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bdpatoday
SUNDAY | Volume 31 | 09.06.09 |
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Develop ARRA STEM Partnerships with BDPA | Join today!
Isn't there someone we know in the Greater Washington, D.C. Metropolitan area who currently is neither a member nor sponsor of the Washington, D.C. Chapter of BDPA? If so, use or pass along our coupon for them to partner with BDPA to advance community STEM (Science. Technology. Engineering. Mathematics) initiatives. Two (2) members may now join for the price of one this Labor Day Weekend through September 30, 2009. BDPA Chapter Members or Members of other non-profit organizations also may use this coupon to sign-up at least one friend, co-worker, relative, or neighbor that has expressed interest in STEM or seeking opportunities, relationships, and affiliations with information, technology, and communications (ICT) sector corporations within emerging vertical markets such as Aerospace & Defense, Construction, Education, Energy, Healthcare, or Transportation in the National Capital Region (NCR.)
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The Week Ahead
NBDPA event calendars are enhanced by
 Chapters bdpatoday|Chapter news and daily serial publications continue with monthly or Fall 2009 coverage. Select your current issue to discover more...
BDPA New Jersey | Thursday, September 10th
BDPA NoVA & Washington | Friday, September 11th*
First Friday 2.0: Social Mixer 6:00 pm @ National Harbor after Labor Day Weekend (*Normally held every first Friday of the month.) Select here for details ...
BDPA New Jersey | Saturday, September 12th
bdpatoday | online
Missed one? In case we missed you yesterday, our newsletter archives and Acronym of the Day are updated each week for new BDPA chapter interest groups (CIGs) and new BDPA members up to the last 100 online editions.
Congress:
U.S. Senate
Reconvenes, Tuesday, September 8th, 2009 at 2:00 pm to resume consideration of S.1023, the Tourism Bill.
U.S. House of Representatives
August Recess through Labor Day Weekend.
Community:
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VSAT
VSAT (Very Small Aperture Terminal) is a satellite communications system that serves home and business users. A VSAT end user needs a box that interfaces between the user's computer and an outside antenna with a transceiver. The tranciever receives or sends a signal to a satellite transponder in the sky. The satellite sends and receives signals from an earth station computer that acts as a hub for the system. Each end user is interconnected with the hub station via the satellite in a star topology. For one end user to communicate with another, each transmission has to first go to the hub station which retransmits it via the satellite to the other end user's VSAT. VSAT handles data, voice, and video signals.
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FALL 2009 Print Edition
Download versions available 
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NROTC Scholarships
now on deck @ BDPA!
Cover story in bdpatoday
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Bowie State University
vs.
Shaw Univeristy
September 26, 2009
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About BDPA-DC
NBDPA's Washington, D.C. Chapter was founded in 1978 by Norman Mays. It was incorporated in 1981 as a domestic not-for-profit corporation in the District of Columbia. In February of 1988, Black Data Processing Associates of Washington, D.C. Metropolitan Area (BDPA-DC) became an IRS Section 501(c)(3) Public Charity. Today, BDPA-DC provides professional development services for its members and stakeholders in direct support of local and regional STEM (Science. Technology. Engineering. Math) initiatives. Towards this end, BDPA-DC partners with BDPA Baltimore, BDPA Northern Virginia, and BDPA Richmond to support members and stakeholders within the National Capital Region (NCR) and the Baltimore-Richmond Corridor. BDPA-DC also serves NBDPA, BDPA Chapters and Chapter Interest Groups (CIGs) as a federal news bureau, government relations liaison, and bdpatoday newsletter clearinghouse for emerging NBDPA Chapters.
BDPA-DC
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