Virginia needs a pipeline of STEM workers. Can this program help build it?
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SySTEMic Solutions is aiming to bring together businesses, K-12 school systems to create the workers needed for the jobs of tomorrow.
Judge: No $6.6 million commission for National Science Foundation brokers
Court sides with developer in dispute over deal to relocate the National Science Foundation to Alexandria.
Job market remains tepid for 2013 law school graduates
57 percent of 2013 law graduates are working in long-term, full-time legal jobs, but unemployment is growing.
Turning a golf course into a neighborhood
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Why today’s C-suite may soon be a thing of the past
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N.Va. venture fund seeks more established tech firms
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How Wal-Mart plans to compete on price with organic food
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Jobless rate in D.C. area held steady at 4.9% in February
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Beltsville-based Vocus agrees to private-equity takeover
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D.C. tech will lose an advocate when Gray leaves office
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CoStar: In three neighborhoods, nicer buildings have higher vacancy rates
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