State: Maryland

FREDERICK, Md. /eNewsChannels/ -- NEWS: Many educational institutions are grappling with the rapid adoption of Competency Based Learning and Direct Assessment models-particularly with regard to effectively managing Title IV financial aid, improving efficiency and regulatory compliance. Regent Education is proud to announce that Regent 8, their flagship financial aid management solution, is the first-and only-system designed specifically to accommodate those challenges.

BETHESDA, Md. /eNewsChannels/ -- NEWS: Eight first-year college students who beat the odds to become the first in their family to attend college have been awarded Center for Student Opportunity's 'I'm First Scholarship,' a $2,000, four-year, renewable award. Along with 25 previous winners, these students share their personal stories, chronicle their college experiences, and offer advice to aspiring first-generation college students on the 'I'm First' blog.

BETHESDA, Md. /eNewsChannels/ -- NEWS: The nonprofit Center for Student Opportunity (CSO) thinks it's time to celebrate first-generation college students and help build the next generation students who will be the first in their families to attend and graduate from college. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan agrees and will help launch CSO's 'I'm First campaign' on October 2 with his own video message.

BETHESDA, Md. /eNewsChannels/ -- The Center for Student Opportunity (CSO) is pleased to announce it is one of this year's recipients of the 2013 Neotrope JL Simmons Non-Profit PR Grant award. Neotrope will provide public relations and cause-related-marketing support to CSO over the next year to raise awareness around its education programs, events, and accomplishments.

FREDERICK, Md. /eNewsChannels/ -- NEWS May 14, 2013: Hobsons today announced a strategic partnership with Regent Education, the leading provider of SaaS financial aid management and enrollment optimization solutions for higher education. The partnership will combine the best of breed enrollment services offered by Hobsons with Regent's industry leading Student Needs Application Platform (SNAP) solution.

FREDERICK, Md. /eNewsChannels/ -- NEWS May 13, 2013: Mid-America Christian University (MACU) has selected Regent Education to assist them in transitioning to a non-term enrollment model and serve their growing online population. MACU needed a financial aid management system that would support non-term and borrower based academic year (BBAY) models. They selected Regent Education's Regent 8 financial aid management system - the only financial aid management solution to offer complete support for non-term, BBAY, and standard academic models.

CLARKSVILLE, Md. /eNewsChannels/ -- NEWS May 1, 2013: iFOS (Intelligent Fiscal Optimal Solutions) Managing Consultants, LLC recently announced it is has been awarded a 5-year ID/IQ to provide Onsite Secretarial Support Services for the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) Headquarters and Interim Locations.

BETHESDA, Md. /eNewsChannels/ -- NEWS Apr 1, 2013: The Center for Student Opportunity (CSO), a national 501(c)3 non-profit, is now accepting applications for the I'm First Scholarship, a $2,000 four-year renewable scholarship for matriculating first-generation college students.

CLARKSVILLE, Md. /eNewsChannels/ -- iFOS (Intelligent Fiscal Optimal Solutions) Managing Consultants, LLC is seeking applicants to serve as field reviewers in evaluating grant applications submitted to the U.S. Department of the Treasury's Community Development Financial Institutions Fund (CDFI Fund) for the fiscal year (FY) 2013 funding rounds.

HAGERSTOWN, Md. /eNewsChannels/ -- Home owners and contractors envisioning spring home improvement projects like building a beautiful patio, walkway, retaining wall or surrounding gardens and pools with pavers from IAAS could save a budget-minded builder thousands of dollars. Offered to the general public as well as special pricing for contractors, handyman companies and decorators, by IAAS Worldwide.

CLARKSVILLE, Md. /eNewsChannels/ -- Intelligent Fiscal Optimal Solutions (iFOS) Managing Consultants, LLC is seeking applicants to serve as field reviewers in evaluating grant applications submitted to the U.S. Department of the Treasury's Community Development Financial Institutions Fund (CDFI Fund) for the fiscal year 2013 funding rounds of the Community Development Financial Institutions Program (CDFI Program) and Native American CDFI Assistance Program.

LANDOVER, Md. /eNewsChannels/ -- The popular, upscale barbershop chain, My Barber's Lounge, has a new location in Forestville, Maryland. Located at 3436 Donnell Drive, the new shop offers services that include haircuts, fades, trims, shaves and hair braiding. The Greenbelt location of My Barber's Lounge has been described as the 'nicest barbershop in Prince Georges County.'

FREDERICK, Md. /eNewsChannels/ -- Built by a team of world-class engineers and designed by a seasoned group of financial aid professionals, Regent 8 is the only Software as a Service (SaaS) based solution to offer complete support for non-term, nonstandard term and standard academic year schools. Regent 8 by Regent Education reflects collaboration with some of the largest, most technologically advanced schools in the country to identify evolving business requirements.

BETHESDA, Md. /eNewsChannels/ -- ADF Solutions announced today that Triage-Examiner, a forensic triage tool, was utilized by all five of the East Midlands police forces participating in the highly successful e-Forensics pilot program conducted by the National Policing Improvement Agency (NPIA) in the U.K. The aim of the six-month pilot was to speed up the process for all forces by providing one standardized approach to the examination of computers and mobile devices.

CLARKSVILLE, Md. /eNewsChannels/ -- iFOS, as an emerging leader in Federal financial solutions and technology, announced that the firm was awarded an Indefinite Delivery, Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) base plus 4 option years contract award to support CDFI grant programs. This effort will require iFOS to recruit up to 100 field reviewers that can evaluate CDFI grant applications submitted from start-up organizations as well as large, national scale enterprises.

ANNAPOLIS, Md. /eNewsChannels/ -- Solving Light Books today announced that it has published 30 specific examples of scientific incompetence on the part of the National Academy of Sciences (NAS). The thirty examples appear as an appendix to the book, 'Outing the Moronocracy: Ending the Rule of the Blind, the Stupid, and the Disgraceful in American Society' (ISBN: 978-0970543882) by Robert Bowie Johnson, Jr.

COLUMBIA, Md. /eNewsChannels/ -- Rsignia, Inc. today announced they have entered a formal partnership with West Virginia University Research Corporation (WVURC) formalizing teaming efforts focused on research and development in the critical cyber security domain. Rsignia signed the agreement with WVURC as framework to undertake task orders with WVURC as it relates to big data visualization and incorporating biometric components into cyber security solutions.

COLUMBIA, Md. /eNewsChannels/ -- Rsignia, Inc. today announced the formation of Rsignia Innovation Labs. Rsignia Innovation Labs will focus on forward-thinking ideas and skip-generation concepts addressing concerns projected well into the future in our nation's critical infrastructure. The creation of this division of Rsignia is driven by the need for advanced research and development of cyber security solutions that address not only the threats we face today, but also future network security issues.

COLUMBIA, Md. /eNewsChannels/ -- Rsignia, Inc. today announced the launch of a new Cyber Command and Control Simulation Center at its headquarters and their new alliance with RGB Spectrum in support of the new Center. The Companies together have established a unique media immersive environment specific to cyber command and control.

FINKSBURG, Md. /eNewsChannels/ -- With over 50 million tailgaters in the U.S. each year, Tailgating Digest is a new company preparing to launch digital and print magazines to reach this growing market. As a multi-media company, Tailgating Digest also completed a partnership in January 2012 with one of the leading web sites reaching tailgaters. 'A great magazine, website and company is built on valuable content. That is what we plan to deliver across all of our media channels,' says Marc Heyman, founder and publisher.

GAITHERSBURG, Md. /eNewsChannels/ -- Interactive Market Solutions, Inc., the parent company for LeadStorm.com, a lead provider, announced today that its fourth quarter numbers were up 18 percent compared to the same quarter in 2010.

BETHESDA, Md. /eNewsChannels/ -- M3 congratulates David Grant PhD and his team at the UCLA Center for Health Policy Research for their landmark November 2011 study outlining California's unmet Mental Health needs. Consistent with an earlier nationwide survey, this new study found that only half of Californians with mental illness receive treatment, while just one in four receives adequate treatment.

FREDERICK, Md. /eNewsChannels/ -- During their monthly meeting on October 16, the Allegany County Conservative Caucus reaffirmed their vote to unanimously endorse Joseph Krysztoforski, Republican candidate for the US House of Representatives for Maryland's 6th Congressional District, over long term Republican incumbent Roscoe Bartlett.

BETHESDA, Md. /eNewsChannels/ -- ADF Solutions, the global leader in site exploitation and digital forensic triage, today announced a partnership with High Tech Crime Institute, the global leader in the field of computer crime investigation and computer forensics, that will provide law enforcement investigators high quality training and education on the industry's leading forensic triage tools.

BETHESDA, Md. /eNewsChannels/ -- M3Clinician, the evidenced-based behavioral health portal, allows patients to take the screen using the Apple iPad; provides the clinician immediate clinical decision support at the point of care.