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Power Design Services, Inc. announces ITAR Compliancy under US Department of State. San Jose, CA (PRWEB) May 17, 2013 Power Design Services (PDS) recently was granted ITAR certification. Since 30% of PDS revenue comes from Government/Military related projects, PDS pursued and received ITAR certification. This will ensure PDS customers that their documents are secured and protected. Tuan Tran (Vice-President) states, “We want our customers to know that when they send us data, we will...
WORCESTER, Mass., March 14, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Columbia Tech, a contract manufacturing subsidiary of Coghlin Companies Inc., recently had two associates nominated for the prestigious 2012 GINA Award, presented by Evolutions in Business of Chelmsford, MA, for excellence in export compliance. Geraldine St. Jean and Richard Schulman received honorable mentions for the individual award in recognition of their outstanding contribution to export compliance in ITAR. They have pushed to...
ARLINGTON, Va., Dec. 18, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Aerospace Industries Association applauds Congress for moving to end the draconian over-regulation of commercial satellite exports. The fiscal year 2013 National Defense Authorization Act would return authority to the president to determine appropriate export control requirements for commercial satellites and related technologies after years of mandating the imposition of inflexible, military-level controls. "Even...
WASHINGTON, Dec. 17, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Reference and User Services Association (RUSA) presented its Lifetime Achievement Award to the U.S. Census Bureau for the Statistical Abstract of the United States -- acknowledging the abstract's role as one of the premier reference sources for the past 133 years. (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20110428/DC91889LOGO) RUSA, a division of the American Library Association, initially announced the award at its Midwinter...
Michael Harper for redOrbit.com – Your Universe Online The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) has been taking applications for new Internet address endings, allowing companies and organizations an opportunity to have specific, specialized web domains for themselves and their products. For example, Apple has applied to the domain ending “.apple,” meaning one day looking up information about the latest iPad could be as easy as typing in “iPad.apple.” ...
Second Rise supports launch of myICANN portal to increase public participation and engagement in ICANN Portland, OR (PRWEB) October 18, 2012 Second Rise LLC (Portland, OR) announced signing the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) as a customer for the Community Portal service. The Second Rise Community Portal powers the recently launched myICANN.org service which supports ICANN’s multi-stakeholder model by providing information and tools to deepen and broaden...
SANTA MONICA, Calif., Sept. 27, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Consumer Watchdog has called on the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) to reject applications from Google and Amazon to buy control of huge swaths of the Internet by purchasing new generic Top Level Domains. In an open letter to the ICANN Board and CEO, GAC Members, Evaluators, the Independent Objector and Members of the ICANN Community, John M. Simpson, Consumer Watchdog's Privacy Project...
WASHINGTON, Sept. 18, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Export-Import Bank of the United States (Ex-Im Bank) has authorized credit insurance to support the export by Air Tractor Inc. of nearly $900,000 worth of American-made crop-spraying aircraft to a biofuel and soybean grower in Brazil. (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20110414/MM83673LOGO) This Bank-supported export sale is the twentieth of approximately forty similar deals expected to benefit Air Tractor this year....
Fadi Chehadé assumes top spot two weeks early. Los Angeles, CA (PRWEB) September 14, 2012 Fadi Chehadé today officially assumed the position of President and Chief Executive Officer of the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN). He assumed his position two weeks ahead of his planned start date. Chehadé’s appointment as CEO had been announced on 22 June, though he was not expected to assume his role until 1 October. Chief Operating Officer (COO)...
NASSAU, Bahamas, Sept. 13, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- In a move announced today by Internet.bs Corp. (IBS) Founder and CEO, Marco Rinaudo, PPX International group Chairman Gregg McNair, has taken a substantial equity position in IBS and has also been appointed Chairman of the Bahamas based Registrar. Speaking of the move Rinaudo said, "For some time we have been looking to broaden our horizons and we believe the combination with Gregg will provide market confidence and opportunities...
