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Aiming high in federal contracting
As federal agencies pull back on spending, 7Delta's strategy is thinking big. The Columbia information technology firm, which grew by focusing on work for one federal agency, is going after larger contracts and broadening its reach. It's a...
Tags: U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Business, Veterans Affairs, U.S. Department of Defense, Healthcare Industry
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Federal poultry regulations relaxed in spending law
Farming advocates are pressing Sen. Barbara A. Mikulski to reverse a little-noticed measure approved by Congress last month that rescinded tough new rules on the poultry industry — a move that has strained the already rocky relationship between mom-...
Tags: U.S. Congress, U.S. Senate Committee on Appropriations, Pocomoke City, Barack Obama, Salisbury (Wicomico, Maryland)
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Sequestration puts Howard business community 'on edge'
With less than a week to go until the federal government's March 1 deadline to reach an agreement avoiding a set of spending cuts known as sequestration, Howard County's business community is in the dark about its potential impact. Pam Klahr,...Tags: U.S. Congress, National Security Agency, Crofton, Business, Government
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Help for firms vying for a piece of the federal budget
Catonsville-based Alpha Omega Technologies performs work for one federal agency, and it wants more contracts — a daunting goal for a small company in a time of tight budgets. But the head of the 25-person software firm thinks he has a leg up after...
Tags: Computing and Information Technology Industry, Business Enterprises, Invention and Innovation, National Security Agency, Catonsville
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'Fiscal cliff' deal approved, avoiding tax increases, spending cuts
A bipartisan plan to avoid federal spending reductions and tax increases that would hit Maryland especially hard won final approval Tuesday night in the House of Representatives even as outside groups warned that the bill would simply delay difficult...
Tags: Labor Legislation, C.A. Dutch Ruppersberger, Baltimore County, Barack Obama, Unemployment Benefits
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Mayor's office contends city pays for 'phantom' phone lines
The city of Baltimore is likely wasting tens of thousands of dollars a month on "phantom" phone lines that are never used, the city's new information technology director said Thursday. Chris Tonjes, who heads the Mayor's Office of Information Technology,...Tags: Verizon Communications, George Nilson, Local Government, Computing and Information Technology Industry, IBM
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City wasting $400,000 a month on phones, Pratt's lawyer says
Baltimore is wasting about $400,000 every month it does not install a new phone system, a lawyer for Comptroller Joan M. Pratt argued in court Thursday. But the mayor's lawyers argued that Pratt has no legal right to sue the city because she is a city...
Tags: Justice System, Verizon Communications, Laws, Lawyers, George Nilson
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Letter: Shoemaker says mid-term update shows conservative governance
Almost two years have passed since the people of Carroll County's District 2 elected me to the office of County Commissioner. As an elected official, I believe it is my responsibility to keep the people I represent informed about what I've done —...Tags: Public Officials, Government, Local Government, Local Elections, Elections
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At cross purposes? Two city offices worked on phone plans
As the Baltimore comptroller's office was seeking bids for a multimillion-dollar upgrade of the city government's telephone system last year, the mayor's technology office was buying about $500,000 worth of equipment that could be used for the same kind...Tags: Companies and Corporations, Johns Hopkins University, Purchases, George Nilson, Local Government
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Baltimore spending board votes down phone system contract
Baltimore's Board of Estimates rejected Wednesday a $7.4 million contract with IBM for a new phone system that has been at the center of a City Hall turf war — a dispute that city officials said they would have to resolve before they could move...Tags: Public Officials, Government, George Nilson, Local Government, IBM
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New Grand Prix chief has been a big city contractor, campaign donor
Despite financing more than $140 million city contracts in the past 12 years, donating tens of thousands of dollars to Democratic candidates and being a member of Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake's inner circle, J.P. Grant III has largely avoided the...
Tags: Sheila Dixon, Housing and Urban Planning, Energy, Money and Monetary Policy, Auto Racing
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Harford hires D.C. lobbying firm
Harford County government has finalized its hiring of a  Washington, D.C., lobbying firm to represent the county's interests on Capitol Hill and in the halls of federal agencies. A consultant with Duane Morris Government Strategies will keep the county...Tags: Companies and Corporations, Business Enterprises, Bel Air (Harford, Maryland), Government, Washington, DC
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