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ExxonMobil elects Dina Powell McCormick to Board of Directors

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Tuesday, November 7, 2023
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Exxon Mobil Corporation announced today that Dina Powell McCormick will join its board of directors, effective January 1.

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  • Exxon Mobil Corporation announced today that Dina Powell McCormick will join its board of directors, effective January 1.
  • At Goldman Sachs, Ms. Powell McCormick led the firm’s global sovereign business driving the firm’s efforts with large global institutional investors.
  • Ms. Powell McCormick currently serves as chairman of the Robin Hood Foundation Board, Trustee of the National Geographic Society Board, Trustee of the Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts, Trustee of Mt.
  • Sinai Health System and member of the Board of the Atlantic Council.

Fidelis New Energy Lauds Selection of ARCH2 as one of the National Hydrogen Hubs

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Friday, October 13, 2023
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The hub is expected to receive up to $925M in federal funding, with up to $6B in matching private investment, creating up to 20,000 jobs.

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  • The hub is expected to receive up to $925M in federal funding, with up to $6B in matching private investment, creating up to 20,000 jobs.
  • A major participant in the ARCH2 hub, Fidelis is creating multiple projects in West Virginia centered around the production and consumption of clean hydrogen.
  • Fidelis is also using its proprietary H2PowerCool technologies to create the Monarch Cloud Campus, a data center complex powered by clean hydrogen from Mountaineer.
  • I am very pleased the Department of Energy, recognized the merits of ARCH2 and its ability to deliver practical, prompt and efficient commercial lift off of a hydrogen hub and the associated energy transition jobs in the region."

Fidelis New Energy Lauds Selection of ARCH2 as one of the National Hydrogen Hubs

Retrieved on: 
Friday, October 13, 2023
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The hub is expected to receive up to $925M in federal funding, with up to $6B in matching private investment, creating up to 20,000 jobs.

Key Points: 
  • The hub is expected to receive up to $925M in federal funding, with up to $6B in matching private investment, creating up to 20,000 jobs.
  • A major participant in the ARCH2 hub, Fidelis is creating multiple projects in West Virginia centered around the production and consumption of clean hydrogen.
  • Fidelis is also using its proprietary H2PowerCool technologies to create the Monarch Cloud Campus, a data center complex powered by clean hydrogen from Mountaineer.
  • I am very pleased the Department of Energy, recognized the merits of ARCH2 and its ability to deliver practical, prompt and efficient commercial lift off of a hydrogen hub and the associated energy transition jobs in the region."

Simulations Plus Receives New FDA Grant Award

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Thursday, September 21, 2023
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Simulations Plus, Inc. (Nasdaq: SLP), a leading provider of modeling and simulation solutions for the pharmaceutical, biotechnology, chemicals, and consumer goods industries, today announced it has been awarded a new funded grant from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA).

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  • Simulations Plus, Inc. (Nasdaq: SLP), a leading provider of modeling and simulation solutions for the pharmaceutical, biotechnology, chemicals, and consumer goods industries, today announced it has been awarded a new funded grant from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA).
  • The grant will be used to validate and define best practices for physiologically based biopharmaceutics/pharmacokinetics (PBBM/PBPK) modeling workflows to simulate virtual bioequivalence (VBE) studies in support of regulatory biowaivers.
  • The scientific team at Simulations Plus, with partners from the FDA, industry, and academia, will apply public and proprietary datasets to validate the ability of GastroPlus® and other software to predict inter- and intra-subject variability when performing virtual population simulations.
  • Dr. Martins, with assistance from Simulations Plus colleagues Dr. Maxime Le Merdy , Dr. Géraldine Cellière , and Mr. James Mullin , will coordinate all activities of the award.

GSA Administrator Visits Alpen High Performance Products

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Tuesday, August 29, 2023
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LOUISVILLE, Colo., Aug. 29, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Alpen High Performance Products, a U.S. based manufacturer of high efficiency window technology for commercial and residential markets, was visited in its Louisville headquarters last week by the U.S. General Services Administration's (GSA) Administrator, Robin Carnahan. The GSA Administrator was on site at Alpen to tour the company's facilities and gain new insights from Alpen, which is a supplier of products tested in GSA's Green Proving Ground (GPG) Program. According to GSA's website, the GPG program was created to leverage GSA's real estate portfolio to evaluate innovative building technologies and drive down energy costs in federal buildings. To date, the GPG program has evaluated 104 different technologies from 965 applicants.

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  • LOUISVILLE, Colo., Aug. 29, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Alpen High Performance Products , a U.S. based manufacturer of high efficiency window technology for commercial and residential markets, was visited in its Louisville headquarters last week by the U.S. General Services Administration's (GSA) Administrator, Robin Carnahan.
  • The GSA Administrator was on site at Alpen to tour the company's facilities and gain new insights from Alpen, which is a supplier of products tested in GSA's Green Proving Ground (GPG) Program.
  • "We are thrilled to be part of the GSA's Green Proving Ground Program and were honored to have Administrator Carnahan visit us at our headquarters today," said Brad Begin, CEO of Alpen High Performance Products.
  • The GSA has installed Alpen's quad-pane high performance windows throughout Building 40 at the Denver Federal Center as a part of its goal to achieve net zero through energy efficiency products and electrification efforts of federal buildings.

Recognized as One of America's Fastest-Growing Private Companies, Vaniam Group Ranks Within the Inc. 5000 for Fourth Consecutive Year

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Tuesday, August 15, 2023
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CHICAGO, Aug. 15, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Inc. revealed today that Vaniam Group ranks within the 2023 "Inc. 5000," the magazine's annual list of the 5000 fastest-growing private companies in America.

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  • CHICAGO, Aug. 15, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Inc. revealed today that Vaniam Group ranks within the 2023 "Inc. 5000," the magazine's annual list of the 5000 fastest-growing private companies in America.
  • This marks the fourth consecutive year that Vaniam Group has qualified for this prestigious honor.
  • Vaniam Group ranking among the Inc. 5000 for the fourth consecutive year is the latest in many recent recognitions.
  • Being ranked among the Inc. 5000 for the fourth consecutive year is the latest in a series of industry recognitions.

Orion Office REIT Inc. Announces Second Quarter 2023 Results

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Wednesday, August 9, 2023
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Orion Office REIT Inc. (NYSE: ONL) (“Orion” or the “Company”), a fully-integrated real estate investment trust focused on the ownership, acquisition and management of single-tenant net lease mission-critical suburban office properties located across the U.S., announced today its operating results for the second quarter ended June 30, 2023.

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  • Orion Office REIT Inc. (NYSE: ONL) (“Orion” or the “Company”), a fully-integrated real estate investment trust focused on the ownership, acquisition and management of single-tenant net lease mission-critical suburban office properties located across the U.S., announced today its operating results for the second quarter ended June 30, 2023.
  • Core FFO for the second quarter of 2023 was $26.9 million, or $0.48 per share, as compared to $28.4 million, or $0.50 per share in the same quarter of 2022.
  • Due to the timing of an expense reimbursement that fell in the second quarter of 2023, the Company’s results benefited by $0.02 per share in the quarter.
  • On August 8, 2023, Orion’s Board of Directors declared a quarterly cash dividend of $0.10 per share for the third quarter of 2023, payable on October 16, 2023, to stockholders of record as of September 29, 2023.

First Full Spectrum 5G Hospital at VA Palo Alto Health Care System Will Empower Unprecedented Care for Veterans

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Monday, July 24, 2023
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WASHINGTON, July 24, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Verizon Business, in partnership with the VA Palo Alto Health Care System, today announced the deployment of a full spectrum private 5G network.

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  • WASHINGTON, July 24, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Verizon Business, in partnership with the VA Palo Alto Health Care System, today announced the deployment of a full spectrum private 5G network.
  • These in-building systems are integrated with Verizon 5G rooftop macro sites at VA Palo Alto that provide 5G services to the exterior of the campus.
  • Combined, these 5G systems utilize all three 5G frequency bands servicing the VA Palo Alto campus to deliver a next generation, campus-wide, full-spectrum, hybrid commercial and private 5G environment that will expand the 5G capabilities.
  • “The work VA Palo Alto Health Care System is doing is a shining example of what the partnership between the VA and Verizon makes possible,” said Kyle Malady, Verizon Business CEO.

Cobham Satcom Signs with Leading US Prime Contractor for Advanced Maritime Antenna Solutions

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Monday, June 26, 2023
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Concord, California, June 26, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Cobham Satcom , a leading global provider of radio and satellite communications solutions to the maritime and land sectors, announced the issuance of a purchase order with a leading US prime contractor, with a minimum value in excess of $12m with annual renewal options for additional units.

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  • Concord, California, June 26, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Cobham Satcom , a leading global provider of radio and satellite communications solutions to the maritime and land sectors, announced the issuance of a purchase order with a leading US prime contractor, with a minimum value in excess of $12m with annual renewal options for additional units.
  • The contract provides the acquisition of next-generation maritime antennas from the Cobham Satcom Sea Tel product line to support the United States Government and the Department of Defense programs for improved fleet operations and communications.
  • The systems provide unique signal processing capabilities or exploitation functionality and enable maritime performance by providing the ability to disrupt, deny, degrade, and defeat (state and non-state) adversaries' use of radio frequency spectrum.
  • The systems will be deployed supporting Assured Command and Control, Battlespace Awareness, and Integrated Fires.

Juvare Achieves Milestone FedRAMP High Authorization

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Thursday, May 18, 2023
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Juvare® , the leader in situational awareness and critical incident preparedness and response technology, has been granted a Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program (FedRAMP®) authorization by the United States Government to operate at the High impact level for the Juvare Federal Cloud (JFC).

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  • Juvare® , the leader in situational awareness and critical incident preparedness and response technology, has been granted a Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program (FedRAMP®) authorization by the United States Government to operate at the High impact level for the Juvare Federal Cloud (JFC).
  • Achieving FedRAMP High authorization is a recognition of the trusted and timely solutions Juvare provides for government, including JFC, which enables a compliant and secure environment for public sector organizations to deploy Juvare solutions, including WebEOC® and Juvare Exchange®.
  • The FedRAMP High authorization builds upon Juvare’s aggressive security posture and follows Juvare’s ISO accreditations under the ISO 27001, ISO 27017, ISO 27018, and ISO 27701 programs, and its SSAE 18 SOC 2 Type 2 certification.
  • It enables agencies to focus on protecting their communities and our nation, knowing that Juvare is managing security and availability.”
    Juvare partnered with A-LIGN and SMX to achieve FedRAMP accreditation.