The Washington Consulting Group (WCG) provides a variety of consulting and technical services to both public and private sector clients. Its Aviation Group specializes in technical consulting and training for airports; areas of expertise include air traffic control training and staffing, communications and navigation systems analysis, technology optimization, and research design and planning. The company also offers professional services such as research and analysis (survey research, cost/benefit analysis), technical publishing, and IT services. WCG was founded in 1979 by president and CEO Armando Chapelli.

Allied Security Holdings offers a secure ally for its customers. One of the largest private security firms in the US, the company does business as AlliedBarton Security Services, and primarily provides security guards for more than 3,300 clients, including shopping malls, office buildings, hospitals, residential communities, government facilities, and universities. The company, with more than 100 offices nationwide, also provides background verification and screening services through its HR Plus subsidiary (formerly VanElla). Allied Security began doing business as AlliedBarton Security Services after acquiring Barton Protective Services in 2004. It is owned by private equity firm Blackstone Group.

The Urban Institute is a not-for-profit economic and social policy research organization that oversees research projects in such areas as education, health policy, employment, income and benefits, housing and communities, population studies, poverty, and judicial issues. Its Urban Institute Press publishes books and reports addressing social and economic issues from tax policy to prison reform. About three-fourths of the institution's funding comes from the federal government; most of the rest comes from foundations including The Aspen Institute and the California Endowment. The Urban Institute was established as a non-partisan research facility in 1968 by the Johnson Administration.

IAP serves a broad array of federal customers. Our customer base ranges from the U.S. Department of Defense to a variety of federal agencies, including NASA, the U.S. Geological Survey, the U.S. Agency for International Development, and the Internal Revenue Service. IAP has a track record of achieving success for our customers. We respond quickly, get the job done right, and take pride in serving our customers reliably and ethically.

Business law firm Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice has about 530 attorneys who practice from about ten offices in Delaware, the Carolinas, Georgia, Virginia, and Washington, DC. The firm covers a range of practice areas that include antitrust, health care, bankruptcy, patents, trusts, government affairs, antitrust legislation, and technology issues. It even has an industry group dedicated to obesity litigation through its product liability practice group. Womble Carlyle serves a wide range of regional, national and international clients in industries that include financial services, commercial real estate, information technology, health care, manufacturing and telecommunications, as well as educational institutions and governmental bodies and agencies.

Miller Canfield was the first in Michigan to expand internationally by opening offices in Canada, Mexico, Poland and China. With a global presence and clients and connections around the world, we are where you are--and need to be to help you meet your goals. Miller, Canfield, Paddock and Stone is a law firm with some 400 attorneys and legal assistants. For companies, it offers legal expertise in the areas of bankruptcy, international litigation, intellectual property, real estate, employee benefits, and environmental issues. For families and individuals, Miller offers estate planning, marriage consulting, trust administration, and wealth management services. It also consults nonprofits and governments on economic development, elections, and other related legal issues. The firm has about 15 offices -- mostly concentrated in Michigan, although it also owns offices in Canada and Poland.

The American Booksellers Association was founded on November 15, 1900, to represent the interests of the retail booksellers of America. ABA held its first convention in 1901 and in the 100-plus years hence has continued to provide its members with education, research, information, and advocacy. From the first edition of the Book Buyer’s Handbook to the birth of IndieBound in 2008, the ABA has always existed to serve its diverse, knowledgeable, and passionate membership. The American Booksellers Association (ABA) offers strength in numbers for independent booksellers in a bind over how to battle the superstores. The organization is dedicated to protecting book retailers' interests. For an annual fee, ABA provides its members with an annual trade conference, industry news and information, professional development services, and advertising and promotional opportunities. Its members include independent bookstores and chains, university stores, and specialty shops. To help members compete against large Internet booksellers, ABA has launched an online sales network, BookSense.com.

The W.M. Keck Foundation was established in 1954 in Los Angeles by William Myron Keck, founder of The Superior Oil Company. Our Foundation is one of the nation's largest philanthropic organizations, with assets of more than $1 billion. Mr. Keck envisioned a philanthropic institution that would provide far-reaching benefits for humanity. By taking a bold, creative approach to grantmaking, he created a legacy that the Foundation proudly upholds today. In recent years, the Foundation has focused on Science and Engineering Research; Medical Research; Undergraduate Education; and Southern California. Each of our grant programs invests in people and programs that are making a difference in the quality of life, now and for the future.

HID Global is the trusted leader in providing access and ID management solutions for the delivery of secure identity. HID Global is focused on creating customer value worldwide with technology-based access solutions, issuance solutions, embedded technology solutions and logistics technology solutions.As a leading manufacturer of secure identity solutions and contactless smart card technology for physical access control, HID is selected more than any other brand in the convergence of physical and logical access control. In addition, the company develops, manufactures and markets ID components, products and services typically deployed with national ID and e-passport programs, corporate access control, supply chain management, animal tagging, financial transactions, transport and various industrial or manufacturing solutions. Headquartered in Irvine, California, HID Global has over 2,000 employees worldwide and operates international offices that support more than 100 countries. HID Global is an ASSA ABLOY Group brand.HID expands the flexibility of its products by adding multiple-technology capabilities to its entire product line. Users of HID products can select the specific technology combination that best suits the needs of different applications, or they can add yet another level of security by using multiple technologies at each door.This provides users the ability to seamlessly upgrade to new technologies and add new applications. For increased security, users can incorporate a photo ID or anti-counterfeiting element such as a hologram or ultraviolet ink on their credentials.

The Port Authority of Thailand (PAT) provides port and harbor support services to its flagship Bangkok and Laem Chabang ports and a handful of regional ports across the country. Established in 1951 by government decree, the Thai Port Authority provides services and facilities to vessels, conducts dredging and maintenance of bar channels and basins, and supervises cargo handling. The authority also supports domestic coastal shipping as well as international maritime transport to the Far East, Asia, Europe, Africa, India, and the US. Strategic alliances with the likes of the Port of London Authority and the government of Belgium have helped the authority expand its marketing efforts.

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