http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/conte...isrc=newsletterThe Idea Factory That Spawned the Internet Turns 50
By Stephen Barr
Monday, April 7, 2008
The best program managers are "freewheeling zealots" with big ideas. The staff has been called "100 geniuses connected by a travel agent." And the boss describes his agency as a home for "radical innovation."
It's DARPA -- the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, which is celebrating its 50th anniversary with a dinner for 1,700 alumni, friends and partners Thursday night in Washington.