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Texas Native Now Training in NYC Wins National EN POINTE: Classical Ballet Competition
A Texas native, who ventured to New York City at age 17 to pursue her dream of becoming a professional ballet dancer, won first place and $12,000 in the National Society of Arts and Letters (NSAL) national EN POINTE: Classical Ballet Competition held in Boca Raton, Florida. Five dancers collected $31,000 in prize money sponsored by the National Society of Arts and Letters. - June 07, 2017 - National Society of Arts and Letters (NSAL) Florida East Coast Chapter
The Iconic Airline Beverage Cart Gets All Tricked Up by Industrial Design Firm
U.S. company launches line of tricked up airline beverage carts "that turn heads, serve drinks, and makes the perfect entertainment or man cave accessory," according to Marc Anderson, creator of SkyHigh Airline Beverage Carts. - June 07, 2017 - SkyHigh Airline Beverage Carts
FEAPO Announces New Enterprise Architecture Genre Definitions
The Federation of Enterprise Architecture Professional Organizations (FEAPO), announce that a collaborative of global industry associations and professional societies have crafted the first set of Architecture genre definitions. - June 07, 2017 - FEAPO
Engagement Falls in Northeastern United States; Quantum Workplace Discovers Source of Regional Engagement Drop
In 2016, the Northeast experienced a major drop in employee engagement, and the region now ranks last in the United States for employee engagement. According to recent research by Quantum Workplace, a leading workplace survey and employee feedback technology company, the Northeast’s employee... - June 06, 2017 - Quantum Workplace
Every Citizen Has Opportunities, Inc. (ECHO) Joins Calls for Local Community to “Start Your Activism @ Home”
600+ Nonprofits Will Come Together on June 8th to Raise Nearly $2 Million to Support D.C., Maryland and Virginia Residents - June 05, 2017 - ECHO
Working KnowledgeCSP Launches “Our Contracts Manager – On Demand Contract Management Support”
Working KnowledgeCSP launches “Our Contracts Manager – On Demand Contract Management Support” for small to medium size organizations who need supplemental, professional, experienced, and certified professional contracting resources to help them through an occasional or a... - May 24, 2017 - Working Knowledge CSP
Crowdreviews Partnered with Corinium to Announce the Second Edition of Chief Data & Analytics Officer, Government in Washington
Over 100 Data and Analytics thought leaders from across the government spectrum will come together at Chief Data and Analytics Officer, Government, June 6 – 7, Washington D.C. Data is now the lifeblood of twenty-first century government, driving policy and service developments and powering... - May 24, 2017 - topseos.com
Bataan Survivor Marine Sargent Roger Baker Uniform Dedication
The uniform of Marine Sargent Bataan and Japanese POW Survivor will be given to VFW Post 8300 East Patchogue, NY on May 28, 2017 at 1500 hrs (3PM) Eastern Time at a dedication ceremony to be held at the VFW on Dunton Ave., East Patchogue, NY. - May 22, 2017 - Roger Baker Jr.
Wildlife Art Exhibit in Maryland - Clayboard with Scratch Work
The DCLA arts is pleased to present a solo exhibition of Arpitha Parthasarathy’s new clayboard/scratch work featuring in Sip at C- Street, 24 C- Street #100, Laurel, Maryland 20707. The exhibition will run from July 30th, 2017 – August 27th, 2017 with an opening reception on August 17th... - May 19, 2017 - Arpithaexponent
Friealtor Agents Win "Race to Zero" – Closing the DC Metro Area’s First Commission-Free Real Estate Sale
Friealtor is a DC Area-Based Online Service That Connects Property Buyers and Sellers with Real Estate Agents Willing to Work for Zero Commission. - May 16, 2017 - Friealtor
Jeffrey M. Goldstein Selected for Esteemed Lawyers of America
A prominent Washington, D.C. franchise attorney, Jeffrey M. Goldstein, has been selected for admission to the Esteemed Lawyers of America (ELOA). Goldstein Law Firm is one of only four national franchise law firms in the U.S. that exclusively represents franchisees and dealers. Jeffrey M. - May 13, 2017 - Esteemed Lawyers of America
Witlingo and The Motley Fool Partner to Launch a Cortana Skill
Witlingo and The Motley Fool delivering a voice-first trifecta with the planned publication of the Motley Fool Cortana Skill, having previously launched an Alexa Skill and a Google Action. - May 10, 2017 - Witlingo
Charles H. Helein, JD Recognized as a Professional of the Year by Strathmore's Who's Who Worldwide Publication
Charles H. Helein, JD of Leesburg, Virginia has been recognized as a Professional Of The Year for 2017 by Strathmore’s Who’s Who Worldwide for his outstanding contributions and achievements in the field of law. About Mr. Helein, JD Mr. Helein, JD has over 54-years experience in the... - May 09, 2017 - Strathmore Worldwide
Chairman Buck Mckeon Joins the Worldwide Speakers Group
The McKeon Group is excited to announce that Former House Armed Services Committee Chairman Buck McKeon has become a Featured Speaker for the Worldwide Speakers Group. Chairman McKeon recently retired from the House of Representatives, after serving 22 years representing the constituents of... - May 08, 2017 - McKeon Group
Skye Media Group Design, LLC Celebrates 7th Year in Business and Brand Expansion with “Skye Soiree”
Later this month Skye Media Group Design, LLC will celebrate its seventh year in business and the addition of its experiential marketing branch with a black-carpet cocktail mixer, Skye Soiree. Seven years of success in 2017 was a numerical combination that Toni Patterson just couldn’t ignore. - May 06, 2017 - Skye Media Group Design, LLC
Gnet LLC is Now Dnet Security
Gnet LLC announces its transformation to Dnet Security. - May 01, 2017 - Dnet
New Non-Profit Launches to Help Stop the Heroin Epidemic
SeekHealing to commence fundraising at launch party in Washington, DC, to offer post-detox rehabilitation programs in mid-Atlantic region. - April 26, 2017 - SeekHealing
NAWRB Announces Ten-X as a Premier Strategic Partner
The National Association of Women in Real Estate Businesses (NAWRB) is proud to announce Ten-X as a Premier Strategic Partner. A real estate technology industry powerhouse, Ten-X recognizes the importance of growing the community of women and women-owned and small businesses in the housing... - April 25, 2017 - The National Association of Women in Real Estate Businesses
Securiport Aids in the Capture of Two High-Level ISIS Terrorists at Senegal Airport
The suspects - of Moroccan descent - were traveling from Istanbul when they were flagged by Securiport’s global security system and arrested immediately. - April 19, 2017 - Securiport
Debra W. McAlpine Recognized as a Professional of the Year by Strathmore's Who's Who Worldwide Publication
Debra W. McAlpine of Upper Marlboro, Maryland has been recognized as a Professional of the Year for 2017 by Strathmore’s Who’s Who Worldwide for her outstanding contributions and achievements in the field of education. About Debra W. McAlpine Ms. McAlpine has 20 years experience in the... - April 19, 2017 - Strathmore Worldwide
Tactiva Therapeutics Reports Data Highlighting a Novel Dual CD4/CD8 T Cell Receptor with Potential for Use Against a Broad Range of Cancers
Tactiva Therapeutics today reported on its unique, dual enhanced adoptive cell therapy (DEACT) platform, incorporating its proprietary, engineered CD4/CD8 T cell receptors (TCR) with potential broad utility in cancer immunotherapy, including melanoma and ovarian cancer. A late breaking abstract... - April 05, 2017 - Tactiva Therapeutics
New Tool Empowers Requirements Management and Test Automation
Go2Group, publishers of the ConnectALL integration platform, announces support for Ranorex, a test automation tool, and Jama, a tool used for requirements management. The new version of ConnectALL also includes integration support for Microsoft Project Online. ConnectALL version 2.7 is available... - April 04, 2017 - Go2Group
Securiport Shares Strategic Border Security Solutions to Control External and Internal Land Borders at the 2017 World Border Security Congress
Securiport, the global leader in intelligent immigration controls and civil aviation security solutions, was pleased to present at this year’s exclusive World Border Security Congress in Casablanca, Morocco. The World Border Security Congress is supported by the Ministry of Interior of... - March 29, 2017 - Securiport
RP3 Agency Expands Its Capabilities with Launch of New Public Relations Practice
Veteran PR executive Dan Sweet named firm’s first Director of Public Relations. - March 29, 2017 - RP3
Leadership Book Lands on INDIES Book of the Year List
Foreword Reviews hosts its annual awards program each year. Martin O'Neill's Next Generation Leaders was named as a Book of the Year Finalist. The INDIES Book of the Year represent the best books published in 2016, and submitted to Foreword Reviews for award consideration, and were narrowed down by Foreword’s editors from over 2,200 individual titles spread across 65 categories. - March 29, 2017 - Martin F. O'Neill
Small Business Provides Big Solution for Working Parents
Small Business offers In Home Postpartum Visits by a Registered Nurse as a solution for companies that can't afford paid leave. Visits improve outcomes for parents and babies and are affordable. - March 28, 2017 - LetMommySleep
Charity Navigator Welcomes Larry Lieberman as Chief Operating Officer
Charity Navigator, the nation's largest and most-utilized evaluator of charities, announced today at the Nonprofit Technology Conference in Washington DC, that it has appointed Larry Lieberman as Chief Operating Officer. - March 24, 2017 - Dynamite Labs
Northern Virginia Urban League to Honor Community Leaders at Annual Awards Gala
The Northern Virginia Urban League (NVUL) will host its 27th Annual Community Service and Scholarship Awards Gala on Friday, April 28, 2017 at the Hilton McLean Tysons Corner, 7920 Jones Branch Drive, McLean, VA at 7:00 p.m. The theme is “Celebrating Champions in Our Community.” The... - March 22, 2017 - Northern Virginia Urban League
Barbara E. Baxter, DMD Recognized as a VIP Member by Strathmore's Who's Who Worldwide Publication
Barbara E. Baxter, DMD of Washington, DC has been recognized as a VIP Member for 2017 by Strathmore’s Who’s Who Worldwide Edition for her outstanding contributions and achievements for over 25 years in the field of healthcare. About Barbara E. Baxter, DMD Dr. Baxter is the Owner and... - March 21, 2017 - Strathmore Worldwide
Full Body Orgasm Video Reveals Revolutionary Technique
The Welcomed Consensus announce the release of their latest video titled “Connections for Full Body Orgasm.” Through detailed instruction and personal accounts, this unique video demonstrates how full-body orgasm - the ability to feel pleasure throughout one’s body - is not only possible to learn how to do, but is reliable and repeatable with or without a partner. - March 17, 2017 - Welcomed Consensus
Reverend Janice R. Nicholas Honored as a Top Executive for Two Consecutive Years by Strathmore's Who's Who Worldwide Publication
Reverend Janice R. Nicholas of Mitchellville, Maryland has been honored as a Top Executive for two consecutive years, 2016 and 2017, by Strathmore’s Who’s Who Worldwide for her outstanding contributions and achievements in the field of religion. About Reverend Janice R. - March 14, 2017 - Strathmore Worldwide
Elevation Web Updates Their Best Nonprofit Websites to 200
Elevation Web, a high-quality nonprofit website design company, just published an updated version of their page The 200 Best Nonprofit Websites of 2017. We all know how important a strong online presence is for any organization. This is no exception for nonprofits. Elevation Web has put together a... - March 09, 2017 - Elevation Web
Kuhn’s Jewelers Becomes Newest Member of Preferred Jewelers International Exclusive, Nationwide Network
Salisbury, Maryland Jewelry Retailer now offers its customers “Experiences that last a Lifetime™” - March 02, 2017 - Preferred Jewelers International
Acquisition of Captira Bail Software Provider Provides New Growth Focus
Captira Analytical was acquired effective January 31, 2017 from the NASDAQ listed Intersections Inc. Captira provides the silent software backbone to bail agents to manage and bring bonds to life – processing over $1.3 billion every 90 days. This provides relief to countless families across the country, saving billions of county dollars as judges move to release pre-trial defendants. Tracking 20%+ EBITDA and with no debt and strong cash reserves, Captira is well positioned for future growth. - February 22, 2017 - Captira Analytical
Huckworthy and IOMAXIS to Deliver Cutting-edge Mobile and Network Communications Through New Partnership
Huckworthy and IOMAXIS have partnered together to bring innovative secure mobility and network communications solutions to their customers. - February 15, 2017 - Huckworthy LLC
New Review of Surety Programs for Service and Supply/Install Contracting
In underwriting public works’ contractors, surety companies extensively prequalify those businesses to confirm that they have the capital, capacity, experience and character to perform the specific contract. But, public funds are spent on a lot of other products and services beyond construction. Private Industry has always provided goods and services to our government entities. Supply and Service Contract awards make up a significant portion of governmental budgets across the country. - February 13, 2017 - South Coast Surety
Chuck Brooks Named Winner of "Cybersecurity Marketer of the Year" at the 2017 Cybersecurity Excellence Awards
Chuck Brooks, Vice President at Sutherland Government Solutions, and Chairman of The New Emerging Technologies Committee for CompTIA, was named winner of Cybersecurity Marketer of The Year at the 2017 Cybersecurity Excellence Awards. The 2017 Cybersecurity Excellence Awards recognize companies,... - February 10, 2017 - Chuck Brooks
National Park Service at Gettysburg National Military Park Hosting First Virtual Reality Artist in Residence
Gettysburg National Military Park, in cooperation with the non-profit National Parks Arts Foundation (NPAF) and the Gettysburg Foundation, announced today that Lathan Mastellar will be the first artist whose “paintbrush” is Virtual Reality and Augmented Reality in Gettysburg NMP. He... - February 05, 2017 - National Parks Arts Foundation
Inaugural Class of GW Congressional Nuclear Security Fellows Selected
Fellows will spend one year working on nuclear security issues in the House of Representatives. - January 31, 2017 - Elliott School of International Affairs
Securiport’s Intelligent Immigration Control System Facilitates Senegal Authorities to Intercept & Extradite Wanted International Criminal to Justice in France
According to recent media reports in Dakar, Senegal, a French National who was apprehended for acts of armed robbery and wanted by Interpol, was intercepted and detected through Securiport’s Integrated Immigration Control System (IICS). With the intelligent watch-list management database... - January 30, 2017 - Securiport
Securiport Helps African Governments Secure International Airports from Crime and Terrorism for Enhanced Border Security & Threat Assessment
A recent industry analysis concludes that Securiport helps African governments secure International Airports from crime and terrorism for enhanced Border Security & Threat Assessment. The analysis states that ensuring strategic border security is a high priority for European, Middle Eastern and... - January 30, 2017 - Securiport
Medicare Advantage Earns Record Bipartisan Support in Senate
Better Medicare Alliance (BMA) President and CEO Allyson Y. Schwartz, released the following statement in response to a letter to Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) Acting Administrator Patrick Conway signed by 65 members of the U.S. Senate ahead of the annual rate notice on Medicare... - January 28, 2017 - Better Medicare Alliance
Barbara E. Baxter, DMD Honored as a Woman of Excellence and a Lifetime Member by Strathmore's Who's Who Worldwide Publication
Barbara E. Baxter, DMD of Washington, DC has been honored as a Woman of Excellence and a Lifetime Member by Strathmore’s Who’s Who Worldwide Edition for her outstanding contributions and achievements in the field of healthcare. About Barbara E. Baxter, DMD Dr. Baxter has over 25 years... - January 27, 2017 - Strathmore Worldwide
FisherBroyles Announces New Intellectual Property Partner James J. Pohl to Washington, D.C. Office
FisherBroyles, LLP is pleased to announce that James J. Pohl has joined its Washington, D.C. office as a partner in its Intellectual Property Law Group. Pohl is an experienced patent attorney with a true passion for providing thoughtful and judiciously creative advice to help clients... - January 25, 2017 - FisherBroyles
What Your Dog Knows About "Alternative Facts" and "Fake News" That You Don't
A new book, entitled "Perceiving Purpose" by author Sanjay Gupta, offers a model for how to examine the truth of what we see by understanding how dogs perceive the world. - January 23, 2017 - Intellectual Press
National Parks Service Invites Marine Corps Veteran Nicholas Collier as New Artist-in-Residence
National Parks Service - Gettysburg National Military Park’s Artists-in-Residence for January/February will be Nicholas Collier, a U.S. Military veteran who will pursue photography, sculpture and film-making during his month-long residency on the Gettysburg battlefield. Collier received his... - January 13, 2017 - National Parks Arts Foundation
The Barn at Walnut Hill
Poole & Poole Architecture renovates historic barn into 21st century green technology home. - January 12, 2017 - The Wright Scoop
Huckworthy Partners with UKintheUSA to Offer Easy Entrance Into the US Marketplace for British Technology Companies
UKintheUSA will leverage Huckworthy's infrastructure and distribution channels to reduce costs and risks for small UK companies to offer their products and services into the US marketplace - January 11, 2017 - Huckworthy LLC
Witlingo and Audm Partner to Deliver Conversational Audio Content for Large Brand Print and Web Publications
The partnership between Witlingo and Audm enables customers to move from the passive consumption of audio content via static podcasts to more engaging conversational and interactional experiences. - January 11, 2017 - Witlingo
The Medal of Hope Society Names President-Elect Donald J. Trump as a Recipient of the Medal of Hope
Today, The Medal of Hope Society, a grassroots organization comprised of wounded combat veterans and a Gold Star father, announced that President-elect Donald J. Trump as a recipient of The Medal of Hope. The Medal of Hope is The Medal of Hope Society’s highest honor, presented to U.S. - December 29, 2016 - HeroHope.org