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iGrad Survey Shows Financial Literacy Leads to Smarter Student Loan Borrowing
College students exposed to financial literacy curriculum borrow less financial aid and are more proficient at money management, according to iGrad’s first annual survey of financial aid administrators. The iGrad survey, with responses from approximately 300 nonprofit and for-profit... - September 30, 2014 - iGrad
Storage Made Easy Enterprise File Share and Sync Solution Tightens Controls on Shared Files
Storage Made Easy today announced they had enhanced their governance controls to enable IT to pre-set file sharing policies. - September 30, 2014 - Storage Made Easy
AFG Group Participates in GSA’s Mentor-Protégé Program
AFG Group, Inc. recently joined GSA’s Mentor-Protégé Program as a Mentor to the Protégé firm, VYD and Associates (VYD). The General Services Administration’s program focuses on encouraging subcontractor partnering relationships and fostering small business growth. - September 30, 2014 - AFG Group, Inc.
DiverseTech Teams with PurchaseBlack.com for Increased Diversity in the Technology Industry
Amidst recent diversity reports from social media giants depicting a significant lack of diversity, DiverseTech, a national awareness campaign has collaborated with membership organizations to being more attention to the problem and highlight solutions. - September 26, 2014 - DiverseTech
United States Department of Agriculture Laboratory Selects AboutWeb to Develop a Web-Site Using Drupal
The United States Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Systematic Mycology and Microbiology Laboratory (SMML) selected AboutWeb to develop a new, public-facing website that connects users with the vast data and records that SMML maintains. AboutWeb will be developing the new site using Drupal... - September 25, 2014 - AboutWeb, LLC
New Children’s Book Promises Fresh Spin on Muslim Holiday
Little Big Kids, an up and coming cultural lifestyle brand for young Muslim kids, is proud to announce the release of their newest storybook, "Ilyas & Duck and the Fantastic Festival of Eid Al-Fitr." It’s a delightful story about a boy named Ilyas and his best friend Duck as... - September 23, 2014 - Little Big Kids
eIntern Brings Solution to Oxymoron of "Experienced Entry-Level Job Openings" to Northern Virginia Community College STEM Career Fair
eIntern will be at NOVA's STEM-focused career fair offering internship opportunities to current and future job seekers looking to get into software development, computer programming and learning the most in-demand technical skills. The eIntern platform also gives individuals that elusive "work experience" needed to even just land an interview in an industry in which the skill gap is growing wider faster than the unemployed/underemployed can keep up. - September 23, 2014 - eIntern
Devils Backbone Debuts in the United Kingdom with American IPA
Devils Backbone announces the launch of American IPA to be sold outside of the United States. American IPA will be brewed by Banks's Brewery and released on tap at the 930 Wetherspoon pubs in the United Kingdom. - September 20, 2014 - Devils Backbone Brewing Company
All Natural Medicine Clinic Aims to Heal Kidney Disease and Kidney Failure Naturally
All Natural Medicine Clinic offers holistic, alternative techniques such as acupuncture and herbal medicine to treat patients in the North Bethesda and Rockville, MD area. The doctors, medical specialists in both the U.S. and China, treat diseases with a combination of traditional western and Chinese medical knowledge. - September 18, 2014 - All Natural Medicine Clinic, LLC
Saks Fifth Avenue and Saturday Night Live Partner to Celebrate SNL’s 40th Season and Key To The Cure
Saks Fifth Avenue Tysons Galleria teams up with Tigerlily Foundation for the 2014 Key To The Cure Charity Shopping Weekend. - September 18, 2014 - Tigerlily Foundation
Storage Made Easy Aligns with SwiftStack to Expand Sync and Share Integration with OpenStack Swift
Building upon Storage Made Easy’s Seamless Unification for Private and Public clouds - September 16, 2014 - Storage Made Easy
LEAP Foundation DC Cooking Up Support for C-CAP
LEAP Foundation DC will sponsor two aspiring students to attend the Careers through Culinary Arts Program (C-CAP) celebrity chef dinner on September 15th. - September 14, 2014 - LEAP LLC
Climate-KIC’s US Start-Up Tour Gives Europe’s Brightest Cleantech Start-Ups a Crash Course in Entrepreneurship
The Start-up Tour to Silicon Valley and the Boston area plays a crucial role in the growth of a global community of cleantech entrepreneurs and innovators and coincides with the release of Climate-KIC’s "Future of Cleantech" report which highlights new opportunities for investors and calls for greater cross border collaboration and "co-opetition" to help climate innovators and entrepreneurs reach their potential. - September 08, 2014 - Climate-KIC
Muslim Coalition Denounces ISIS for Steven Sotloff's Murder
The US Council of Muslim Organizations (USCMO), a coalition of several national and local organizations, today condemns a terrorist and anti-Islam group for a video purporting to show the gruesome beheading of American journalist Steven Sotloff. The murder of innocent civilians is immoral,... - September 03, 2014 - USCMO
Devils Backbone Brewing Company Earns Top Honors at the 2014 Virginia Craft Brewers Fest
Devils Backbone Brewing Company earns medals for their beers. - August 27, 2014 - Devils Backbone Brewing Company
Latin Fashion Designers Use the Power of Fashion Week to Raise Their Voice in Favor of No Discrimination
Designers, from Latin America and around the world have used fashion week as a platform for dressmakers to show the world their most recent designs, are coming together to provide a voice in favor of no discrimination due to disability, gender, religion, nationality, ethnicity, beliefs, sexual orientation, marital status, age, social status, etc.; creating an unprecedented event to celebrate this community. - August 25, 2014 - Latin Fashion Week
Voto Latino Statement on Police Shooting of Michael Brown
This tragedy reminds us of the need for our communities to make their voices heard. - August 22, 2014 - Voto Latino
AFG Group is Recognized as an ENR Top 100 CM-PM Firm
AFG Group was listed on ENR's national ranking of 2014 Top 100 Construction Management / Program Management Firms. Having received 7 major awards so far this year, the company’s accelerated growth and business expansion is receiving recognition from engineering and construction industry leaders. - August 19, 2014 - AFG Group, Inc.
Running with Honor
Decorated military physician, Dr. Clayton G. Lawrence, is preparing to run in a series of races hosted by each branch of the military in support of military charities. - August 18, 2014 - LEAP LLC
South African Wines, Music and Cuisine Showcased at the 9th Annual South African Food & Wine Festival at Grayhaven Winery
Join Grayhaven Winery and friends for the 9th annual South African Food & Wine Festival, September 13th & 14th 2014 at Grayhaven Winery, Gum Spring, Virginia. The festival invites wine lovers, foodies and families to learn about South Africa through this two day celebration of South African... - August 07, 2014 - Grayhaven Winery
Storage Made Easy Release an Enhanced Version of Its Private Enterprise File Sync and Share Solution
The new release of the storage agnostic enterprise file share and sync solution adds support for more private cloud providers and increases governance and security controls. - August 07, 2014 - Storage Made Easy
DBIA Announces 2014 Design-Build Project Award Winnners
The 2014 Design-Build Project/Team Awards showcase design-build best practices and celebrate the achievements of owners and design-build teams in nine categories across the spectrum of horizontal and vertical construction. These categories include: aviation, civic buildings, commercial/office buildings, industrial/process/research facilities, educational facilities, healthcare facilities, rehabilitation/renovation/restoration, transportation and water/wastewater. - August 05, 2014 - DBIA
"Underwater Dreams" and Voto Latino Team Up to Promote the VL Innovators Challenge in Collaboration with the MacArthur Foundation, MSNBC and AMC Theaters
The Competition Re-Grants up to $500,000 for Community Tech Projects. - July 24, 2014 - Voto Latino
McCloud and Storage Made Easy Join Forces to Offer a Secure and Unique Service to Share and Synchronize Enterprise Data
McCloud has integrated the Cloud Software solutions of Storage Made Easy (SME) into a new service to provide businesses with a service so they can easily share, structure and control files with people from in, and outside, the company. - July 22, 2014 - Storage Made Easy
Future Genesis (FGen) Announces Unveiling of Their "Research Tab"
Washington DC based healthcare start-up Future Genesis, Inc. (FGen) announces that their "Research Tab" is now operational. - July 19, 2014 - Future Genesis, Inc.
Thousands of Miles Changing Thousands of Lives
LEAP Foundation DC’s Chairman, Dr. Clayton Lawrence, has eclipsed the 6000th mile marker in marathon running to support charitable causes. - July 04, 2014 - LEAP LLC
Research Finds Continued Growth of Design-Build in United States
“The growing use of design-build is not surprising,” says Lisa Washington, CEO/Executive Director of DBIA. “Throughout the last five years, and even through the recession, we’ve seen a large increase in demand for information and training on design-build best practices. Owners from all sectors have been turning to design-build delivery because they recognize the inherent value it brings to any project in any sector of any size.” - June 30, 2014 - DBIA
"A Book of Questions to Jumpstart Your Career Search" -- Interactive eBook and Paperback Now Available
Looking for a career and a new job? Need a career change but you don’t know where to start? Are you ready for an encore career? Stuck in a rut? - June 27, 2014 - College Path, LLC
HouseLens Uses Storage Made Easy Enterprise File Share and Sync Product to Securely Backup to Cloud Storage Over FTP
Storage Made Easy today announced that HouseLens is using their IaaS enterprise file share and sync solution to securely backup data to cloud storage using the FTP protocol. - June 26, 2014 - Storage Made Easy
BCLOUD Announces Use of Storage Made Easy Enterprise Cloud Solution and New Joint Customer, Asco TLC
BCLOUD announces that ASCO Tlc has chosen the enterprise file share and sync solution of Storage Made Easy to implement a private cloud solution based on the use of Cloudian’s Object Storage Cloud. - June 24, 2014 - Storage Made Easy
Summer Novel Soars; "It Burns a Lovely Light" by Penny McCann Pennington Earns Multiple Awards
In the past six months, Penny McCann Pennington's breakout novel, "It Burns a Lovely Light," has received awards from The New England Book Festival, The Southwest Book Festival, The Great Southeast Book Festival, The Tucson Book Festival, and the Beach Book Festival. Now she can add The... - June 24, 2014 - Penny McCann Pennington
Richmond Tax Solutions Presents Second Chance Consulting's 1st Annual Bowling Fundraiser
Richmond Tax Solutions and Second Chance Consulting are having their 1st Annual Bowling Fundraiser at King Pin Lanes in Midlothian, VA on July 12th 2014. All profits will go to help enroll more kids in the King Pin Saturday Youth Bowling League that will give our inner-city youth a chance to participate in a "non-traditional" sport. The goal is to help these kids belong to something positive and keep them off the streets. It lasts 32 weeks plus they receive lunch, prizes, scholarships and more. - June 23, 2014 - Whitewood Tax Solutions
SCI Consulting CEO Raises the Industry Bar for "Win Party" Announcements
SCI's CEO, Ms. Lynette Spano, breaks with tradition and throws a party for the winners of the EAGLE II Full and Open contract vehicle. This "invitation only" event brings all the winners together to enjoy an evening of fun while establishing or strengthening relationships with companies in the same industry. - June 23, 2014 - SCI Consulting
Storage Made Easy Enterprise File Share and Sync Solution is Now Available on the UK Government Cloud
Vehera LTD, trading as Storage Made Easy has been accepted as a supplier on the UK Government G-Cloud initiative. - June 20, 2014 - Storage Made Easy
Champions of Character Dinner Held June 18, 2014, Washington, DC
National Capital Area Council, Boy Scouts of America held the 2014 Champions of CharacterDinner in Washington, DC on June 18th. Honorees were, Dr. Jorge Ribas, President & CEO of Mid-Atlantic Hispanic Chamber of Commerce; Susan Au Allen, National President & CEO of U.S. Pan Asian American Chamber of Commerce; Mike Enzi, U.S. Senator (R-WY); Angela Franco, President & CEO of Greater Washington Hispanic Chamber of Commerce and Michael Melton, President, 100 Black Men of Greater Washington, DC. - June 20, 2014 - Washington, DC District, National Capital Area Council, Boy Scouts of America
To-Increase Joins Microsoft GovCon Alliance to Support Vision of Compliance and Agility for Government Contractors
Project-driven government contractors gain comprehensive Microsoft Dynamics AX ERP solution that enables regulatory compliance, process optimization, and efficient business management. - June 18, 2014 - To-Increase
Association CEOs Battle for Bandwidth
Seth Kahan convenes Association CEOs to explore private sector membership models. - June 17, 2014 - Performance Development Group
Spa Logic Expands Services with New Spa
Spa Logic is expanding its business in Dupont Circle with a new wellness center dedicated to massage, reflexology, facials, and spray tanning on its third floor. One year ago, Spa Logic opened offering haircuts, coloring, nails, and waxing. But the demand has been so great that they are adding... - June 16, 2014 - Spa Logic
Jose F. Niño to Serve as Master of Ceremonies at Boy Scouts' Champions of Character Dinner on June 18th in Washington, DC
Jose F. Niño, VP Strategic Relationships, Microtech, will serve as master of ceremonies at the Champions of Character Dinner on June 18th, in downtown Washington, D.C. Mr. Niño serves on the National Executive Committee for the Boy Scouts of America and was a founding member, President/CEO of the US Hispanic Chambers of Commerce (USHCC). Honorees are, Dr. Jorge Ribas, Susan Au Allen, Senator Mike Enzi (R-WY), Angela Franco and Michael Melton. - June 15, 2014 - Washington, DC District, National Capital Area Council, Boy Scouts of America
The Upham Group Announces the Great Home Giveaway
Local Realtor, Chris Upham, announces the first ever "Great Home Giveaway" where home buyers can win up to $100,000 toward the down payment on their next home. Chris and entire team at The Upham Group just wanted to find a way to give back to the community and the amazing people of Alexandria, Virginia and the greater Washington, DC Metro area. - June 13, 2014 - The Upham Group
Army Releases New Children's eBook to Celebrate 239th Army Birthday
The first Army Children's ebook helps children better understand Army history and thier role in the greater Army Family. The book is available online at www.armymwr.com/birthday-book. - June 13, 2014 - IMCOM
Washington DC Eagle Scout to Speak at Champions of Character Dinner June 18th
Eagle Scout Justice Boston, of Troop 1869, in Washington, D.C. will speak at the 2014 Champions of Character Dinner on June 18th. The dinner will honor five distinguished community and business leaders of the Washington, D.C. area, including Dr. Jorge Ribas, Susan Au Allen, Senator Mike Enzi (R-WY), Angela Franco and Michael Melton. Boy Scout Troop 1869 is chartered to Campbell A.M.E. Church in Washington, D.C. - June 12, 2014 - Washington, DC District, National Capital Area Council, Boy Scouts of America
Free Educational Tour on Energy Efficient Building Sponsored by Arlington Designer Homes and Energy House June 14th
Award-winning local green home builder Arlington Designer Homes has partnered with Energy House to host a free educational tour on energy efficient building this Saturday, June 14th, from 12:00 – 4:00 pm. Arlington Designer Homes is opening two of its new homes, located at 4033 N. 22nd St. and 2200 Military Rd. in Arlington, VA, to the public for a free, guided educational tour highlighting the latest in energy saving technologies. - June 11, 2014 - Arlington Designer Homes
21 Yr Old CEO Novelist Philanthropist Inspires Actress Cicely Tyson's Finest to "Be Limitless"
21 Yr Old Business Guru RJ Tolson Leads by Example for America's Youth as he Autographs with Excellence and Envisions & Executes Beyond the Status Quo. - June 10, 2014 - R.J. Tolson
Dr. Lawrence Supporting Fashion Moving Youth Forward in D.C.
The Southeast Tennis and Learning Center, through its 7th Annual Sew N’ Know Fashion Show, invites Dr. Clayton Lawrence to share his passion for fashion to inspire area youth. - June 10, 2014 - LEAP LLC
Dr. Jorge Ribas to be Honored with Vale la Pena! Service Award
The National Capital Area Council (NCAC), Boy Scouts of America (BSA) will honor Dr. Jorge Ribas, President & CEO of the Mid-Atlantic Hispanic Chamber of Commerce, Inc. with the Vale la Pena! Service Award at the 2014 Champions of Character Dinner on June 18, 2014. This award is to recognize Dr. - June 09, 2014 - Washington, DC District, National Capital Area Council, Boy Scouts of America
Susan Au Allen to be Honored as "Woman of the Year" for 2014
The National Capital Area Council (NCAC), Boy Scouts of America (BSA) will honor Susan Au Allen, National President & CEO, US Pan Asian American Chamber of Commerce as the “Woman of the Year” for 2014 at the 2014 Champions of Character Dinner on June 18, 2014. This award is to... - June 09, 2014 - Washington, DC District, National Capital Area Council, Boy Scouts of America
Michael Melton, President 100 Black Men of Greater Washington DC, to be Honored with Whitney M. Young, Jr. Award
The National Capital Area Council (NCAC), Boy Scouts of America (BSA) will honor Michael Melton, President, 100 Black Men of Greater Washington, D.C. with the Whitney M. Young, Jr. Service Award outstanding service in supporting opportunities for local youth from low-income urban backgrounds. In... - June 09, 2014 - Washington, DC District, National Capital Area Council, Boy Scouts of America
Senator Mike Enzi (R-WY) to be Honored with "Good Scout" Award 2014
The National Capital Area Council (NCAC), Boy Scouts of America (BSA) will honor Senator Mike Enzi, (R-WY) as the 2014 “Good Scout” at the 2014 Champions of Character Dinner on June 18, 2014. This award is to recognize Senator Enzi for his outstanding service in supporting Scouting... - June 09, 2014 - Washington, DC District, National Capital Area Council, Boy Scouts of America
Champions of Character Dinner June 18, 2014, Washington, DC
National Capital Area Council, Boy Scouts of America will hold the Champions of Character Dinner in Washington, DC on June 18th. Honorees are, Dr. Jorge Ribas, President & CEO of Mid-Atlantic Hispanic Chamber of Commerce; Susan Au Allen, National President & CEO of U.S. Pan Asian American Chamber of Commerce; Mike Enzi, U.S. Senator (R-WY); Angela Franco, President & CEO of Greater Washington Hispanic Chamber of Commerce and Michael Melton, President, 100 Black Men of Greater Washington, DC. - June 08, 2014 - Washington, DC District, National Capital Area Council, Boy Scouts of America