Speaking to The Stage newspaper, John Berry said the events "distract" and did not create new audiences.

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Joining me at the event will be a number of champions of innovation in government, including Acting Director of the Office of Management and Budget Jeff Zients, Director of the U.S. Office of Personnel Management John Berry, and U.S. Chief Information Officer Steve VanRoekel.

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Matt Berry, associate analyst at John McCamant's Medical Technology Stock Letter, says much of the malaise in the current market is fallout from the ImClone (nasdaq: IMCL - news - people ) fiasco.

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John Trefero said he and other neighbors along the street where Ms. Berry once lived with her mother, Louwana Miller, are shocked that the women have been found alive so close to where they had been abducted.

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