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Company to invest $3.1 million and create 60 new jobs FALLS CHURCH, Va., Jan. 9, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Governor Bob McDonnell today announced that Acentia, a premier provider of technology and management solutions to the Federal Government and commercial markets, will invest $3.1 million to move its headquarters to Fairfax County. The project will create 60 new jobs. (Photo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20120109/DC31651) (Logo:...

FAIRFAX COUNTY, Va., Nov. 16 /PRNewswire/ -- Virginia Governor Timothy M. Kaine announced today the Commonwealth's support for The Ignite Institute, a unique non-profit collaborative enterprise, focused on translating innovations in personalized medicine into patient care. The Institute will be located in Fairfax County and has formed a major founding partnership with Virginia's Inova Health System. To date, the Institute has raised more than half of its five-year operating budget....

An overwhelming majority of U.S. workers place a high value on technology in the workplace, so much so that almost 40 percent of employees across the labor force would consider changing jobs to work for an organization that is more committed to providing access to and training in the latest technology. In a just released national survey, commissioned by the Fairfax County Economic Development Authority (FCEDA, www.FairfaxCountyEDA.org) and conducted by IPSOS Public Affairs, an...