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State’s Rebuild VA program allocated $100M to Va. small businesses
The state has awarded $100 million in grants to 2,500 Virginia businesses and nonprofits through its Rebuild VA economic recovery fund, Gov. Ralph Northam announced Wednesday. All available funds have now been fully committed, the governor said in a news release. Approximately $50 million went to women, minority and veteran-owned businesses, and 997 small businesses […]
Va. COVID-19 rate now exceeds 10%
Virginia’s coronavirus rates continue to rise, with 21,035 new cases and 146 deaths in the past week, according to the Virginia Department of Health’s Dec. 7 update. As of Dec. 3, the state’s seven-day positivity rate was at 10.8%, a jump of more than 3% over the previous week. In parts of Southwest Virginia, p[...]
Va. expects 480,000 COVID vaccine doses by end of December
Virginia expects to receive 480,000 COVID-19 vaccine doses from Pfizer and Moderna by the end of December through the federal government’s Operation Warp Speed program, the Virginia Department of Health announced Friday, based on new information available. Gov. Ralph Northam said Wednesday that the state expected only 70,0[...]
No new restrictions, but Northam urges COVID-19 caution
Gov. Ralph Northam warned Virginians about growing numbers of COVID-19 cases, especially in Southwest Virginia, which has seen higher rates for more than a month, in part because the region’s neighboring states also have seen spikes. At his Wednesday news conference, Northam stopped short of enforcing new restrictions, but[...]
Former Deputy Commerce Secretary Angela Navarro to be SCC commissioner
Former Deputy Secretary of Commerce and Trade Angela Navarro will be appointed to fill the State Corporation Commission’s open commissioner slot, Gov. Ralph Northam said Wednesday. An attorney, Navarro is expected to be appointed in early January, the governor said. Although the governor can appoint commissioners, Navarro [...]
Virginia redistricting committee takes shape
RICHMOND, Va. — More than half a dozen legislators have been named to a bipartisan redistricting commission that seeks to fairly draw congressional and state legislative districts. The commission will be made up of 16 people. Half of them will be legislators and the other half will be Virginia citizens. Virginia legislativ[...]
General Dynamics books $241M CMS cloud implementation support order
Reston-based General Dynamics Corp.’s information technology business has secured a potential four-year, $241 million task order to help the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services implement a multicloud computing environment. The cloud products and tool award, which has a one-year base period plus three one-year options, covers the procurement of instances from multiple service providers, […][...]
Northrop Grumman lands potential $4.8B Air Force drone modernization
Northrop Grumman Corp. has received a potential $4.8 billion contract to update, refurbish and sustain the U.S. Air Force’s fleet of RQ-4 Global Hawk unmanned aerial systems. The indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract for the Falls Church-based company includes task orders for specific UAS modernization services in line with the Air Force’s Global Hawk program, the Department of […][...]
McLean-based technical consulting firm names VP of DOJ business sector
Latarshia Crawford-Jones has been appointed vice president of Department of Justice business at Steampunk, a McLean-based technical consulting firm. Crawford-Jones’ career spans more than two decades in the public and private sectors, including service in the U.S. Navy, the FBI, Science Applications International Corp., Northr[...]
Va. COVID-19 cases, deaths continue to rise
COVID-19 rates continued to climb last week in Virginia, with an increase of 16,797 cases since Nov. 23, according to the Virginia Department of Health’s Nov. 30 dashboard update. The state also reported 120 virus-related deaths in the past week, raising the total number of fatalities over 4,000. As of Monday, the state has recorded […]
War and peace
Like a lot of bosses in spring and summer 2020, Phebe Novakovic confronted challenges from the COVID-19 pandemic. It threatened lives and economies. Managers weren’t sure when some customers would be able to pay their bills. Employees were anxious; clients were understandably skittish. With travel shutting down, in-person sale[...]
Appalachian Power denied rate increase by SCC
A rate increase sought by Appalachian Power Co. has been denied by the State Corporation Commission. According to a statement issued by the SCC on Tuesday, Appalachian Power was seeking to increase rates by approximately $10 per month for a typical residential customer using 1,000 kilowatt hours of electricity. Appalachian Power earned profits that were […]
