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An exercise in leveraging social media for humanitarian assistance and disaster response fostered global participation last month, with more than 39,000 people from 94 nations tuning in to a simulation of two seismic events and a tsunami set in the Adriatic Sea. Participants in the exercise used tools such as Twitter and Facebook to create a rich, real-time environment for crowd-sourcing solutions and other collaborative activities.

Northrop Grumman Corporation, Los Angeles, has appointed Judy Perry Martinez vice president and chief compliance officer.

Injured warfighters, formerly relegated to desk jobs or early retirement, now may have a new lease on military life. Advanced prosthetics give these brave troops the option of returning to active service-a nearly foreign concept in previous wars.

Louis F. Quijas has been named assistant director of the FBI's new Office of Law Enforcement Coordination, Washington, D.C.

This initiative launched by the U.S. Defense Department has several purposes to recognize the varied sacrifices and triumphs of the Vietnam War.

EnOcean, Boston, has appointed Keith Garris and Christina Jones business development managers for East and West

Boeing Company, Huntington Beach, California, is being awarded a $271 million contract modification for the new estimated cost completion of the family of beyond the line of sight terminals and to pro

Northrop Grumman Systems Corporation, Rolling Meadows, Illinois, is being awarded a $7 million contract modification for the Persistent Close Air Support Program to demonstrate a new capability in clo