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MSA’s president and CEO, Lilly Harris, is an avid spokesperson for personal, family, and business emergency preparedness. “While MSA is very accustomed to providing emergency management support to our Federal government clients,” Ms. Harris explains, “it’s important that families and businesses take a moment to reflect on the tragedy of 9/11 and pledge to be better prepared in the future.”

National Preparedness Month, now in its eighth year, is a nationwide, month-long effort hosted by the Ready Campaign and Citizen Corps that encourages households, businesses and communities to prepare and plan for emergencies. Throughout the  month of September, MSA will utilize Twitter and other social media to spread a message of preparedness. “Building a culture of preparedness is essential. MSA has been an early adopter of new technology, so it’s only natural that we would assist the Ready Campaign by engaging the social media community during National Preparedness Month,” said Ms. Harris.

As part of National Preparedness Month, citizens are encouraged to visit www.Ready.gov to learn more about planning for disaster. As the site explains, disaster preparedness can start with three simple steps: 

1. Assemble an emergency supply kit
2. Make a plan for what to do in an emergency 
3. Be informed about emergencies that could happen in your community, and identify sources of information in your community that will be helpful before, during and after an emergency. 

“In the past two weeks, the eastern coast of the United States has experienced a 5.8 magnitude earthquake, Hurricane Irene, and significant flooding,” said Todd Jasper, an associate director with MSA’s Homeland Security & Emergency Management Division. “There’s no better time to begin preparing for emergencies. Proper planning can save lives and, in some cases, even mitigate damages.”

This is the second year MSA has participated in NPM. 

For more information about the Ready Campaign and National Preparedness Month, visit Ready.gov or call 11-800-BE-READY, 1-888-SE-LISTO, and TTY 1-800-462-7585. 

Man-Machine Systems Assessment

Man-Machine Systems Assessment, Inc. (MSA) is a Minority, Women-Owned, government Services firm providing professional, technical and analytical solutions to Federal, State, Local, and Commercial clients. With over 20 years of experience, they are committed to providing clients with the absolute best solutions to their biggest challenges. They offer subject matter experts, strong program management methodologies, and multiple locations throughout the United States to best serve clients needs. For more information please visit, www.msaincorp.com.

Washington SmartCEO announces 2011 Brava! Women Business Achievement Awards winners!

Washington, DC – July 1, 2011 – Washington SmartCEO magazine, announced today the 2011 Washington Brava! Women Business Achievement Award winners. Celebrating its fifth year, the Brava! Awards recognize the contributions of 25 female business leaders in the Washington area. The impressive group of female CEOs runs companies that boast $1.5 billion in collective revenues and manage more than 4,700 employees in the Greater Washington area.

The Annual Brava! Women Business Achievement Awards celebrate CEOs, founders, presidents, owners and executive directors who combine their irrepressible entrepreneurial spirit with a passion for giving back to the community across the Mid-Atlantic. These female CEOs have become exemplary leaders in their companies and the community by encouraging local philanthropy, mentoring fellow CEOs and setting their companies on the path to tremendous growth.

Over 250 nominations were submitted throughout the Mid-Atlantic. A selection committee of area business leaders was tasked with choosing the top 25.

Each 2011 Brava! Award honoree will be profiled in the July 2011 issue of Washington SmartCEO magazine. Annually, SmartCEO shares their inspirational stories with over 15,000 local Washington CEO readers in the July issue and celebrates the group with a cocktail reception. Over 400 local CEOs and business leaders will join SmartCEO to recognize and applaud the 2011 Washington Brava! winners at the National Museum of Women in the Arts the evening of Wednesday, July 27.

“We are honored to recognize such dynamic, passionate community leaders. The Brava! Award winners never cease to impress and inspire us,” says Jaime Nespor, Group Publisher of SmartCEO magazine.

In an effort to continue to enhance the Brava! program’s mission of building a strong community of women leaders through mentorship and business development, SmartCEO is also recognizing past honorees with the Brava! Hall of Fame. One woman from each previous class of Brava! Award recipients (2007-2010) will be inducted into the Hall of Fame and announced during the Brava! Awards presentation July 27.

For a complete list of winners, see below or visit www.smartceo.com. To nominate for the 2012 Washington Brava! Awards contact Georgia Thomas at georgia@smartceo.com or Makenna Henry at mhenry@smartceo.com.

About SmartCEO magazine

Washington SmartCEO magazine is a regional business publication for growing companies, aimed at providing features, analysis and case studies each month to educate and inspire Greater Washington’s thought leaders. Our readers range from young, dynamic companies to established multi-generational family owned firms. 

MSA’s Homeland Security & Emergency Management Program provided subcontract support to the Washington DC Department of Health (DOH) Health Emergency Preparedness and Response Administration (HEPRA) during the first Closed Point-of-Dispensing (POD) full-scale exercise.

Man-Machine Systems Assessment Inc. (MSA) Homeland Security and Emergency Management Program provided subcontract support as lead controllers and evaluators to DC DOH HEPRA for the first Closed Point-of-Dispensing (POD) exercise. This project, funded through the “Cities Readiness Initiative” is a federal grant program administered by the Centers for Disease Prevention and Control (CDC). The purpose is to advance planning and preparedness in the largest metropolitan cities in the U.S. to rapidly distribute antibiotic medications in a public health emergency.

Closed PODs, staffed by volunteers, serve to decompress public demand at Open PODs by diverting as much as 50% of potential traffic. Individuals at Closed POD locations will also be able to pick up medications for family members.

This Closed POD Mass Dispensing Exercise was designed to establish a learning environment for dispensing operations for discreet populations associated with their employer, university, and temporary lodging at 5 locations throughout the National Capital Region. It also assessed DC DOH’s capacity for distribution of medical countermeasures to the general public as described in operation plans.

MSA is proud have been asked to participate in this exercise to better prepare our nations response to a public health emergency. 

WASHINGTON – Families of our fallen military don’t have to grieve alone, says TAPS, the Tragedy Assistance Program for Survivors. The organization’s efforts to help survivors left behind following a death in the military will be saluted at the annual TAPS Honor Guard Gala, being held Tuesday, April 5, 2011 at the Andrew W. Mellon Auditorium.

While our nation’s capital city hosts many fundraising events, none are as poignant as the TAPS Honor Guard Gala, where widows, children, parents and other survivors of our fallen military sit next to leading CEOs, military leaders and supporters to talk about how TAPS has helped their families.

Washington, D.C.- Man-Machine Systems Assessment (MSA), Inc, is pleased to announce that we have completed certification requirements for the Small Business Administration’s new Woman-Owned Small Business Program (WOSB) – also known as the 8(m) program. 

The WOSB program was created to help Federal agencies meet government-wide small business contracting goals and to ensure a level playing field on which WOSB's can compete for Federal Contracting opportunities. 

For a contracting officer to create a set-aside for WOSBs, they must have a reasonable expectation that:

• The award price will not be greater than $5 million for a manufacturing contract and $3 million for other contracts.
• Two or more WOSBs will make an offer.
• The contract can be awarded at a fair and reasonable price.
• The contract is for goods and services in an industry in which WOSBs are substantially underrepresented.

MSA provides support services to our clients in 4 underrepresented and 2 substantially underrepresented industry sectors.  

• 517911 Telecommunications Resellers
• 541330 Engineering Services         
• 541512 Computer Systems Design Services 
• 541519 Other Computer Related Services: IT Value Added Resellers 
• 541712 Research and Development in the Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences
• 561210 Facilities Support Services

About Man-Machine Systems Assessment (MSA)

Man-Machine Systems Assessment, Inc. (MSA) is a Minority, Women-Owned, government services firm specializing in System Test & Evaluation, Homeland Security & Emergency Management,  Professional Services, and Transportation Safety.

Whether your goal is to increase effectiveness, decrease costs, eliminate waste, or provide better, more efficient services, MSA offers seasoned, experienced professionals focused on meeting all of your program or executive-level administrative management needs.

MSA's team of experts rely on knowledge and skills accumulated through twenty years of supporting Federal government clients, to deliver precise customized solutions for your program. 

For more information, please visit our website at www.msaincorp.com, keyword: 8(m), or contact Stan Wood at stan.wood@msaincorp.com.

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MSA's Lilly Harris was interviewed in January for Executive Leaders Radio. The conversation was focused on MSA and Lilly’s experience working with her parents. The program will air Saturday, January 22 at 10 a.m. on WHFS 1580 and simultaneously stream at www.bigtalker1580.com,  AOL Radio and Yahoo Radio. Click here to listen to the podcast. 

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MSA is a proud to sponsor Fashion Takes Flight for the second year in a row.  This is the premier fashions show in the DC area benefiting wounded warriors.  

2010 will be remembered as a year of milestones for MSA. We celebrated the Company’s 20th anniversary, an expansion of our staff, the appointment of a new CEO, and the highest annual revenue in our history. We received numerous honors and nods for our pay-it-forward efforts in community outreach and charity. Across the company our employees are engaged and focused on finding innovative ways to improve our operations – we’ll continue to draw from that synergy to maintain momentum throughout 2011. Some of our key accomplishments in 2010 are:

• A complete rebranding with a new logo and marketing strategy
• The launch of our new and much improved website (www.msaincorp.com)
• Modernized our business model
• Completed our business development strategy
• Improved efficiency and effectiveness in daily operations with new technologies
• Developed a robust short and long-term strategic plan
• Created key performance indicators to measure our efforts and help keep us on track
• Updated and improved our mission, vision and values statements
• Renewed our focus on near-term growth strategies targeting new markets and business lines
• An enhanced collaborative spirit that crosses division and business lines
• Added new clients: USAID, National Science Foundation, Veteran’s Administration and Pennsylvania Public Schools
• Recognized as one of the fastest growing private companies for the second year in a row in both the Inc 5000 and Hispanic 500 magazines

Washington, DC - Man-Machine Systems Assessment (MSA) continues to be an avid supporter of the Alzheimer’s Association’s Washington D.C chapter through their annual Blondes v. Brunettes flag football game.  

2010 has certainly been a banner year for us at MSA, and it’s not over yet! We are stepping into a new era at Man-Machine Systems Assessment, one which builds on the values of our past, and embraces innovation and fresh thinking to improve our services in the future. Welcome to “MSA 2.0”. As our 20th year in business enters Q4, we are honored and humbled by recognition from our industry peers and valued clients and continuously grateful to our wonderful staff.

Bill Gates once said about the need for flexibility and adaptability in business “We’re only paid for breakthroughs.” In this spirit, I express my continued commitment to make MSA the best at what we do, not only in services, approach and execution, but in the way we treat our clients, our employees and the world around us. There is a new energy in our offices, a fresh optimism and a palpable dedication to the work at hand. It’s thrilling to see the direction this past year has taken us in and inspiring to think of what is to come.

Over the past year MSA has put a fresh face on our proven services with the creation of a new branding strategy for the company. The new MSA logo debuted in January followed by the launch of our new website, www.msaincorp.com. The improved aesthetics, content and capabilities of the site make it a great resource for company updates and news about our projects. We have also published a new Company Profile package reflecting our streamlined style and expanded capabilities. We have also begun to explore new environmental initiatives to make our processes more eco-friendly.

One of MSA’s greatest strengths is its ability to grow and willingness to learn, seeking opportunity and new technology in the world around us to foster greater pride, productivity and transparency in our operations. I remain excited and full of anticipation as I share this journey with all of you.
 

Lilly Harris
President

Washington, DC - Man-Machine Systems Assessment (MSA) Homeland Security and Emergency Management Program (HSEMP) recently partnered with Command School TTX, in support of “Operation Exit, Stage Left” for the Veteran Affairs Medical Center – Martinsburg (VAMC Martinsburg).

This one day exercise was conducted on October 14, 2010 which involved a simulated train derailment and hazmat spill outside the Martinsburg VAMC which caused complete evacuation of all personnel from the facility and the relocation of patients to remaining VA Capital Health Care Network (VISN 5) facilities in Maryland, and portions of Virginia, West Virginia, Pennsylvania, and Washington D.C.

The goal of the “Operation Exit, Stage Left” was to comprehensively exercise and evaluate the VA Capital Health Care Network’s plans and capabilities as they pertain to a critical incident and resultant mass casualty and surge response. MSA’s HSEMP provided Homeland Security Exercise & Evaluation Program (HSEEP) certified controllers and evaluators for this event and were utilized across multiple locations.

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El Paso, TX - Man-Machine Systems Assessment (MSA), Inc. is proud to be honored for the second year in a row by Hispanic Magazine's Hispanic 500 as one of the fastest growing Hispanic run companies in the nation. MSA is 100% Hispanic Women-Owned. Viva MSA!

Washinton, DC - MSA's National Preparedness Division changes its name from National Preparedness Division to the Homeland Security & Emergency Management Program (HSEMP) to better reflect its new business lines and broader scope of support services we offer our clients.

El Paso, TX - They have reinvented how defense contracting is done with an emotional emphasis on client satisfaction, bottom line responsibility and maintaining a family atmosphere that extends to their client pool.” CEO World Magazine, Jan 2010

Washington, DC - Lillian Harris, President of MSA is presented with the Rising Star award by the Washington Business Journal “Driven by the notion that her future will be bigger than her past, Harris has a passion for learning, leadership and connecting with people. She’s an active goal setter, and says she operates with the mindset that anything is possible with hard work and determination”

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