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Vienna-based OnLocation Inc. acquired by KeyLogic Systems
Vienna-based OnLocation Inc. has been acquired by KeyLogic Systems Inc., a subsidiary of McLean-based IIA Technologies Corp., the companies announced Wednesday. Financial terms of the transaction were not released. KeyLogic Systems is a Morgantown, West Virginia-based company that provides energy, data and power grid services to government agencies. OnLocation is an information and analytics company […][...]
Alphabet invests in Herndon cybersecurity startup
Herndon-based cybersecurity startup Expel announced Wednesday it received $50 million in Series D Round venture capital funding. CapitalG, the growth fund of Google LLC’s parent company Alphabet Inc., led the round. CapitalG General Partner Gene Frantz will also join Expel’s board of directors. Battery Ventures, Greycroft, Index Ventures, Paladin Capital Group and Scale Venture Partners […][...]
Excella wins $20B federal contract for IT services
Arlington-based software and information technology management company Excella announced Wednesday it was awarded a contract worth up to $20 billion from the National Institutes of Health Information Technology Acquisition and Assessment Center (NITAAC). “We pride ourselves on our industry-leading expertise in modernizing IT across the federal government,” Excella co-founder and CEO Burton White said in […][...]
Fairfax County approves $25M small business relief fund
The Fairfax County Board of Supervisors during its Tuesday meeting approved the establishment of a $25 million small business and nonprofit relief grant program for local businesses impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic. “I am very excited about this program — the first of its kind in Fairfax County,” Board Chairman Jeffrey McKay said. “Our hope […]
Reston IT company emerges from bankruptcy with new CEO
Reston-based IT infrastructure company Internap Corp. (INAP) announced Tuesday it has emerged from Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection with a new CEO and $300 million in liquidity. The company originally filed for bankruptcy protection March 16. “When we began the restructuring process, we did so with a clear objective of strengthening our capital structure and best […]
McLean tech company names president, CEO
McLean-based mobile technology company CIBT Global Inc. announced Tuesday that Lee Spirer will be the company’s new president and CEO. Spirer will split time between the company’s McLean and New York City offices. Succeeding John Donoghue, Spirer was most recently the executive vice president and chief growth and tra[...]
Northern Va. reopening delayed until May 29
In a new executive order, Gov. Ralph Northam allows localities in Northern Virginia to delay reopening nonessential businesses until Friday, May 29, two weeks after the rest of the state enters Phase One of the governor’s “Forward Virginia” plan. The counties of Arlington, Fairfax, Loudoun and Prince William, as well as the cities of Alexandria, […]
Northam: NoVa will not enter Phase One on Friday
Update, May 12: In a new executive order, Northern Virginia localities will delay Phase One by two weeks, allowing businesses to reopen on a limited basis May 29, Gov. Ralph Northam announced Tuesday. The rest of the state will enter Phase One on Friday as planned, the governor said in a statement. Earlier: Northern Virginia wi[...]
Metro releases multiphase recovery plan
The Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (WMATA) has released initial details of its COVID-19 recovery plan, which will be discussed during the authority’s Board of Directors meeting on Thursday. The multiphase recovery plan is dependent on the trajectory of infections in its service areas. For now, Metro passeng[...]
Fairfax County board ponders $30M COVID-19 relief program
The Fairfax County Board of Supervisors on Tuesday will consider launching a small business and nonprofit relief grant program that could disperse up to $30 million to local businesses impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic. The proposed guidelines would allocate $10,000 to businesses with one to 10 employees, $15,000 to businesses with 11 to 25 employees […]
Veterans affordable housing complex coming to Arlington
Arlington Partnership for Affordable Housing (APAH) has purchased the former Arlington American Legion Post 139 building for $8.8 million to construct apartment units and a new veterans programming center, Toronto, Canada-based real estate company Avison Young Inc. announced Monday. The Arlington chapter of the American Legion[...]
Loudoun County disperses $1.4M to 201 small businesses
The Loudoun County Department of Economic Development announced Friday it had dispersed approximately $1.4 million from the COVID-19 Business Interruption Fund to 201 small local businesses. The Loudoun County Board of Supervisors and the Loudoun County Economic Development Authority (EDA) established the fund. The board of supe[...]
