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How to Land Multimillion Dollar Federal Contracts

Necole Parker spent nearly two decades designing a reputation built upon innovation as a senior project manager at top Washington, D.C., metro area construction and design firms. But it was her vision of a life of entrepreneurship that led her to start The ELOCEN Group, a program and project management firm for state, local, and federal government agencies and the commercial sector.

Urban League Report Offers Solutions to Economic Crisis

In the 34th edition of the its State of Black America report, the National Urban League outlines plans to get African Americans back to work, insured, better educated and prepared to be major players in the industries that will fuel the economy and their future.

Will Ford Profit in 2010?

While Ford stands alone as the only American automaker that didn’t solicit bailout money from the U.S. government and subsequently file for bankruptcy protection, it was far from unscathed.

Not Just for Spies

As an officer in the United States Air Force, Cedric (his last name is being withheld for security reasons) was the chief of the National Reconnaissance Office’s security branch, facilitating the building of satellites used to monitor terror hotspots around the globe. He left his post in 1992 and used his background in information technology to pursue a career in private industry, managing computer networks for a variety of organizations, including financial services companies and the Detroit Public School system. But after 9/11, Cedric felt a renewed sense of patriotism. In his chief security position at the NRO, he often interfaced with agents from the Central Intelligence Agency, so when a friend told him that a position managing the CIA’s computer networks had opened up in 2003, he decided to apply. A few promotions after starting out as the information systems security engineer, Cedric earned the position as chief of information assurance engineering. “We’re responsible for protecting Agency information systems,” he says.

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