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SBA announces two new advisory committees on innovation, access to capital

The U.S. Small Business Administration has announced two new federal advisory committees to advance support for startups and increase access to capital for small businesses: the Invention, Innovation and Entrepreneurship Advisory Committee (IIEAC) and the …

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IowaWORKS site among ones affected by cyberattack

Multiple states’ unemployment websites, including Iowa’s, were taken offline following a cyberattack on Florida-based IT vendor Geographic Solutions Inc.

The IowaWORKS.gov website was restored on July 18 after a three-week outage, which caused a temporary …

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Involta’s Lehrman steps down as CEO; President Buie adds CEO title

Cedar Rapids Gazette: Involta, the Cedar Rapids-based data center and IT consulting business, announced founder and CEO Bruce Lehrman has transitioned to the role of board of directors vice chairman, with the company’s president, James Buie, …

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Collins Aerospace announces $14M expansion of WDM facility

Above: Melissa Moura, director of fuel system product line for power and controls for Collins Aerospace, discusses the company’s $14 million expansion of its facility in West Des Moines before a groundbreaking ceremony Thursday. Below: Hard hats sit …

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IowaWORKS website restored after outage

Cedar Rapids Gazette: The state of Iowa’s job search website has been restored, Iowa Workforce Development announced today. On June 26, the IowaWorks.gov website went down due to a cyberattack aimed at Geographic Solutions Inc., the …

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ISU-based rural broadband research receives equipment, service contributions from Ericsson

Multinational telecommunications company Ericsson has announced an agreement with the National Science Foundation-funded Platforms for Advanced Wireless Research program to contribute equipment and services to the Agriculture and Rural Communities, or ARA, test bed based …

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Electronics failure caused Tuesday afternoon Mediacom outage

More than 210,000 Mediacom customers in the central, western and southeastern portions of Iowa and northern Missouri experienced an outage of internet services Tuesday afternoon. Mediacom Communications Director Phyllis Peters told the Business Record that …

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Cyberattack suspends Cedar Rapids summer school activities

Cedar Rapids Gazette: Cedar Rapids Gazette: A cyberattack discovered over the holiday weekend has caused the Cedar Rapids Community School District to suspend summer programming until July 11, the district said. Its announcement did not describe the …

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Drake Business Accelerator wraps up third cohort

The Drake Business Accelerator, a program of the Drake Business Clinic, has finished its third cohort, which saw 33 businesses primarily from underserved communities complete the program.

Bill Adamowski, executive director for entrepreneurship, innovation and …

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Pi515 receives $200K Black Women Impact grant from Goldman Sachs initiative

Pi515 announced Wednesday it has been awarded a multiyear $200,000 Black Women Impact grant from Goldman Sachs’ One Million Black Women initiative. The money is available for any use and will be distributed over two …