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Leesburg Accountant to Be Sentenced on Friday
Leesburg Patch
Feb 07Leesburg Accountant James C. Cilenti, 47, will be sentenced this Friday after he and Leesburg attorney Christopher Agresto scammed an insurance company into payout of $507,000 for his deceased wife’s life insurance policy. Last November, Patch reported... »
Dimension Data acquires Xigo
Washington Business Journal
Feb 07Dimension Data has acquired Manassas-based software maker Xigo for an undisclosed sum. U.K.-based Dimension Data, which has local operations in Fairfax County, says it completed the acquisition Jan. 18. The acquisition adds Xigo’s telecommunications ex... »
ManTech subsidiary named to $958M Air Force contract
Washington Business Journal
Feb 07Fairfax-based ManTech International Corp.'s subsidiary Evolvent Technologies Inc., which ManTech acquired in January, was one of 13 named prime contractors on a five-year Air Force indefinite-delivery, indefinite-quantity that has a total ceiling value... »
Defense Department beefs up cyber buying strategy
Washington Business Journal
Feb 07The Department of Defense is beefing up its congressionally mandated strategy for how it will buy tools, applications, services and products in its fifth domain — cyberspace, Federal News Radio reported. Frank Kendall, the acting under secretary of Def... »
County Administrator to Present Proposed FY 13 Budget
Ashburn Patch
Feb 07Loudoun County Administrator Tim Hemstreet will present his proposed budget for the Loudoun County government for Fiscal Year 2013 (FY 13) on Tuesday, Feb. 7 beginning at 5 p.m. His presentation will take place in the Board Room of the Loudoun County G... »
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Arts Roundup: Consider the Wonk Band Edition
Arts Desk
Feb 07Country Life: The novelist Wendell Berry will give the 41st Jefferson Lecture in the Humanities at the Kennedy Center on April 23, reports The New York Times. Berry, whose many novels, stories, and nonfiction writings center on the American rural South... »
MWMAA Silver Line Update
The Dixie Pig
Feb 07Yesterday, we were given a briefing regarding the status of the construction of the new Silver Line. Phase II to Loudoun County is in its final negotiations.I am hopeful that the state's investment in this project will lay the groundwork for investmen... »
Anna Lee: Unfit for Chairman
Red NoVA
Feb 07If you were at the February FCRC meeting last night, you probably noticed all the GOP excitement: 2012 campaigns were in full gear, and many talented party activists were discussing runs for State Central and District Chairman. (Go Gerrie Smith and Mik... »
The Twilight Zone
Roanoke Tea Party
Feb 06Rod Serling’s famous prologue to the old T.V. series “The Twilight Zone” is most apt when considering the brainwashed nature of the ‘pro-sustainable development’ comments made at the last Roanoke County Board of Supervisors meeting on January 24: “Yo... »
2 thriving Richmond black churches
Examiner Richmond Edition
Feb 06According to the Richmond Times-Dispatch, there are two historical Richmond black churches who are still thriving.These two Richmond black churches have stood the test of time and outlived many other churches whether black or white.These churches... »