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Amazon Hiring, Expanding In Fairfax

By TechTaffy Desk

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Amazon is expanding in Fairfax county. The company plans to establish a new office in the Herndon area of Fairfax County to support IT engineering and services for commercial and government customers of Amazon Web Services, an Amazon.com company. 

The company will also add 500 new jobs, as part of the expansion, says Bob McDonnell, governor of Fairfax.   

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