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· A Fort Belvoir Procurement Forum is scheduled for 7:30 a.m. Tuesday. The event is sponsored by the Northern Virginia Government Contractors Council, an arm of the Fairfax County Chamber of Commerce.

The keynote address will be delivered by Tracey Pinson , director of small and disadvantaged business utilization for the Office of the Secretary of the Army.

Those interested in participating should contact Tony Howard at thoward@fccc.org or call 703-752-7522 to gain access to the post.

Movers and Shakers

· Morgan O'Brien , founder and former chairman of Nextel Communications, has joined the advisory board of SquareLoop, a Reston company specializing in technology related to public safety.

· Steven Horwitz has been named president and chief executive of Clareos, a Herndon software company. He was formerly president and chief executive of Q-Link Technologies.

· Michael Pierce has been elected director at large of the Virginia Association of Homecare for a one-year term. Pierce is the owner of Comfort Keepers in Fairfax, which provides services to the elderly.

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