How could this be: A 100-year-old government consulting firm that's always taken its marching orders from Uncle Sam, investing its own money in the big ideas of the underfunded? It actually makes perfect sense, said Karen Dahut, Booz Allen's executive vice president who leads the company's strategic innovation group. And it's just one possibility that might come of the company's partnership with downtown technology startup hub 1776 announced Monday.
Image: Brett Wilhelm - Karen Dahut, Booz Allen Hamilton's executive vice president for the strategic innovation group, speaking during the company's Ideas Festival that rewards innovative ideas from the staff. The company announced a partnership with 1776 Monday, to tap the innovation coming from the D.C. startup community.
