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"12 to Watch" is an initiative of the United States Senate Productivity and Quality Award Program for Virginia (Virginia SPQA) to promote the participation of twelve selected small businesses in the Virginia SPQA Discovery Program and provide related performance excellence technical assistance at no cost. Small businesses selected to be one of the twelve are considered to be those poised for positive and sustainable job growth in the Commonwealth and will be recognized at the 28th annual...

LONDON, May 4, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- The Commonwealth Eminent Persons Group (EPG) is inviting feedback on its recommendations to help reform and renew the Commonwealth. The 11-member EPG has published a report outlining the general direction of its recommendations to sharpen the impact, strengthen the networks and raise the profile of the Commonwealth, for comment from members of the public. The report is available at:...

WATERLOO, ON, May 3 /PRNewswire/ - OpenText(TM) (NASDAQ: OTEX, TSX: OTC) and the Commonwealth Secretariat today announced an agreement to work together on creating Commonwealth Connects , an innovative Internet gateway or portal designed to connect people, organizations and governments across the Commonwealth.  Using the latest OpenText technology, the gateway will allow members of the Commonwealth community to share information, network, and collaborate online. "Commonwealth...

New Economic Study Shows Potential Of $246 To $398 Million Being Left Out Of Budget Considerations Due To Loophole Exploitation & Uncollected Sales Taxes HARRISBURG, Pa., May 3, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- - A new economic study released today and compiled by Professor Robert Strauss of Carnegie Mellon University shows that Pennsylvania could be collecting between $246-$398 million in additional revenue per year by requiring online-only retailers without a physical presence in...

BOSTON and FRAMINGHAM, Massachusetts and RAMAT GAN, Israel, April 14, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- EarlySense, Governor of Massachusetts Deval Patrick and the Massachusetts Life Sciences Center announced today that Israel-based EarlySense, developer of the EverOn contact-free patient monitoring system, has chosen to locate its U.S. headquarters in Massachusetts. The decision follows the March 2011 visit to Israel by Governor Patrick and a delegation of state leaders from industry, academia and...

CANTON, Mass., April 13, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Today Massachusetts Life Sciences Center President & CEO Susan Windham-Bannister joined state and local officials, Organogenesis, Inc. President & CEO Geoff MacKay and employees to celebrate the start of construction of 275 Dan Road. Upon completion in 2013, the company expects the facility to be the world's largest automated living cell manufacturing plant. Organogenesis is in the midst of a major, multi-year expansion of its global...

LOUISVILLE, Ky., April 5, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Dismas Charities Inc. is pleased that after five months, the Kentucky Auditor of Public Accounts has completed its review of its Board governance policies and procedures. The review came following criticism of the Board's decision to lease University of Louisville suites, which were returned to the university. "On behalf of the Board, our dedicated staff, and the many people and communities we serve across the Commonwealth and this country,...

First-in-the-nation voluntary agreement continues work to protect wildlife and its habitats HARRISBURG, Pa., April 5, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- As Pennsylvania and the nation seek alternative sources of energy, the Pennsylvania Game Commission has released its second report summarizing survey results and other associated activities, through June 30, 2010, which are a product of the voluntary agreements signed by the state's wildlife agency and 30 wind energy companies working in the...

DISPUTANTA, Va., March 31, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Virginia Governor Bob McDonnell and the presidents of the University of Virginia, Virginia Tech and Virginia State University today joined with executives from some of the world's biggest names in manufacturing to officially break ground for the Commonwealth Center for Advanced Manufacturing (CCAM), a unique collaborative research facility in Prince George County, Virginia, that promises to accelerate the transfer of laboratory innovations to...

PHILADELPHIA, Feb. 17, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Seizing the opportunity to capitalize on the competitiveness of the Aker Philadelphia Shipyard as America's premier commercial shipbuilding facility, the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania today announced a new partnership with Aker Philadelphia Shipyard Inc. (APSI) that can preserve up to 1,000 direct jobs over the next three years by guaranteeing the construction of two new oil tankers at the Yard over the next two years. The partnership between APSI...