEO Rick Marcotte has been selected as a finalist for the Ernst & Young Entrepreneur Of The Year ® 2009 Award in the Greater Washington area. According to Ernst & Young LLP, the awards …

Ambassador Eric S. Edelman will join the Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessments as a Distinguished Fellow. As a senior official at the State Department, DoD, White House, and as a Career Minister with three decades of Foreign Service experience, Dr. Edelman brings a wealth of experience and accomplishment in …

The McLean-based Small and Emerging Contractors Advisory Forum (SECAF) named Jack Hughes, former CFO of Alion Science, to its board of directors on Thursday.  Mr. Hughes is also a principal at the consulting firm, Phoenix Financial & Advisory Services. He told ExecutiveBiz.com in April he was “too young to retire.”  He kept busy in the …

offered an early look at his new role, priorities, and plans Tuesday, saying he would focus on game-changing innovations. At the American Council of Technology and Industry Advisory Council’s Management of Change Conference in Norfolk, VA, in one of his first public appearances since being confirmed as the nation’s new …

Citrix Systems, Inc. has announced that it will join Microsoft Corp. Intel, and HP in encouraging government and industry to excersize responsible energy consumption practices on the second Power IT Down Day, scheduled for August 27 of this year. Citrix and its partners will promote Power IT Down Day through a series of …

The Obama administration was expected to name a Cyber Czar and release a cyberspace policy review last Friday.   The administration released the 76-page “Cyberspace Policy Review”  as expected.   Unexpectedly, the administration did not name a “Cyber Czar.”  Melissa Hathaway, acting senior director for cyberspace at the National Security Council and the …

As any Lakers fan knows, Zen philosophy has important management applications.  Ancient Zen masters were famous for their kōan, often-perplexing one-liners “What is the sound of one hand clapping?”  Perhaps these ancient teachers were trying to communicate to their students that there are no easy answers and maybe today’s IT contracting gurus have picked …

Consumers spent almost $19 billion on video games last year, compared with only $9.7 billion at the box office. Last summer, Iron Man led the box office with a $200 million opening weekend, while Take2 Interactive’s Grand Theft Auto IV took in more than $500 million in its first week alone, with …

With the stimulus package fresh on everyone’s mind, ExecutiveBiz recently sat down with Al Gordon, CEO of National Strategies, for tips on how to reach state and local clients. For 10 years, Gordon worked in the governor’s office of New York, where he routinely met with companies looking to do …

When it comes to cyber attacks, the time for collective resolve is now. Because of low barriers to entry — a group can perpetrate a malware attack without deep expertise or much money — the nature of the threat has invalidated or reduced the effectiveness of current signature-based cyber security …

Cybersecurity isn’t just a technical issue, it’s a matter of policy — and influence. So said Melissa Hathaway at a recent conference on the issue. “It takes a combination of strategies aimed at a handful of vital behaviors to solve weighty and persistent problems,” said Hathaway to an audience of …

Recently, when members of the armed forces spoke before Congress on the government’s cybersecurity preparedness, the Pentagon’s top information-security official, Robert Lentz, offered this sobering statistic: Last year, DoD detected 360 million attempts to breach its networks — up from six million just three years ago. The threat isn’t going …

Obama plans to name Andrew McLaughlin, Head of Global Public Policy and Government Affairs for Google, Inc., to become the nation’s Deputy CTO according to the New York Times, citing two sources close to the administration. McLaughlin would report to Aneesh Chopra, who was confirmed as the nation’s first CTO last week. …

After a long, anticipated wait, it finally arrived: Details of the White House’s cyber security plans. Calling efforts to prevent cyber attacks one of national priority, President Barack Obama today stated he would appoint a cyber czar to implement a five-point initiative for strengthening the country’s cyber security infrastructure. At …