MSFS Alum Published in The Economist

MSFS Alumnus Kevin Covert published a feature in the March 5th, 2009 issue of The Economist.  The article was the cover story of the Technology Quarterly section and can be found here: http://www.economist.com/science/tq/displaystory.cfm?story_id=13174387

Mr. Covert is Director of Strategic and Performance Planning at the Department of State, where he has served since 2005.  Prior to joining the government, he worked for 13 years as an international development consultant on U.S. foreign assistance programs to promote economic growth in Central Europe, the former Soviet Union and the Middle East, including long-term field assignments in Moscow, Kyiv, and Cairo.