Gibbs & Cox Hires Hobbs as Chief Information Officer
of Client Data Protection at Accenture Federal Services and as a 24-year veteran of the U.S. Air Force, where he served in multiple information technology and cyber security leadership roles. He is a graduate of Virginia Tech, the Air Force Institute of Technology, and most recently the National Defense University's Chief Information Security Officer program
China's "Ordinary" Billionaire Behind Nicaragua Canal Plan
, which might see it as a geopolitical play to balance U.S. influence in Central America. "I can't imagine (Wang) would have gone forward without at least coordinating with the Chinese government," said R Evan Ellis, assistant professor for Hemispheric Defense Studies at National Defense University in Washington. "Big Chinese companies just don't parachute down into Latin America." The project, Ellis estimates, may provide China with commercial leverage over key Latin American governments and local companies, which may prove crucial to guarantee trade routes and
