August NoVa home price growth outpaces national rate
NoVa median sales price grew 11.6% year-over-year
Home prices grew faster in Northern Virginia than nationally in August, according to a Northern Virginia Association of Realtors report released Monday. The Northern Virginia market also had lower inventory
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Dominion offshore wind farm hits next federal benchmark
BOEM could approve project by end of Oct.
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Dominion Energy’s proposed offshore wind farm on Monday hit another major milestone. The federal Bureau of Ocean Energy Management announced it has completed its environmental assessment of the project, planned
Amazon to open fulfillment, delivery facilities in Va. Beach
E-commerce giant expects to create 1,000 jobs
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Amazon.com will launch a fulfillment center and delivery station in Virginia Beach, creating an estimated 1,000 full-time jobs, Gov. Glenn Youngkin announced Monday. Amazon did not immediately respond to requests
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Henrico office building sells for $66M
Building is 100% leased by Elevance Health
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Richmond-based Kinsale Insurance has sold a 291,000-square-foot Class A office building on Staples Mill Road in western Henrico County for $66 million. The office, located at 2103 Staples Mill Road,
Richmond lodge appeals court’s casino ruling
Seeks to block casino referendum, with early voting underway
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A Richmond nonprofit organization is continuing its effort to block the city’s do-over casino referendum — even though the measure is already on ballots and early voting is underway. Richmond
Two NoVa companies receive $1.5B DOD tech contract
SPA, ANSER to work on contract through Sept. 2028
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Two Northern Virginia-based federal contractors have received a five-year contract valued up to $1.5 billion to provide analytic and technical support services to the Department of Defense’s administrative and management organization.
Arlington drone company closes deal on AI robotics co.
AeroVironment bought Tomahawk Robotics in $120M deal
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Arlington County-based AeroVironment, a defense contractor that manufactures unmanned aircraft, has completed its $120 million acquisition of Melbourne, Florida-based Tomahawk Robotics, the company announced Sept. 18. Tomahawk develops AI-enabled robotic
Kaine, Warner announce $100M for rail bridge in NoVa
Federal funds go toward Franconia-Springfield Bypass
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U.S. Sens. Mark R. Warner and Tim Kaine announced $100 million in federal funds Thursday for the Virginia Passenger Rail Authority to build a rail bridge to ease congestion along a
Henrico shopping center sells for $18.4M
Merchant's Walk anchored by Food Lion, Joann Fabrics and Crafts
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Merchant’s Walk Shopping Center in Henrico County has sold for $18.4 million. Qi Lin, a local investor who in 2022 purchased the Southpark shopping center in Chesterfield County for $5.4
Youngkin signs executive directive on AI
ORM, VITA to establish use standards, look for testing opportunities
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Gov. Glenn Youngkin has signed an executive directive around artificial intelligence, instructing the state government to establish use standards and identify opportunities for the government to use AI technologies. Executive
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VCCS senior vice chancellor to retire
Sharon Morrissey has been with system since 2014
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Sharon Morrissey, Virginia Community College System’s senior vice chancellor for academic and workforce programs, will retire at the end of 2023, VCCS announced Monday. Morrissey joined VCCS in 2014. She
GDIT names new chief growth officer
Paul Tartaglione joins from Booz Allen Hamilton
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Falls Church-based General Dynamics Information Technology has named Paul Tartaglione as its new chief growth officer, the company, a subsidiary of Fortune 500 contractor General Dynamics, announced Monday. Tartaglione started
JK Moving hires talent development director
Carrie Haas comes from Vail Resorts
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JK Moving Services has hired Carrie Haas as its director of talent development, the Sterling-based moving company announced Monday. Haas will lead training and talent development for JK Moving and
SAIC taps new chief innovation officer, chief of staff
Knausenberger, Turitto join from Air Force, Microsoft
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Science Applications International Corp. (SAIC) has hired a new chief innovation officer as well as a new chief of staff to incoming CEO Toni Townes-Whitley, the Reston-based Fortune 500 federal
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Change management
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Hands down, the most unintentionally funny of the alarmist stories about remote work must be the June “news” articles warning that by 2100, teleworking would result in a generation of
The Mailroom October 2023
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Don’t say ‘Don’t Say Gay?’ I am disappointed in your June 2023 workforce article, “Pride in their work.” In it, you perpetuate misinformation that the left-leaning press has been pushing
Why ChatGPT just might save the humanities
Generative AI is taking humanities research to new level
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Not surprisingly, the release of ChatGPT has produced a host of concerns about its potentially harmful effects on society. In higher education, commonly cited concerns center on threats to academic
The antacid test
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For every parent who’s ever downed a Prilosec-and-Maalox cocktail while making out an eye-popping college tuition check, there comes a moment when they may look askance at how universities are