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Monday, November 19, 2012
Passing of President Jesse L. Olds, 100 Black Men of Myrtle Beach, Inc.
Career Growth: DHS\CBP. Competency-Based Assessments for Sup\Managerial Promotion.
11/19/2012 04:39 PM EST
CBP
Officer and Agriculture Specialist Competency-Based Assessments for
Supervisory/Managerial Promotion, November 26-December 14, 2012 has been
updated.
SBA: Hispanic Small Business Summit. New York City.
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SBA Introduces New Online Portal for 2012 National Small Business Week Awards Nominations
SBA Introduces New Online Portal for 2012 National Small
Business Week Awards Nominations
WASHINGTON – A new online portal has been
launched by the U.S. Small Business Administration to accept nominations for its
2013 National Small Business Week Awards, including the annual Small Business
Person of the Year award.
The dedicated web portal, accessible
at http://nationalsmallbusinessweek.sba.gov/,
will make it easier to submit and track submissions of nominees for
Small Business Week 2013, and is now actively accepting nominations of
noteworthy small businesses.
“The National Small Business Week Awards program is a great way
for us to recognize the best of the best in small business ownership,” said SBA
South Florida District Director Francisco “Pancho” Marrero. “I
encourage all South Florida small business owners to consider submitting a
nomination for these national awards as well as our own South Florida District
Small Business Awards.”
Since 1963, National Small Business Week has recognized the
outstanding achievements of America’s small businesses for their contributions
to their local communities, and to our nation’s economy. In 2013,
the 50th year celebration will honor the nation’s 27 million small businesses.
SBA Awards given in celebration of National Small Business Week
include the following awards:
· National
Small Business Person of the Year (chosen from among state
award winners from each of the 50 states, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico,
the U.S. Virgin Islands, and Guam)
· Phoenix
Awards (recognizing outstanding accomplishments during disaster
recovery)
·
Small Business Prime
Contractor of the Year
· Small
Business Subcontractor of the Year
· The Dwight
D. Eisenhower Award for Excellence
(recognizes large prime contractors who have used small businesses as suppliers
and contractors)
· SBA 8(a)
Graduate of the Year (for recent graduates of the SBA’s 8(a)
contracting program)
· Small
Business Development Center (SBDC)Excellence and Innovation
Award (nominations of SBA-funded SBDC
Service Centers)
· Women’s
Business Center (WBCs) of Excellence Award
(nominations of SBA-funded WBCs)
· Veterans
Business Outreach Center Excellence in Service Award
(nominations of SBA-funded Veterans Business Outreach
Centers)
In addition to the portal, nominations can also be sent
directly to SBA District Offices, which can be located online at http://www.sba.gov/about-offices-list/2.
All nominations must be submitted or postmarked to the SBA by January 3,
2013.
Winners of the Small Business Person of the Year awards and
winners in the other award categories will be invited to
Washington, D.C., to compete for national titles and
to attend National Small Business Week events in 2013.
ICE Agent Settles Harassment Lawsuit With Gov't
By: Alicia A. Caldwell, Associated Press
11/16/2012 ( 9:25am)
WASHINGTON (AP) — A senior agent for Immigration and Customs
Enforcement and the government have agreed to settle a discrimination lawsuit,
according a court record filed Thursday.
In a two-sentence notice, a lawyer for ICE Agent James T.
Hayes Jr. said the "parties have come to an agreement in principal" to settle
the case for $175,000.
Hayes' attorney in Maryland, Morris Fischer, wrote that along
with the money, "a formal settlement agreement will be executed within the next
several days" that will include other conditions, including Hayes keeping his
job. It was not immediately clear who will pay Hayes, who is currently in charge
of the agency's New York office.
Fischer was in a deposition Thursday and could not immediately
be reached for comment.
The Homeland Security Department did not immediately respond
to a request for comment.
Hayes filed the lawsuit in May and described a "frat house"
environment at ICE that humiliated male employees under former ICE chief of
staff Suzanne Barr.
After Hayes' case was filed, additional employees came forward
with other allegations of sexually inappropriate behavior toward employees. In
one complaint, Barr was accused of calling a male subordinate "sexy" and asking
a personal question about his anatomy at an office party. A different complaint
alleged that she offered to perform an oral sex act on a male subordinate during
a work trip to Bogota, Colombia.
Barr went on leave in August after a newspaper story was
published about the case and resigned in September. In her resignation letter to
ICE Director John Morton, Barr said she has been the subject of "unfounded
allegations designed to destroy my reputation" and was resigning "with great
regret."
Copyright 2012 Associated Press.
Webinar: How the WARN Program Facilitates Rapid Response and Recovery of Water Systems
Water Sector Mutual Aid
How the WARN Program Facilitates Rapid Response and Recovery of Water Systems
November 28, 2012 -- 12:00 Noon Eastern
EMForum.org is pleased to host a one hour presentation and interactive discussion Wednesday, November 28, 2012, beginning at 12:00 Noon Eastern time (please convert to your local time). Our topic will be WARN, an intrastate network of water and wastewater utilities that share resources with one another during emergencies. Most recently, WARN was activated for Hurricane Sandy. Our guests will include John Whitler, Environmental Protection Specialist with the EPA's Water Security Division and Kevin Morley, Security and Preparedness Program Manager for the American Water Works Association (AWWA).
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