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TechAmerica Mourns the Loss of Federal Contracting Giant Ray Oleson
TechAmerica today expressed condolences on the passing of Ray Oleson, current Chairman of the Board and Co-Founder of Salient Federal Solutions. Shawn Osborne, President and CEO of TechAmerica offered this statement on behalf of TechAmerica’s staff and members who worked with Mr. Oleson as part of the TechAmerica Government Advisory Board. “It was an absolute…
Verizon’s Sonya Cork Joining TechAmerica Board
Washington, DC – TechAmerica, the leading U.S. technology trade association, is pleased to announce that Sonya Cork, vice president of public sector markets for Verizon Enterprise Solutions, is joining the TechAmerica Public Sector Board of Directors. The TechAmerica Public Sector Board of Directors guides the direction of the association’s advocacy on the issues of most…
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The industry’s take on federal IT acquisition reform
Originally posted by Government Matters The House passed FITARA for the second time last week. The bill, co-sponsored by Reps. Darrell Issa (R-Calif.) and Gerry Connolly (D-Va.), would fundamentally reform the way government buys technology. Uncle Sam spends more than $80 billion on I.T. each year. Mike Hettinger, senior vice president of the public sector…
The Lone Star rises in high-tech exports
Originally posted by the Dallas Morning News, re-posted with permission by Texas Instruments The cliche “Everything is bigger in Texas” now applies to high-tech exports. For the first time ever, as confirmed by a report from TechAmerica, a trade association that represents the technology sector, Texas has surpassed California as the nation’s leader in high-tech…
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SpaceX Says Falcon 9 To Compete For EELV This Year
As a result of the Falcon 9′s recent success, SpaceX founder Elon Musk is enjoying a degree of credibility with customers and competitors that he lacked as little as three months ago.
Tech Incubators Focus on Keeping Europe Green
Europe’s small-business technology incubators, many of them backed by government financing, are chasing economic returns as well.
