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A Medium Fish in a Big Pond There are the “big guns” in the government contracting world, there are the small players, and then there are the in-bet...

A Medium Fish in a Big Pond

There are the “big guns” in the government contracting world, there are the small players, and then there are the in-betweens. Pragmatics counts itself in the last group. Paul Strasser, the company’s Chief Operating Officer, talked about the IT work his company does, the advantages of partnerships with other contractors, and trends in IT spending.

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Take It Easy, Everybody

President Bush urged everyone to take a deep breath and have faith in the Federal government during remarks at the White House today.

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Take It Easy, Part 2

Certified Financial Planner Bill Losey is the author of “Retire In A Weekend! The Baby Boomer’s Guide to Making Work Optional.” He also puts out an email newsletter about personal financial issues. The subject line on Bill’s email today was “What’s Going On? What’s Real? What’s Permanent? What’s Temporary?” He talked about what he wrote to his subscribers and what we should be focused on in today’s environment (sign up for Bill’s email list here).

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Award Winning Public-sector IT

The Commonwealth of Virginia has been rated #1 in the nation for IT management and information security by the National Association of State Chief Information Officers. The Virginia Secretary of Technology, Aneesh Chopra, told me about some of the policy successes in Virginia that he thinks could be replicated at the federal level.

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HOW Much?

The Pentagon is setting its budget benchmarks for the next five years–to the tune of $450 billion. Congressional Quarterly reporter Josh Rogin got the story.

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