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Johns Hopkins Company Professor Earns Inaugural Emerging Scholar Award

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Baltimore, MD (PRWEB) June 27, 2013

Adam Seth Litwin, an assistant professor at the Johns Hopkins Carey Company College, has been chosen an inaugural winner of the Emerging Scholar Award in Employee Participation and Ownership.

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The newly introduced $ 1,500 award is presented by the Academy of Management, the oldest and largest scholarly management association in the world, and is sponsored by the Foundation for Enterprise Improvement, a La Jolla, California-based organization that promotes broad-based employee participation and employee ownership.

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Litwin, an expert in the areas of strategic human resources management and employment relations, was honored for his collective and increasing physique of research on employee involvement, significantly of it inside overall health care organizations. He was nominated for the award by Adrienne E. Eaton, chair of the Department of Labor Research and Employment Relations at the Rutgers University College of Management and Labor Relations, and Thomas A. Kochan, the George Maverick Bunker Professor of Management at the Sloan College of Management at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

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The AOM is presenting two other new Emerging Scholar prizes for $ 1,500, with sponsorship by the Employee Ownership Foundation and Equity Administration Inc, respectively. All three AOM awards recognize innovative function by emerging researchers in the location of employee involvement. Litwin and the other winners will obtain their awards in the course of the annual gathering of the Academy of Management, scheduled for August 9-13, 2013, in Lake Buena Vista, Florida. The AOM has much more than 19,000 members from 109 nations.

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A member of the Carey Organization School faculty given that 2008, Adam Seth Litwin earned his doctorate at MIT Sloans Institute for Operate and Employment Analysis. In addition, he holds degrees from the London College of Economics and the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania.

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In 2009, Litwin won the Alfred P. Sloan Foundations Business Studies Dissertation Prize for his doctoral research examining the adoption and diffusion of electronic health record systems. The dissertation also earned an honorable mention from the Labor and Employment Relations Association, regarded as the nation’s foremost academic organization focusing on employment relations.

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Retired Leader Receives Leading Award from AFDO

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Louisville, Ky (PRWEB) June 28, 2013

Dan S. Smyly, a retired executive and former director of Floridas Division of Food Safety who has played a crucial part in the development of a totally integrated national meals security system, was awarded the Harvey W. Wiley Award on June 11, 2013, at the 117th AFDO Annual Educational Conference.

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The Harvey W. Wiley Award is AFDO’s most prestigious award. It is presented to a regular or honorary member for exceptional service to the state or nation in the overall performance of duties and responsibilities in the administration and enforcement of food and drug law and/or consumer protection laws and demonstrated promotion of the objectives of the association.

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The award recipient is determined by the Wiley Award Subcommittee, which consists of past winners of this award and is chaired by the most recent recipient, Gerald Wojtala, executive director of the International Meals Protection Training Institute.

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Dan Smyly has been an exemplary leader in the field of meals safety throughout his profession, Wojtala stated, and he remains actively engaged in the function of the Association of Food and Drug Officials. When he was president of AFDO, he initiated the dialogue on building a totally integrated national food safety system, and he continues to work toward that objective.

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Smyly served as director of Scientific &amp Regulatory Affairs for the Coca-Cola Co., North America Group, in Atlanta, from 1998 until his retirement on March 31, 2013. Prior to joining the organization, he served as director of the Division of Food Safety in the Florida Division of Agriculture and Customer Solutions. He also held the position of state chemist and director of the Division of Chemistry as well as other scientific and administrative positions in the course of his 28-year profession with that state agency.

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Smyly currently serves as a member of the AFDO Associate Members Committee and the AFDO Endowment Foundation Board of Trustees and is a past market representative to the AFDO Board of Directors. He also served as vice chair of the Conference of Meals Protection, the highest workplace allowed for market representatives.

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The award he received from AFDO is named in honor of Dr. Harvey Washington Wiley, chief of the Bureau of Chemistry of the USDA in the early 1900s. Wileys contribution to science and consumer protection, coupled with his progressive advocacy for alter and reform of meals and drug regulations, culminated in the passage of the Pure Meals and Drug Act of 1906.

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About AFDO&#13

The Association of Meals and Drug Officials (AFDO), established in 1896, effectively fosters uniformity in the adoption and enforcement of science-based laws, guidelines and regulations regarding food, drugs, health-related devices, cosmetics and solution safety by either drafting regulatory guidelines or commenting on government proposals. By building a broad base of support for new approaches, AFDO has turn out to be a recognized voice in figuring out the guidelines and shape of the regulatory playing field of the future. The consensus that AFDO develops is important to advancing uniform laws, regulations, and suggestions that result in more effective regulation and significantly less confusion amongst sector in the marketplace. AFDO develops help for its positions by interfacing with high-level regulatory officials, industry representatives, trade associations, and consumer organizations. This work continues to have a important influence on regulations at the federal, state and regional level. For much more information, pay a visit to http://www.afdo.org. Inquiries about AFDO can be directed to AFDO Executive Director Joseph Corby.

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The Legal Intelligencer Selects Kaplan as a Recipient of the Lifetime Achievement Award

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Pittsburgh, PA (PRWEB) July 01, 2013

Rothman Gordon is pleased to announce the Honorable Lawrence W. Kaplan (ret.) was chosen by The Legal Intelligencer as a recipient of the Lifetime Achievement Award. To commemorate The Legal Intelligencers 170th anniversary and to honor the excellent history of the legal profession in Pennsylvania, the publication decided to identify some of the most critical members of the legal neighborhood by presenting Lifetime Achievement Awards. The focus in selecting this group of noteworthy folks was to represent these figures who have helped to shape the law in Pennsylvania. The attorney must have had a distinct influence on the legal profession in the state and need to nevertheless be practicing the law.

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Judge Kaplan served on the Board of Directors of the Academy of Family Mediators from 1982 1987 and is the founder and president emeritus of the Mediation Council of Western Pennsylvania. He also served on the editorial board of The Mediation Quarterly for over five years. His contributions to the field of mediation have been honored by the combined efforts of the Allegheny County Bar Associations Dispute Resolution Committee, the Pittsburgh Mediation Center, and the Mediation Council of Western Pennsylvania in 2004, who initiated the annual Lawrence W. Kaplan Lecture in Conflict Resolution. In October 2008, Judge Kaplan was named Loved ones Division Judge Emeritus by the Allegheny County Family Division for his 30 years of devoted service to the families of Allegheny County. He continues to practice mediation with the Pittsburgh firm Rothman Gordon.

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Judge Kaplan is a graduate of the University of Pittsburgh School of Law and holds a B.A. from the University of Pennsylvania. Active in the community, he currently serves on the boards of Alpha Home, Carriage Residence Childrens Center, and Pittsburgh Parental Pressure Center. He also serves on the advisory boards of Make contact with Pittsburgh, Bethlehem Haven, Pittsburgh Area Jewish Committee and WQED Multimedia. He resides in Oakland with his wife, Natalie. They have three adult young children: Tom, Ellen Teri and Jon two granddaughters: Samantha and Sydney Kaplan and one grandson, Matthew Seth Goldstein.

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About Rothman Gordon&#13

Rothman Gordon is a Pittsburgh-based law firm that has been advocating its clients’ interests since 1954. Rothman Gordon has produced a suite of services for people, organizations and closely-held and loved ones businesses. Areas of practice incorporate alternative dispute resolution enterprise and corporate law industrial actual estate litigation estate preparing and administration taxation and employee benefits financing and commercial loans employment and labor law employment litigation and social security disability.

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Rothman Gordon is a member of the International Society of Primerus Law Firms.

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Catapult Technology Joins Contractor Teaming Arrangement to Win GSA Blanket Buy Agreement Award

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Bethesda, Maryland (PRWEB) July 01, 2013

Catapult Technology, Ltd., (Catapult) a federal contractor that gives full lifecycle data technologies and management consulting solutions, is a member of a Contractor Group Arrangement (CTA) that has won the GSA Performance Management/Continuous Method Improvement (PM/CPI) Blanket Purchase Agreement (BPA) award. The BPA has a total estimated value of $ 300 million over 5 years.

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The BPA covers the locations of Strategic Arranging and Plan Evaluation Strategic Enterprise Evaluation Procedure and Functionality Improvement Communications and Adjust Management and Instruction, Certification and Recognition. Expert expert solutions will be awarded on a activity order basis.

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The CTA was formed to cover all contracting places below the GSA MOBIS contract. Members include Catapult, Plexus Scientific Corporation (Team Lead) McManis &amp Monsalve Associates The Center for Organizational Excellence, Inc. The Management Edge (TME) True Options, Inc. (TSi) and Veterans Enterprise Technology Solutions (VETS), Inc.

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These organizations combine to deliver more than 1,400 workers with offices in 25 states and the District of Columbia. Participation in the CTA contains eight(a), Woman-Owned, HUBZone, Veteran-Owned, and Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Firms.

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Possible clients incorporate GSA, the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA), the Division of Defense, Nuclear Regulatory Commission, and Pension Advantage Guaranty Corporation (PBGC). These agencies are all customers for which Catapult has a significant record of past performance. This MOBIS (Mission Oriented Company Integrated Services) based contract automobile is administered by GSA to offer a complete variety of management and consulting solutions and is open to all federal agencies.

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This contract plays to Catapults strength of supplying outstanding expert and advisory services, leveraging strategic and management consulting backgrounds, mentioned Tony Myers, Plan Manager. Catapult will leverage its extensive experience and lessons discovered from the $ 208 million, 5-year GSA Infrastructure Technology Worldwide Operations (GITGO) contract, won in 2007, to help other agencies effect adjust and functionality management.

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Mark Hunker, President and CEO of Catapult, added, Powerful Modify Management aids our consumers adapt to adjust, handle adjust, and in the end achieve modify. This needs helping an organization create sponsorship at their most senior levels, and a governance structure that is hugely visible and transparent to the agency and it staff.

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The President, the Workplace of Management Price range (OMB) and the U.S. Congress have set government-wide ambitions creating budgetary pressures to give greater high quality service at a lowered price, even though making solutions more accessible, and rising government transparency and accountability. The Government Overall performance and Outcomes Modernization Act of 2010 creates a far much more defined performance management framework by prescribing a governance structure and connecting plans, programs, and performance information.

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About Catapult Technology&#13

Catapult Technologies, Ltd. is a mid-tier federal contractor that provides full lifecycle details technology and strategic consulting services to a breadth of civilian, defense, and intelligence agencies. Catapult was founded in 1996 and is headquartered in Bethesda, Maryland. It is a DC Capital Partners portfolio company. Learn a lot more at http://www.catapulttechnology.com. Follow us on Twitter @Catapult_Tech.

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New York State Food Security Division Receives Award

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Louisville, Ky, (PRWEB) July 02, 2013

The Food Security &amp Inspection Division of the New York State Division of Agriculture and Markets was awarded the Elliot O. Grosvenor Meals Security Award at the 117th AFDO Annual Educational Conference.

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The award recognizes outstanding achievement by a food security program inside state departments of agriculture, organic resources, public well being, or environmental health in the United States or Canada. It was established in 2010 to honor leaders who greatest showcase improvement, innovation, or sustained higher functionality within a food safety plan.

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Director Stephen D. Stich and Angela Montalbano accepted the award on behalf of their division.

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Since passage of the federal Bio-Terrorism Act of 2002, the New York State Division of Agriculture and Markets (NYSDAM) has responded proactively to the influx of imported foods that are in violation of federal standards, creating a Bio-Terrorism Imported Meals Surveillance Program that trains bio-terrorism meals inspectors to conduct imported food surveillance and investigations.

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Even though the surveillance plan was in progress the NYSDAM Food Safety Division, and U.S. Meals and Drug Administration NY District, took a proactive strategy to creating an Integrated Meals Safety Technique. The two agencies teamed up and formed a cooperative federal-state strategy for monitoring imported foods. As a result of the constructive outcomes, NYSDAM has continued to monitor and conduct imported food investigations with regional, state and federal partners.

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About AFDO&#13

The Association of Meals and Drug Officials (AFDO), established in 1896, effectively fosters uniformity in the adoption and enforcement of science-based laws, rules and regulations relating to food, drugs, medical devices, cosmetics and item safety by either drafting regulatory guidelines or commenting on government proposals. By developing a broad base of support for new approaches, AFDO has grow to be a recognized voice in determining the guidelines and shape of the regulatory playing field of the future. The consensus that AFDO develops is important to advancing uniform laws, regulations, and guidelines that result in a lot more efficient regulation and much less confusion amongst market in the marketplace. AFDO develops assistance for its positions by interfacing with higher-level regulatory officials, business representatives, trade associations, and customer organizations. This effort continues to have a considerable effect on regulations at the federal, state and local level. For much more details, pay a visit to http://www.afdo.org. Inquiries about AFDO can be directed to AFDO Executive Director Joseph Corby.

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Air Treks President/CEO and Chief Pilot, Wayne A. Carr, Receives the National Company Aviation Associations Pilot Security Award

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Punta Gorda, FL (PRWEB) July 01, 2013

The Airline Transport Pilot Certificate (ATP) Pilot Security Award is granted to pilots of National Organization Aviation Association (NBAA) Member Firms with ATP or commercial pilot licenses, such as Air Trek’s President/CEO Wayne A. Carr, who have completed a minimum of 1,500 consecutive accident-free hours in command/control of a enterprise aircraft. Pilots who acquire this award have to have exemplary security records. Wayne A. Carr has also previously received an Aviation Safety Award for outstanding help of aviation security plan activities in the general aviation community straight from The Federal Aviation Administration. The combination of each the NBAA ATP Pilot Safety Award and the FAA Flight Safety Award received by Captain Carr demonstrates his deep commitment to aviation safety.

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Wayne A. Carr at the moment serves as Air Trek’s Chief Pilot and Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) approved Check Airman overseeing pilot recruitment, coaching, and organization certification. Wayne holds ATP for multi-engine land and sea aircraft with sort ratings in the Cessna Citation Jet, Westwind Jet, and Douglas DC-4 aircraft. He also holds Commercial single engine land and sea, Helicopter and Glider certification as well as holding Certified Flight Instructor privileges for all aircraft in which he has qualifications. Serving as Air Treks primary liaison with the FAA, Wayne oversees improvement and updating for the companys Common Operations Manual, Operations Specifications, Instruction Manuals, and Security Management Plan.

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Air Trek is proud to get in touch with Wayne A. Carr its President/CEO and Chief Pilot. He was when quoted as saying Air Treks aim is to keep the normal by which all other healthcare transport organizations are measured, and to that end we try to define the curve not just maintain up with it. Its no wonder Wayne has such an outstanding safety record and is a single of the deserving recipients of the NBAA Pilot Security Award.

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Final Rule Announced on Phase 1 of System for Award Management Implementation

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Orlando, FL (PRWEB) June 26, 2013

The newly integrated procurement database of Program for Award Management has been provided a final ruling by the federal government of its Phase 1 Implementation. The Division of Defense (DoD), National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) and the General Solutions Administration (GSA) produced a final ruling this previous week amending the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR). The amendment was relating to Phase 1 of SAM by finalizing updates to references and generating minor modifications to new designations of the database. The Final Rule concludes closing adjustments to the merger of CCR, ORCA, and EPLS databases into System for Award Management (SAM).

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Because Phase 1 of SAM has started, US Federal Contractor Registration (USFCR) has migrated previously registered contractors from CCR to SAM to make positive their company continues to qualify for government contracts and federal set-asides. USFCR is the worlds biggest third party registration firm that continues to migrate thousands of modest businesses into SAM. This is all in an work to boost little company involvement in government contracting. The Federal Government has issued by law that 23% of all prime contracting dollars are to be awarded to registered small company government contractors. According to USAspending.gov, in 2012 there was over $ 500 billion worth of government contracts awarded to firms. The federal marketplace for government contracting has an massive amount of opportunity for registered small firms. USFCR tends to make positive that little firms are correctly registered in SAM and approved for tiny enterprise contracts and simplified acquisition contracts.

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The official statement from the Office of the Federal Register announced the GSA started implementation of Phase 1 of SAM on July 29, 2012. Phase 1 combined the functional capabilities of the CCR, ORCA, and EPLS applications into the SAM database. Upon implementation, the pre-current applications had been retired, and all requirements for entity registration, representations and certifications, and exclusions are now accomplished by means of SAM. This final rule amends the FAR by updating references and names to conform to the SAM designation. This final rule also tends to make a number of minor additional conforming changes, such as updates to definitions.

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Eric Knellinger, President of US Federal Contractor Registration quoted in an interview with GovernmentContractingTips.com stating, After traveling down a extended and bumpy road, we have ultimately made it. Phase 1 of System for Award Management is practically complete. This Final Rule will now make the final amendments to Phase 1 and begin to incorporate much more procurement resources within the technique itself. For the previous year, we here at USFCR have been registering tens of thousands of businesses for government contracts as effectively as migrating expired contractors into the new procurement database of SAM. We simplify the procedure for organizations registering in SAM and prepare them to bid on contracts. That is why we get so a lot praise and respect from both contractors and procurement officers all around the globe. We want to make confident firms not only survive, but thrive in government contracting.

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Gridiron Foundation of Triumph Selects J. Kent Friedman for Spirit Award

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Houston, TX (PRWEB) June 25, 2013

The Gridiron Foundation of Triumph (G.I.F.T.), a non-profit organization that supplies youngsters with athletic and academic education and life-expertise training year-round, has awarded Haynes and Boone, LLP Companion J. Kent Friedman the Spirit Award recognizing pros and civic leaders who strive to be steadfast advocates for youth in the neighborhood.

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Award selections are based on nominees contribution to philanthropy, commitment to regional citizenry and involvement in community and civic activities.

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We are so proud of Kenny and the work he has accomplished for Houston and Harris County, Harris County-Houston Sports Authority (HCHSA) CEO Janis Schmees Burke commented. He pours tireless energy into our organization, and we could not be more thankful to have him as our leader.

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Mark Trachtenberg, the firms Houston administrative partner, mentioned Friedmans devotion to volunteerism is inspirational. Kennys passion for serving the neighborhood is extraordinary, Trachtenberg said. In addition to fulfilling his a lot of professional commitments at the firm, Kenny remains active in a number of important nonprofit organizations. We are proud that he is getting this effectively-deserved recognition.

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A veteran corporate/transactional lawyer as properly as Houston civic leader, Friedman is the present chairman of the board of the Harris County-Houston Sports Authority, the public entity that guided the creating of Minute Maid Park, Reliant Stadium, Toyota Center and the BBVA Compass Dynamo Stadium. In addition, he presently serves on the advisory board of the Hermann Park Conservancy, and on the boards of the Harris County Precinct 1 Street Olympics, Texas Bowl and the Leo Baeck Educational Center Foundation.

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At Haynes and Boone, Friedman is a partner in the Public Law Practice Group. His encounter spans a wide variety of organization transactional matters, as well as the representation of public entities or customers that interact with public entities.

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About Haynes and Boone&#13

Haynes and Boone, LLP is an international corporate law firm with offices in Texas, New York, California, Washington, D.C., Rio de Janeiro* and Mexico City, delivering a full spectrum of legal services. With much more than 525 attorneys, Haynes and Boone is ranked among the largest law firms in the nation by The National Law Journal and has been named a “Best Corporate Law Firm in America” (Corporate Board Member Magazine, 2001-2012).&#13

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Inman News Announces Innovator Award Finalists Representing the Ideal in Genuine Estate Technologies

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Alameda, CA (PRWEB) June 24, 2010

Inman News announces its list for their annual Innovator Awards finalists. The firms and individuals nominated are these that represent the quite best in genuine estate innovation and technology. The Innovator Awards are a properly-respected and time-honored tradition at Real Estate Connect San Francisco.

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Because their inception in 1997, the annual awards have recognized businesses like LendingTree, Coldwell Banker, Sawbuck Realty, Redfin, ActiveRain, vFlyer and Closing.com, and folks like Frank LLosa of Frankly Realty and FranklyMLS.com, Bob Hale of the Houston Association of Realtors, and Mark Lesswing of the National Association of Realtors’ Center for Realtor Technologies.

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The winners of the 2010 Inman News Innovator Awards will be announced in the course of the Genuine Estate Connect conference in San Francisco, which runs from July 13-15 at the Hilton San Francisco Union Square hotel.

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The finalists are grouped into five categories: Brokerage or Franchise, New Technology, Web Service, Blog, Media Web site, with an further person award for Innovator of the Year (finalists for this category are not announced).

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Also, new this year, the awards will recognize a “People’s Selection” innovator, selected by a common vote of Inman News readers from the list of finalists. Anyone who would like to vote may possibly do so at the Innovator Award page on the Inman News site.

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The Innovator Award Finalists Are Listed Here (listed alphabetically by category):

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Brokerage or Franchise:&#13

AtHomes&#13

CondoDomain&#13

Connect Realty&#13

The GoodLife Group&#13

Hawaii Life True Estate Solutions&#13

M Realty&#13

True Estate 1&#13

Style Estate Agents&#13

WaLaw Realty&#13

NeighborCity

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Greater Houses and Gardens True Estate Property Selection Assistant app&#13

DocuSign ESIGNControl app&#13

NearBuy Real Estate Search app&#13

Realtor.com app&#13

Redfin app&#13

Roost Social True Estate Platform Facebook app&#13

Trulia app&#13

Stroll Score app&#13

Zillow iPad app&#13

ZipRealty HomeScan app

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1000Watt Index&#13

BlueScape Search&#13

Cloud CMA&#13

DsIDXpress&#13

“Locate” search tool, Move Inc.&#13

Follr Enhanced Actual Estate Social Card&#13

Fuzedagent&#13

ListGlobally.com&#13

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NabeWise&#13

Realtor Match &#13

Realtors Home Resource (RPR)&#13

SmartGFE.com

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Weblog By The Bay &#13

Blue Matter&#13

Bubbleinfo.com &#13

Property Equity &#13

Immobilier two. &#13

Maintaining Current Matters &#13

True Estate Relativity &#13

Tech Savvy Agent &#13

Urban Trekker &#13

Vendor Alley

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BlockShopper &#13

HouseLogic &#13

Housing Watch &#13

HousingWire&#13

That Interview Guy &#13

New York Occasions True Estate &#13

Planetizen &#13

ProPublica Eye on Loan Modifications &#13

RE Technology Inc. &#13

Actual Estate Channel

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Any individual who would like to vote, may do so at the Innovator Award web page on the Inman News web site.

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To obtain a free press pass or for extra information, contact Katie Lance, Marketing and advertising Manager at katie(at)inman(dot)com

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About Inman News | Inman News (http://www.inman.com) is the major supply of independent actual estate news, data, tips, analysis, technologies, opinion and commentary for industry professionals and buyers alike. Inman’s unbiased and hard-hitting stories are known all through the actual estate industry. Agents and brokers globally trust Inman News as their very first source of correct, innovative and timely day-to-day true estate news. For far more info, go to http://www.inman.com.

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For over 14 years, Inman News has been hosting Real Estate Connect. Genuine Estate Connect San Francisco, a semi-annual real estate conference for actual estate agents, leading brokers, mortgage specialists, technology business CEOs, directors and managers, entrepreneurs, press, analysts and investors from throughout the U.S. and about the globe, will be held this year on July 13 – 15, 2010, at a brand new place, the Hilton San Francisco Union Square.

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Inman News Announces eight Innovator Award Winners at Real Estate Connect San Francisco

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San Francisco, CA (PRWEB) July 21, 2010

Eight ground-breaking companies have been recognized at Real Estate Connect San Francisco on July 15, 2010 at the Hilton Union Square and have been awarded the Inman News Innovator Award. These eight innovative firms are using technologies to break new ground in the planet of actual estate and advertising and marketing and are providing intriguing technologies in the regions of mobile devices, technology, web 2., social media and significantly a lot more.

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Each year, Inman News announces the launch of the Inman News Innovator Awards procedure with a call for nominations many months prior to the Genuine Estate Connect conference. Nominations are open to all and are submitted online. An Inman News review team considers the nominations and selects a list of finalists, and the finalists are drawn from the nominees and a list of other prospects suggested by the Inman News editorial group. The review group selects the winners from the list of finalists.

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Winners had been announced in 5 categories, with an extra two individual awards. Also, one particular finalist was honored with a very first-ever People’s Selection Innovator Award, chosen based on voting in an on the web survey.

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The winners are:

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Most Revolutionary Brokerage or Franchise: The GoodLife Team&#13

The GoodLife Group, a boutique real estate firm based in Austin, Texas, requires an agent group approach to its brokerage. The small business has a focus on training and technologies and is led by Krisstina Smart, principal and broker. The web site characteristics home, neighborhood and school specifics and details about region activities.

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Most Innovative New Technologies: ZipRealty’s HomeScan&#13

The ZipRealty HomeScan iPhone app function incorporates multiple-listing-service-based home data with augmented reality — users can point their wise phone’s camera inside the neighborhood where they are standing to view an overlay of nearby houses that are for sale or recently sold. ZipRealty’s app also offers photographs, maps and details on for-sale properties in about 4,900 cities.

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Most Revolutionary Web Service: Houston Association of Realtors’ Realtor Match&#13

Realtor Match, designed by the Houston Association of Realtors, permits customers to search for Realtors based on ratings from customer surveys and based on their transaction history, such as sactive listings and closed sales. Users could search for Realtors by map area. Agent complaints prompted the association to cut the search tool from its common Realtor-search tools accessible at HAR.com, though this award honors the innovation as initially created and launched.

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Most Revolutionary Blog: Tech Savvy Agent blog&#13

The Tech Savvy Agent blog functions three real estate voices, which includes Stephen Pacinelli, Suzanne Roy and Chris Smith. The web site offers up hardware and software testimonials, videos, tech advice and tips, and integration with social media. A recent post sparked more than 300 tweets on Twitter and 264 “shares” on Facebook.

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Most Revolutionary Media Site: ProPublica Eye on Loan Modifications&#13

ProPublica is an independent, nonprofit news agency that has a mission to create investigative journalism in the public interest. ProPublica’s Eye on Loan Modifications project continues to shine a light on actual efficiency of huge servicers participating in the federal government’s loan-mod applications and serves to connect these property owners who have sought loan mods with journalists who are functioning on connected articles.

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People’s Option Award: DocuSign’s ESIGNControl app&#13

The DocuSign ESIGNControl app allows genuine estate professionals to send and obtain documents from their iPhone to be electronically signed by purchasers and sellers, and also permits specialists to oversee document information and corrections.

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Innovator of the Year No. 1: Sherry Chris, president and CEO of Better Houses and Gardens Actual Estate LLC.&#13

Sherry Chris has served in executive roles for a range of big brokerages across the nation and in Canada, including Royal LePage, True Living, Prudential and Coldwell Banker, and most recently served Realogy Corp. in launching the Far better Homes and Gardens real estate franchise. Her forward-thinking approach to social media, technology and branding has helped to develop this new franchise. Throughout the Real Estate Connect conference Chris discussed a just-launched “Beta Brokers” Internet project that profiles a quantity of real estate sector innovators.

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Innovator of the Year No. 2: Dale Stinton, CEO, National Association of Realtors.&#13

Dale Stinton, CEO for the National Association of Realtors, helped to launch the association’s Second Century Ventures, an incubator for tech innovation. His leadership has also brought about the deal to form Realtors Home Resource — a enormous national house database project now in improvement. He also oversaw a partnership by NAR with e-signature provider DocuSign, and the launch of the Game Changers system that has fostered innovation at Realtor associations across the country, as well as the Proper Tools, Proper Now initiative to place helpful resources into the hands of member Realtors.

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Since their inception in 1997, the annual awards have recognized firms which includes LendingTree, Coldwell Banker, Sawbuck Realty, Redfin, ActiveRain, vFlyer and Closing.com, and people which includes Frank LLosa of Frankly Realty and FranklyMLS.com, Bob Hale of the Houston Association of Realtors, and Mark Lesswing of the National Association of Realtors’ Center for Realtor Technology.

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For further details, please speak to Katie Lance, Marketing Manager, Inman News at (510) 658-9252 ext. 147 or katie (at) inman (dot) com

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