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Small Deals Forming Large Percentage of M&A Activity, PwC Report Finds

The lagging deal values brought on by the banking crisis of 2008 continued into 2009, according to “Mission Control,” PricewaterhouseCoopers annual review of merger and acquisition activity in the global A&D industry.
The report finds that while deal values have turned up of late, it’s been smaller deals that make up the biggest portion of the [...]

Julius Genachowski, FCC Greenlights $145M for Teleheatlh

The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has announced $145 million worth of funding to construct 16 additional broadband telehealth networks that will connect hundreds of care centers regionally in different states across the country.
“These health care networks will enable robust telemedicine services and provide high-speed highways for electronic medical records, saving lives by improving health care [...]

How to Avoid the Drudgery of Business Meetings

Instead of writing a self-help book on business leadership, management analyst Patrick Lencioni penned a series of fictional tales that make their point through narratives. “The Five Temptations of a CEO” focuses on a CEO and the five temptations he faces in management; “Four Obsessions of an Extraordinary Executive” zeros in on the head of [...]

Innovation Key in Social Media, But Not Everything Goes

In a time when everyone from the pope to the Pentagon uses Twitter, Facebook and YouTube, government contractors have joined the masses and started using social media to find new means of reaching out to their customers and boost revenue.
It’s not just a kid’s realm anymore: Social media have saturated the corporate sphere, and many [...]

GAO Report: Dark Days Await Nation’s Economy

A new report from the GAO projects tough years ahead for the United States economy - the likes of which the nation has never seen.
According to the report, “While the drivers of the long-term fiscal outlook have not changed, the sense of urgency has. As the table below shows, many of the long-term challenges highlighted [...]

New DOD Regulations Allow Social Media Use

The DoD issued a new policy last week that allows military personnel to access social-media sites and other Web 2.0 applications from nonclassified government computers, so long as they don’t discuss classified information, according to ExecutiveGov.

“This directive recognizes the importance of balancing appropriate security measures while maximizing the capabilities afforded by 21st-century Internet tools,” said [...]

Michele Flournoy Testifies Before Congress

Undersecretary of Defense for Policy Michele Flournoy testified before the Senate Armed Services Committee on Wednesday, saying that the ongoing campaign in Southern Afghanistan’s goal of reclaiming Marjah is the only the opening salvo in a larger initiative to crack the Taliban.  Flournoy is one of ExecutiveBiz’s Top 20 People to Watch in 2010.
According [...]

Health IT Policy Committee’s EHR Recommendations

Yesterday, the federal Health Technology Policy Committee met to proposed regulations on electronic health records (EHRs) by the Health and Human Services Department. The committee is in place to advise the Health and Human Services Department.  The Health and Human Services Department published the Notice of Proposed Rulemaking on January 13th.
In particular, the committee recommended [...]

Microsoft Hosting “CIO Summit” in WA

Microsoft is hosting a “CIO Summit” at their conference center in Redmond, WA, attended by more than 300 CIOs from the fields of government and education.  Also attending are Microsoft executives and other members from partner organizations.
The event gives Microsoft and its partners the chance to discuss and showcase new technologies and preview upcoming government [...]

EPA Budget Follows Pattern

I suppose it makes sense the theme flowing through the various federal department budgets would be streamlining. With the deficit as it is, anything else would be irresponsible. But sometimes the cuts trim more than fat.
As we saw with the recent budget request for the Department of Energy, the $10 billion proposal for the Environmental [...]