NCS News Desk

NCS held another semi-annual Membership Night on Tuesday, 4 Oct 2011 at Stoneybrook East Golf Club.  The event drew more than 140 Members and invited guests from team Orlando and the local community. To view the President/Executive Director’s Update to the Membership, click on the attached PPT Brief. Also included are a few photos from the evening.

ORLANDO, Fla. – (October 6, 2011) James L. Jones, General, USMC (Ret.), will discuss National Security in Our Time in an address to Central Florida Veterans and the public on Thursday, October 20 at 1:30 p.m. at the American Legion State Headquarters, 1912A Lee Road in Orlando.  General Jones is speaking at the invitation of […]

The 2011 International Serious Play Awards, which aims to recognize outstanding corporate, military, healthcare and learning titles, has recognized 20 serious games. The medal winners were revealed at the Serious Play Conference, held August 23-25 at Redmond, WA’s DigiPen Institute of Technology. Read more, click here.

Senate letter to SecDef Leon Panetta is attached for your information.  

Wounded Warriors will benefit from a golf tournament scheduled for Veterans Day, 11 Nov 2011 at Eagle Creek Golf Club.  For additional details and registration information click on the attached PDF file. 

Once you go to the link below, click on the picture of President Clinton. Go forward in the interview to 5 minutes and 30 seconds (5:30) and you will hear his remarks about Orlando’s Computer Simulation Industry, Disney, UCF and what he refers to as Prosperity Centers.  http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/3036789/ns/msnbc_tv-morning_joe/#44624731

Hollywood, Calif., and Orlando, Fla. Sept. 19, 2011 The U.S. Army Research Lab’s SFC Paul Ray Smith, Simulation & Training Technology Center (STTC), in Orlando, Fla. delivered some ground-breaking technology to Fort Sill, Oklahoma’s newly dedicated SFC Jared C. Monti Hall Mission Simulation Center last month.  The center in OK was named for Medal of […]

To review the August 2011 Jobs Report & Economic Analysis courtesy of Adecco Engineering & Technical, click on the attached file:

While appearing on Meet the Press with David Gregory, former President Bill Clinton cited two current bright spots in the economy, Silicon Valley and “the computer simulation boom in Orlando”.  Nice to have national attention!.  To listen to his comments click on the following link: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/21134540/vp/44568029#44568029  The comments are at about the 2 minute mark on the video.

To read the article and see the list of nominees, click on the following link: http://www.bizjournals.com/orlando/news/2011/09/15/objs-2011-most-influential-men-nominees.html?ed=2011-09-15&s=article_du&ana=e_du_pub

SAVE THE DATE Orlando’s AFCEA Citrus Chapter and AUSA Sunshine Chapter Present TechNet – Orlando 2012 January 18-20, 2012 Radisson University Hotel Orlando, Florida “Meeting the Warfighters’ Full Spectrum Operations Challenge” The Orlando Chapters of the Armed Forces Communications and Electronics Association (AFCEA) and the Association of the United States Army (AUSA) are sponsoring the […]

For TechXpo details click on the attached PDF files.

Team Orlando is mentioned on page 4! http://www.orlandoedc.com/News/2011/09/airline_magazine_dubs_orlando.php

The details of the American Jobs Act were released by the White House yesterday.  Pay special attention to pages 37 through 41 which delineates the new taxes or deduction limitations being suggested.

What: NAWCTSD / CFL-NDIA IPT When: Wednesday September 28, 2011 Time: 9:00 – 11:00 Location: Technology Point II, Bishop CR 126, 3051 Technology Parkway Orlando, FL 32826 Parking:  Attendees driving should park in the large parking lot on the corner of Science & Technology. Background: The Central Florida Chapter of the National Defense Industrial Association […]

12 Sep 2011 To relieve some of the planning pressure on the local Chapter of ITEA, NCS in the spirit of partnership, stepped forward to organize and execute a fundraiser golf tournament at Metro West on the margins of the ITEA Annual National Symposium being held from 12-15 Sep 2011 at The Doubletree at Universal.  The […]

NCS HOSTS M&S WORKSHOP FOR TEACHERS AND EDUCATORS On  8 September 2011, NCS hosted a “ground-breaking” workshop for thirty science and mathematics teachers from Orange and Seminole Counties.  The workshop was the product of the NCS Education and Workforce Development Committee, chaired by Hank Okraski,  and was carefully planned for the past several months.  It […]

For additional information click on the attached PDF or go to www.OB3Fest.com.  In addition the Navy League of Central Florida will host a booth to raise funds for The Lone Sailor Naval Memorial planned to recognize all of the Naval Recruits who passed through the former Naval Training Facility that is now Baldwin Park.    

To learn more about tax law changes that were included in the President’s jobs speech to Congress on 8 Sep 2011, click on the attached file courtesy of Martinez & Associates, CPAs

For specific statistics on job creation by sector during the month of July, click on the attached PDF file: