IJIS Institute Badge & Tech Benefit & Awards Dinner to Benefit National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial Fund

Benefit to help honor the service and sacrifice of America’s law enforcement officers and to promote officer safety Ashburn, VA (November 14, 2013). The IJIS Institute—a nonprofit organization that focuses on mission-critical information sharing and safeguarding for justice, public safety, and homeland security—will host the 4th Annual Badge & Tech Benefit & Awards Dinner onRead… Read more »

Job Search Lessons from May’s Military Holidays

May is the month we recognize and remember several aspects of our military: Military Spouse Appreciation Day (May 10) is a recent recognition of their support.Armed Forces Day (May 18) recognizes those currently in service.Memorial Day (May 27) recognizes those who died in war. Memorial Day began as women, individually and in clubs, decorated theRead… Read more »

Send a Note of Thanks thru JoiningForces.gov

This Memorial Day, we can send messages of appreciation to military families through the USO. It takes only a few seconds of your time – but your expression of gratitude may be heard and felt by those who are so deserving and who sacrifice much, sometimes everything, to ensure our freedoms. Please take a momentRead… Read more »

“A Reason to Put Your Shoes On In The Morning” – An Air Force Pilot’s Thoughts on Memorial Day

Happy Memorial Day! What does everyone have planned for this weekend? As I take this time off for Memorial Day, I’ll be thinking of the service men and women who gave their lives for our freedom and safety. But I’m also happy to work with a number of men and women at HP who haveRead… Read more »

Memorial Day 2011

Although no sculptured marble should rise to their memory, nor engraved stone bear record of their deeds, yet will their remembrance be as lasting as the land they honored. Daniel Webster They fell, but o’er their glorious grave Floats free the banner of the cause they died to save. Francis Marion Crawford Perform, then, thisRead… Read more »

Aetna Helps MLK’s Dream Blossom

I don’t know about all of you, but i’m pretty sad that The Cherry Blossom Festival is over here in DC. Every spring the city comes alive at the site of the first blossoms of the District’s historic cherry trees. The National Mall is filled with even more beauty than usual during this 3 weekRead… Read more »

Memorial Day reflection, that “Our flag will be recognized throughout the world as a symbol of freedom”

Originally posted on www.andrewdwelch.com at http://www.andrewdwelch.com/2010/06/memorial-day-reflection-that-our-flag.html. One stone wall of the World War II Memorial in Washington, DC is home to a quote for which we have General George Marshall to be thankful. “We are determined that before the sun sets on this terrible struggle our flag will be recognized throughout the world as aRead… Read more »

Make a difference this week! Maximize collaboration to the N-th Degree!!!

As some of you may know from my time on GovLoop and long standing particpation. I look and write about solutions and collaboration on a fairly regular basis. I just came back from Walter Reed and Ft. Belvoir yesterday and today working in collaboration with the Wounded Warrior Transition Units (WTUs). We are, with others,Read… Read more »

Memorial Day

Hope everybody gets to enjoy a day to reflect on all of the sacrifices that were made…. so that we can all have opinions, and facebook, and criticize our leaders, and trash-talk politics, and get a free education, and start up our own businesses, and run our households as we see fit, and do everythingRead… Read more »

Updated Blog Post – Outside the Net

My apologies to all for not bringing you the complete post to the Outside the Net blog post. Outside the Net is a weekly feautre on Inside the Net where I highlight activites that are going on around town and off the Net. Outside the Net … around-town activities for Memorial Day Weekend 2009 OneRead… Read more »

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