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• Backlog, Quotas Overwhelm Patent Examiners

  Published: October 8, 2007, 12:00 am

  Tags: Backlog, Quotas, Overwhelm, Patent, Examiners, Jon W Dudas, Tom Davis, U S Patent Trademark Office, Alexandria, Stephen Barr, U S Government Accountability Office, United States, Washington Dc

  Here's how bad it is at the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office.

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• Backlog, Quotas Overwhelm Patent Examiners

  Published: October 8, 2007, 12:00 am

  Tags: Backlog, Quotas, Overwhelm, Patent, Examiners, Jon W Dudas, Tom Davis, U S Patent Trademark Office, Alexandria, Stephen Barr, U S Government Accountability Office, United States, Washington Dc

  Here's how bad it is at the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office.

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• A Tougher Line on Government Contracting

  Published: October 8, 2007, 12:00 am

  Tags: Tougher, Line, Government, Contracting, General Dynamics Corporation, Lockheed Martin Corporation, Alexandria, Bethesda, Capitol Hill, Donald H Rumsfeld, Donald Winter, Falls Church, John T Schofield, Loren Thompson, Robert Doolittle, San Diego, The Pentagon, Thomas Ju

  They are called Freedom and Independence. The two competing ships, based in San Diego, are designed to dodge mines, hunt for submarines and conduct special operations at high speeds of up to 45 knots. Whichever prototype proves superior -- either Lockheed Martin's Freedom or General Dynamics' Ind...

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• E-Mails in First Trial May Haunt Johnson

  Published: October 11, 2007, 12:00 am

  Tags: E Mails, First, Trial, May, Haunt, Johnson, Charles E Johnson Jr, Preston Burton, Aol Llc, Yale L Galanter, Alexandria, Virginia, Las Vegas, O J Simpson, Time Warner Inc, Walter D Kelley Jr, Federal Bureau Of Investigation, United States

  Three weeks into the trial of technology company executives who allegedly engaged in sham advertising deals, prosecutors pulled aside defense lawyer Preston Burton and told him he had a problem.

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• Springfield Faces Competition for 6,200 Army Jobs

  Published: October 11, 2007, 12:00 am

  Tags: Springfield, Faces, Competition, For, 6 200, Army, Jobs, Keith Eastin, U S General Services Administration, Victory Center, Jones Lang Lasalle Inc, Alexandria, Jim Moran, Fort Belvoir, The Pentagon, Virginia, Fairfax, Joseph Delogu, Fairfax County, Jones Lang Lasalle Intern

  When the U.S. Army agreed in late summer to rethink plans to move thousands of jobs to Fort Belvoir in southern Fairfax County, it did so largely on the promise of an alternative property in Springfield near Metro and Virginia Railway Express stations.

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• Jefferson Seeks to Dismiss Bribery Charges

  Published: October 13, 2007, 12:00 am

  Tags: Jefferson, Seeks, Dismiss, Bribery, Charges, Amy Jackson, Africa, William Jefferson, Alexandria, Mark Lytle, Cameroon, Ghana, Nigeria, Trade Caucus, U S Department Of Justice, Washington Dc

  The bribery charges against Rep. William J. Jefferson (D-La.), who was videotaped accepting $100,000 in cash, should be dismissed because such an act is technically closer to influence-peddling, defense argued yesterday in an Alexandria courtroom.

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• Jefferson Seeks to Dismiss Bribery Charges

  Published: October 13, 2007, 12:00 am

  Tags: Jefferson, Seeks, Dismiss, Bribery, Charges, Amy Jackson, Africa, William Jefferson, Alexandria, Mark Lytle, Cameroon, Ghana, Nigeria, Trade Caucus, U S Department Of Justice, Washington Dc

  The bribery charges against Rep. William J. Jefferson (D-La.), who was videotaped accepting $100,000 in cash, should be dismissed because such an act is technically closer to influence-peddling, defense argued yesterday in an Alexandria courtroom.

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• Johnson's Ex-Lawyer Testifies Against Him

  Published: October 16, 2007, 12:00 am

  Tags: Johnson S, Ex Lawyer, Testifies, Against, Him, Bree N Murphy, Charles E Johnson Jr, Alexandria, Preston Burton, Kentucky, Aol Llc, Brigham Q Cannon, Las Vegas, Walter D Kelley Jr, Yale Galanter, Federal Bureau Of Investigation

  A defense lawyer refused a onetime client's request to tell prosecutors that an e-mail he fabricated had been an honest mistake, she testified yesterday, because "I didn't believe it was a mistake."

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• Retiree Pension Raises Vary by System

  Published: October 18, 2007, 12:00 am

  Tags: Retiree, Pension, Raises, Vary, System, Margaret L Baptiste, Alexandria, Alexis M Herman, Georgetown, Kevin E Mahoney, Michael L Dominguez, Stephen Barr, The Pentagon, Accenture S Institute For Public Service Value, Georgetown University, Medicare, National Active Ret

  It's COLA season, and if you're a federal retiree, how much your pension increases depends on which retirement system you're in.

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• Retiree Pension Raises Vary by System

  Published: October 18, 2007, 12:00 am

  Tags: Retiree, Pension, Raises, Vary, System, Margaret L Baptiste, Alexandria, Alexis M Herman, Georgetown, Kevin E Mahoney, Michael L Dominguez, Stephen Barr, The Pentagon, Accenture S Institute For Public Service Value, Georgetown University, Medicare, National Active Ret

  It's COLA season, and if you're a federal retiree, how much your pension increases depends on which retirement system you're in.

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• Uneasy Latinos React Using Their Feet: By Leaving Pr. William

  Published: October 22, 2007, 12:00 am

  Tags: Uneasy, Latinos, React, Using, Their, Feet, Leaving, William, Jose Ventura, Prince William County, Walter Ramirez, Salvadoran Born Aracely Diaz, Alexandria, Roberto Catacora, Woodbridge Virginia, United States, Maryland, North Carolina, U Haul International Inc, Arlin

  Supporters of the anti-illegal immigration measure adopted in Prince William County last week have argued that its most important purpose is to send a powerful signal to the county's mostly Latino illegal immigrants that they are no longer welcome.

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• Davis Confirms He Won't Seek Senate Seat

  Published: October 26, 2007, 12:00 am

  Tags: Davis, Confirms, Won T, Seek, Senate, Seat, Devolites Davis, Jim Gilmore, U S Senate, Mark Warner, U S Republican Party, Northern Virginia, Arizona, The Washington Post Company, Alexandria, David Avella, George W Bush, James Webb, Jeannemarie Devolites Davis, John Mccain

  The Republican Party will continue to lose elections unless it opens itself to social moderates, immigrants and other groups who look to government to protect public schools and reform health care, U.S. Rep. Thomas M. Davis III said yesterday.

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• Contracting, Tech Help Lower N.Va. Jobless Rate

  Published: October 27, 2007, 12:00 am

  Tags: Contracting, Tech, Help, Lower, N Va, Jobless, Rate, Aol Llc, Northern Virginia, William F Mezger, Virginia, Maryland, Loudoun County, The Motley Fool Inc, Alexandria, Kevin Smith, Montgomery, Prince George S County, Reston, Silver Spring, Toby Murdock, Washington Dulles Inte

  Unemployment in Northern Virginia fell to 2.1 percent in September from 2.3 percent in the corresponding period last year as strong employment growth in high-tech and government contracting businesses continued to fuel one of the nation's strongest job markets.

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• Area Pakistanis React to Musharraf's Move: 'It's a Huge Step Backwards'

  Published: November 4, 2007, 12:00 am

  Tags: Area, Pakistanis, React, Musharraf S, Move, It S, Huge, Step, Backwards, Pervez Musharraf, Pakistan, Cardiologist Anees Ahsan, Ray Mahmood, Alexandria, Clarksville, Mount Vernon, Shaukat Malik, Afghanistan, Howard County, United States, Washington Dc

  Cardiologist Anees Ahsan was watching satellite Pakistani TV from the treadmill in his Howard County home yesterday when he saw that President Pervez Musharraf had declared emergency rule and suspended the constitution.

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• An insider's guide to the upcoming week

  Published: November 12, 2007, 12:00 am

  Tags: Insider S, Guide, The, Upcoming, Week, George W Bush, Howard Krongard, Henry Waxman, Alexandria, Colin Powell, Rachel Dry, Afghanistan, America S Promise Alliance, Iraq, Transportation Security Administration, U S House Committee On Homeland Security, U S House Com

  State Department Inspector General Howard J. Krongard should brace for a rough time Wednesday when he testifies before the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee.

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