WASHINGTON, DC—A key activity of the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) is to develop regulations, policy, procedures, guidance material, and training requirements to support safe and efficient Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) operations in the National Airspace System (NAS), while coordinating with relevant departments and agencies to address related key policy areas of concern such as privacy and national security. The FAA Modernization and Reform Act of 2012, Public Law 112-95, mandated the creation and publication of a five-year Roadmap for this process.

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ATLANTA, GA—In 1962, Dianne White Clatto became a media pioneer as the first African American female to broadcast weather on television. The Weather Channel recently featured her in an interview during Black History Month.

Women’s History Month 2015 coverage with BDPA continues on P.06

and the following Success Story Board pins

The Weather Channel (TWC) filmed on location at Jackson State University (JSU) to showcase JSU’s successful meteorology program. The feature was the brainchild of JSU alumnae Vivian Brown (far left), who is a veteran meteorologist with The Weather Channel. Vivian Brown also interviewed media pioneer Dianne White Clatto (left inset) .

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Dominos “explored” the just-in-tme (JIT) delivery concept last year with a video featuring the “DomiCopter,” a small drone that delivers pizza right to your GPS location or your door. Dominos coordinated with U.K.-based digital media company T and Biscuits, drone specialist AeroSight, and Big Communications for the mobile pizza delivery system, demonstrated in their video.

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NBDPA VICE PRESIDENTNORTH REGIONFrederick Smith, Jr.

NBDPA VICE PRESIDENTSOUTH REGIONTeresa Williams

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BDPA EDUCATION & TECHNOLOGY FOUNDATION (BETF)R. Wayne HicksExecutive Director

FOUNDING PUBLISHERMANAGING EDITORPerry Carter

BDPA, formerly known as Black Data Processing Associates, was founded in 1975 to promote professional growth and technical development to those in or entering information and communications technology (ICT) career fields and related industries. Now in its 40th year (Volume XL) National BDPA (NBDPA) and participating local BDPA Chapters publish quarterly or monthly newsletters. For newsletter or web portal advertising rates, publication schedules, online calendars, and newsletters, contact regional or local BDPA Chapters by visiting bdpa.org or by calling 301.584.3135. bdpatoday (ISSN 1946-1429) is published by participating Local Chapters of NBDPA with their respective chapter Communications Committees, mailed to BDPA members, BDPA corporate sponsors and electronically delivered to BDPA Chapters and Chapter Interest Groups (CIGs) as a benefit of membership. First Class and Periodicals postage paid at Washington, D.C. and additional regional mailing offices. Unless otherwise noted by own copyright, art and graphics ©National BDPA, ©BDPA-DC, ©Corbis, ©Getty Images, ©ITSMF and ©JupiterImagesTM. Conference photos ©National BDPA; credits: Charlie Perkins. Cover graphics, photos and logos: ©CEA, ©Getty Images, ©BDPA-DC, and ©bdpatoday.

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2Q15 IT Senior Management Symposium | June 25 – 27, 2015

ITSMF’s mission is to increase the level of African-American representation at senior-levels of IT through executive leadership development programs, networking initiatives, formal mentoring and strategic partnerships.

In June of 2015, the Information Technology Senior Management Forum (ITSMF) will convene its second quarter (2Q15) IT Senior Management Symposium in Cincinnati, Ohio.

Continue and accelerate your journey to the C-Suite while exploring timely and relevant topics critical to your professional development. Throughout the year members and corporate partners gather at Symposiums, networking events and conferences to build rewarding professional and personal relationships. Learn, share and network with other Technology executives in an atmosphere of trust, camaraderie and openness. bt

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BDPAXLYour site for this year’s 40th Anniversary (BDPAXL) and National BDPA’s annual Technology Conference is Washington, District of Columbia—with BDPA Washington, D.C. (BDPA-DC) and BDPA Northern Virginia (BDPA NoVA) serving as industry’s Host Chapters.

The Washington Hilton is the official headquarters hotel for this special assembly, Career Fair, Technology Expo, National High School Computer Competition (HSCC) scholarship round, National IT Showcase (ITSC) scholarship round, National Mobile App Development scholarship round, and the annual national Youth Technology Camp (YTC).

Due to significant VIP events in the Nation’s Capital during BDPAXL, attendees are asked to pre-register early. Complete travel and lodging reservations for chapters, student teams, 40th anniversary events, career expo exhibit spaces, video commercials and publication advertisements on or before June 1, 2015.

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What does IT take to deploy new drones and new @pps for

launching autonomous services for your favorite drones or UAVs?

Unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) are inherently different from manned aircraft. Introducing UAS into the nation’s airspace is challenging for both the FAA and aviation community, because the U.S. has the busiest, most complex airspace in the world. The FAA is taking an incremental approach to safe UAS integration.

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to promote safe and responsible use of unmanned

U.S. airspace. Title 49 U.S.C. § 40102(a)(41)

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ATLANTA, GA—NCAA’s Rating Percentage Index (RPI), developed in 1981 to provide supplemental data for Division I Basketball selection committees, is used to help identify the best possible teams for at-large selections and seedings in regional brackets or ‘pods’.

LRMC, a college basketball ranking system, is designed to use only basic scoreboard data: which two teams played, whose court they played on, and what the margin of victory was.

mathematical techniques that are part of a system. Subsequently, a Bayesian component was added.

Powered by Georgia Institute of Technology, LRMC calculates three types of rankings:

-- These LRMC rankings use full information about home court advantage and margin of victory, using an empirical Bayes model to estimate win probabilities.

-- These LRMC rankings use full information about home court advantage and margin of victory, using a logistic regression model to estimate win probabilities.

-- Since the NCAA prefers to

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— By the time she had graduated from Stanford University, Stephanie Brown had already completed internships with Fortune 500 companies Northrop Grumman, Lockheed Martin, and Deloitte. She was only 21.

No wonder, then, that Microsoft’s human resources department tracked her down, offering her a position she had not even applied for: helping the company’s enterprise customers in the Southeast streamline their IT infrastructure.

Five years into her time at Microsoft, Brown is headed back to school, this time to MIT to complete an MBA degree focused on innovation and technology. She already has one start-up business to her name, a trip-planning site called Xtinerary.com. But she hopes to find new knowledge and possibly a business partner to help take her to the next stage of her working career.

Brown attributes much of her success to an organization that has been quietly helping African American students succeed going on four decades. Today with chapters in more than

40 cities, the Black Data Processing Associates (BDPA) has been helping middle school and high school students develop interest and acumen in technology fields such as IT in which minorities (and women, for that matter) tend to be under-represented.

Recognizing the importance of BDPA to talented students such

as Brown, the Creating IT Futures Foundation — the charitable arm of CompTIA, the IT industry association — recently made a $10,000 gift to the BDPA Education and Technology Foundation (BETF). The dollars were steered toward Bemley Scholarships given to some of the year’s winners of the Annual High School Computer Competition (HSCC) Championship, held during the annual BDPA conference that year in Chicago, IL.HSCC continued on P.09

HSCC TESTIMONIALBDPA-DC 2000 - I can’t nearly take all the credit for what I’ve accomplished because there have been organizations such as BDPA and the amazingly altruistic people involved who have helped me stay on the right track and focus my energies in areas most beneficial to my future. As a matter of fact, I wouldn’t hesitate to say that BDPA was the first organization to reach out to me and provide me with the tools necessary to lay down the foundation of which I will continually build upon to reach my goals in life.

My passion for computers and technology are what initially drew me into the HSCC program and what I took away from the

experience was more than I expected...to

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D AY L I G H T S AV I N G S T I M E ( D S T ) 2 0 1 5

Just the CODE

• Include the original time zone name, toreconstruct the original time at a later pointand display correct offsets when needed

• Remember that DST offsets are not alwaysan integer number of hours (for example,Indian Standard Time is )

• If using Java, use • If using .NET, consider using • If using Perl, use • If using Python, use • If using JavaScript, use and

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• Do not use JavaScript date and timecalculations in web applications unless youABSOLUTELY have to

• Never trust client ; it may beincorrect

• Do not compare client datetimes with serverdatetimes.

TESTING• When testing, make sure to test countries in

both the Western and Eastern hemispheres,with both DST in progress and not, and incountries that do not use DST (6 in total).

• Test all third-party libraries andapplications to make sure eachhandles time zone data correctly. bt

Sources: NIST.gov and StackOverflow.com

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Black Girls Code - Photo credit: Black Girls Code

—Every few years or so, there are a few programs or series that radically change television. At the turn of the century,

crime-solving through forensic sciences and influenced an entirely new genre of high tech crime procedures. Created by Anthony Zuiker and initially championed

250 episodes aired) also spawned video games, comics and novels.

franchise takes inspiration from the advanced technological work of a real cyberpsychologist. In the new series premiering on CBS, March 4, 2015, Special Agent Avery Ryan (played by Academy Award-winner Patricia Arquette) heads the FBI’s Cyber Crime Division, a unit at the forefront of solving [Cyber] crimes that originate or live online and play out in the real world. While other agents search for criminals in the streets, Avery’s character knows how technology allows people to hide in the shadows of the Internet while committing serious crimes, and she spends her time searching the deep recesses of the Web

Pam Veasey is the Executive Producer of the new show, CSI: Cyber. Pam Veasey has worked in the entertainment industry for more than 25 years as a writer, producer and director. She is one of just a few women to have held the title of executive producer and showrunner in the sketch, half-hour comedy and episodic drama genres.

Veasey received two Emmy Award nominations

In addition to her work in television, Veasey teaches at USC’s School of Cinematic Arts, where she has been a professor in the writing division for five years. She is a board member of the Writers Guild foundation and serves as a mentor, as well as a board member, for the Humanitas Prize. bt Sources and photos: CBS Entertainment, Entertainment Weekly

With nearly 20 years in the film, television and music industry, Shad Moss, a.k.a. Bow Wow, continues his career

CSI: Cyber as Agent Brody Nelson.

Women’s History Month

Pamela VeaseyExecutive Producer and Showrunner

CSI: CYBER

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Cast members of network television’s new series on the set of CSI: Cyber.

Photo: © Entertainment Weekly

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There are presently two methods of gaining FAA

•

(COA); this process may be used to perform

• (SAC) – applicants must be able to describe how their system is designed, constructed, and manufactured, including engineering processes,

management, and quality assurance procedures

The FAA has partnered with several industry

a campaign to educate the public about using

strongly encouraged to follow safety guidelines

and controller apps. Guidelines include, but are not limited to:

• Flying below 400 feet and remaining clear of surrounding obstacles

•

• Remaining well clear of and do not interfere

• contact the airport and control tower before

• •

than 55 lbs• Not being careless or reckless with unmanned

parameters do not require permission to operate

using a UAS to take photos for your personal use

to another individual would be considered a non- bt

Sources and photos: Federal Aviation Administration (FAA)

Dean Kamen is an inventor, entrepreneur, and tireless advocate for science and technology. His passion and determination to help young people discover the excitement and rewards of science and technology are the cornerstones of FIRST (For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology).

FIRST was founded in 1989 to inspire young people’s interest and participation in science and technology.

profit public charity designs accessible, innovative programs that motivate young people to pursue education and career opportunities.

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Industry designs, develops and markets consumer products for smartphones and tablets as well as

pilot drones. Users pilot with or without accelerometers and are able to switch from frontal cameras to

Photo courtesy: Parrot SA

BDPA’s Richmond Chapter

Robotics assembly and her software instructions with BDPA Members and BDPA Student Members during #BEYA) conference in Baltimore.

- bdpatoday photo credit: Pam Gilliam (BDPA Southern Maryland CIG)

“To transform our culture by creating a world where science and technology are celebrated and where young people dream of becoming science and technology leaders.”

Dean Kamen, FounderFIRST Robotics

HSCC from P.06

The Brown, who grew up in Maryland, learned about BDPA in the ninth grade from one of her aunts who studied computer science at the University of Maryland in College Park. A technology class sponsored by the BDPA Washington, D.C., Chapter met on Saturdays. Brown’s parents would drive

Brown would ride for another 45 minutes to get to the class where 10 other students were gathered to learn web programming languages such as HTML, Visual Basic, and Java.

Much of the teaching was geared toward the annual

members to collaborate to build working, database-

For Brown, the classes got her thinking in terms of team-building and project management — skills she

programs and speakers to teach us general business

job or not.

impression on Brown, who was 14 and languishing a

professionals. I didn’t get that kind of exposure in my

go to college, because here I had all these awesome role models. Everyone was very nice, open, and

Inspired, Brown began to research the admission

classes, but I learned I really needed to start taking AP (Advanced Placement) courses, like calculus, so I

Brown excelled in those college-level classes and

Stanford, Columbia, Maryland, and Spelman. She chose Stanford, she said, in part to experience a new part of the country.

At Stanford she saw how the programming

the computer lab without emerging to the light

her love of technology, Brown majored instead in

business world where there weren’t enough tech

degree also allowed her a course of study in Japan and a semester at Howard University.

earn her master’s when she received a call on her

way to the Redmond, Washington, company. Would

150 enterprise clients. Now was a chance for her to get back to the Eastern Seaboard where most of her

all the knowledge she’d learned at college and in her internships to good wage-earning use. Brown would

level clients.

Looking way back, Brown sees that she bucked tremendous odds. Her mother worked two jobs when Brown was a child; the family was on welfare for part of Brown’s childhood. However, her mother had also earned a degree at Tuskegee University

encouraged her to do well in school.

Finally, the members of BDPA showed her what it

her a goal to aim for and the means to achieve that

technology and business skills to an area she has a strong passion for: the travel and tourism industry.

Blendoor, a mobile

billion dollar tech industries. —

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de-emphasize margin of victory so teams aren’t encouraged to run up the score and players don’t get focused on point spreads, it calculates a version of LRMC for that does not take margin of victory into account. These LRMC(0) rankings are less accurate than Bayesian and Classic LRMC, but remain

Every March, BDPA Members and Bracketologists worldwide try to do their best to guess NCAA Men’s

and machine learning

large teams and use RPI data to help determine the 1 to 68 seedings (formally known as the S-Curve), and

no awareness of neither the use of more advanced

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Sources: NCAA and Georgia Tech

BDPA@ 40Follow new pins on Community Success Story Boards

BDPA@40

(PTTC) in Seat Pleasant, Maryland outside of Washington, D.C. — Archived NBDPA photo: BDPA-DC circa 1999

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Up Next | Calendar of Events

INTEL Science Talent Search (STS)March 8, 2015 – STS Projects and Public Exhibit, Washington, D.C.March 10, 2015– Intel STS Awards Gala, Washington, D.C.Discover more https://student.societyforscience.org/intel-stsWashington, D.C. | Host Chapter: BDPA-DC

#MBKHack - HACK @ SXSWMarch 13-14, 2015 – AustinAustin, TX | Host Chapter: BDPA Austin

25th Annual National Small Business Procurement Fair April 15, 2015 – Washington Convention CenterDiscover more OSDBU.govWashington, D.C. | Host Chapter: BDPA-DC

FIRST Robotics National Championships April 22-25, 2015 Discover more USFIRST.orgSt. Louis, MO | Host Chapter: BDPA St. Louis

#MBKHack - Hack The Walls April 24-26, 2015 – St. Louis, MODiscover more St. Louis, MO | Host Chapter: BDPA St. Louis

CYBER is Me April 30, 2015 – Bowie State UniversityDiscover more bdpadc.orgBowie, MD | Host Chapter: BDPA-DC

DevCon5 HTML5 & Mobile App Developers Conference

Host Chapter:

XSEDE15 (formerly TeraGrid Conference)July 26-30, 2015 – Marriott Renaissance St. Louis Grand HotelSt. Louis, MO | Host Chapter: BDPA St. Louis

Black Hat Hacking Conference (AUG 1-6) + DEFCON 23 (AUG 6-9) August 1-9, 2015 – Mandalay Bay, Las VegasDiscover more Las Vegas, NV | Host Chapter: BDPA Nevada

National BDPA Technology ConferenceAugust 17-23, 2015 – Washington HiltonDiscover more BDPA.orgWashington, D.C. | Host Chapter: BDPA-DC/BDPA NoVA

A 40th ANNIVERSARY EVENT | AUG 17-23, 2015

WASHINGTON, D.C.Technology Conference Host Chapters are BDPA Washington, D.C. (BDPA-DC) and BDPA Northern Virginia (BDPA NoVA).

market segments.

academic IT careers.

enhance their visibility across STEM, ICT, Cloud, Big Data, and

recruit new hires directly from top talent pools available from

and collegiate IT Showcase (ITSC) programs also provide

HSCC and ITSC student pipelines, to close digital divides and develop tomorrow’s IT workforce. Whether you are in the

Technology Conference, Career Expo, Chapter Reunions, and 40th Anniversary events in Washington this August.

development and student programs while advancing technical and ICT careers from the Classroom to the Boardroom. bt

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BDPA@ 40

Our HistoryFounded in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania as Black Data Processing Associates in 1975 by Earl A. Pace, Jr. (right) and the late David Wimberly (photo not available), BDPA was created to bring underrepresented minorities together who were working in the information

the purpose of professional development and academic enrichment.

Our Accomplishments

• BDPA co-founder Earl Pace is inducted into the CompTIA IT Hall of Fame

• BDPA is celebrates its 40th year anniversary in 2015 from August 17-23 at the Washington Hilton

• BDPA is the largest professional technology organization for Blacks/African Americans and other minorities in the United States

• BDPA has grown to 45 chapters across the United States, providing nurturing environments for minorities in IT to network with other IT professionals, gain exclusive boardroom leadership experience at the local chapter or national levels, and strengthening industry leadership skills necessary to advance IT careers

• BDPA has become a critical pipeline of diverse talent for employers across all vertical markets requiring

United States (CONUS) and abroad• BDPA annually trains 800 to 1200 high school

students across the nation in computer programming, web design, and app development; BDPA has trained

organization in the United States since 1986• BDPA has a scholarship and internship program

generously supported through industry sponsorships, offering over $100,000 in cash awards to high school and college Student Members of BDPA

• of minority IT and Cyber professionals in the United States during annual technology conference

BDPA Conference Registration Page

Photo Gallery & Success Story Board

1975-2015 | BDPA 40th AnniversaryBDPA’s success stories continue with industry during this year’s 40th anniversary celebration (#BDPAXL), reunion, and international technology conference in Washington, D.C.

Great Moments with BDPA | Women’s History Month BDPA Launches Ensign Stevenson (2013) - BDPA’s Greater

Columbia, South Carolina past chapter president, shares a proud moment with Ensign Raven Stevenson, U.S. Navy,

commissioning ceremonies at Duke University. Ensign Stevenson was a member of the 2006 High School

(HSCC) team trained by BDPA’s Greater Columbia chapter. Ensign Stevenson

from Duke University with a degree in Neuroscience.

BDPA HSCC Alumna to receive a commission

BDPA Photo: Steve McMillan

Great Moments with BDPA

late Robert Finney, past president of BDPA’s Twin

of DigitalUndividedfostering inclusion in tech. Finney’s Focus 100

and investors for talented women of color in tech.

Watch new videos from BDPA, BETF, with

available to BDPA Members and viewers by bdpatoday and Popular Technology

TV (PTTV) channels on Vimeo and Facebook.

Read more at . Sources: BDPA, BETF, and PTTV

Photos: Copyright © BDPA and bdpatoday

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BDPA@ 40

BDPA New York (NY) - (L-R) BDPA New York Chapter members Alain Leroy, Danielle Cauthen, and Renetta English (Chapter President), shown with Dr. LaVerne H. Council, Corporate Vice President & CIO, Johnson & Johnson. In 2011 BDPA New York won National BDPA’s Chapter of the Year.

BDPA Baltimore (MD) - Monique Berry (left), President, National BDPA, visits Boeing’s team during the 2012 National BDPA Technology Conference and Career Expo host by BDPA’s Baltimore Chapter.

BDPA New Jersey (NJ) - National BDPA and BDPA IT Showcase sponsor Johnson & Johnson have partnered together for over eight consecutive years to provide BDPA Members and women new I.T. career opportunities.

BDPA Cleveland (OH) - National BDPA’s Cleveland Chapter hosted a technical and professional development program meeting in 2014 led by Len Tabaj whose focused presentation featured ‘Cisco Networking Academies’.

Women’s History Month

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Great Moments with BDPA

a PhD in Computer Sciences and Engineering from the University of Michigan. Nominated by Dr. Juan Gilbert, Dr. McMullen accepts BDPA’s

Watch new videos from BDPA or BETF, with other industry

bdpatoday and Popular Technology TV (PTTV) channels on Vimeo and Facebook.

Read more at . Sources: BDPA, BETF, and PTTVPhotos: Copyright © BDPA

BDPA PGCC CIG (MD) - Senator Barbara Mikulski (D-Md.) and Prince George’s Community College (PGCC) with the College’s Cyber Challenge Team and BDPA PGCC Chapter Interest Group Student Members.

National BDPA (2006) - National BDPA President Gina Billings (left) and Black Entertainment Television (BET) CEO Debra L. Lee during the 2006 Congressional Black Caucus Foundation Annual Legislative Conference.

BDPA Atlanta (GA) - BDPA’s Atlanta Chapter wins the 2012 National BDPA High School Computer Competition (HSCC) title in Chicago, IL. BDPA Atlanta Chapter President Felicia Jones (center) led a strong technical team of volunteers, chaperons, and fund-raisers while capturing several awards.

BDPA Twin Cities (MN) - Emmaly Manchanthasouk was a member of the 2008 and 2009 BDPA High School Computer Competition (HSCC) teams. In 2013, Emmaly was a featured speaker during BDPA Twin Cities (BDPA-TC) Chapter Annual Awards Gala.

BDPA@ 40 Women’s History Month

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By virtue of the authority vested in me as National President of NBDPA and in accordance with the mandates of Article VIII, Sections §8.1 and §8.2, of the National By-Laws for National BDPA; it is my distinct pleasure to announce the call for assembly of the 2015 Annual Delegates Meeting and your 37th Annual National BDPA Technology Conference.

Our site for this year’s National BDPA Technology Conference shall be Washington, District of Columbia—with BDPA Washington, D.C. (BDPA-DC) and BDPA Northern Virginia (BDPA NoVA) serving as our Host Chapters. The Washington

Computer Competition (HSCC) scholarship round, National IT Showcase (ITSC) scholarship round, National Mobile App Development scholarship round, and our annual national

Said National BDPA Technology Conference shall take place during the time period August 17th through August 23rd, 2015—with our formal 40th Anniversary Banquet and Awards Gala on the evening of Saturday, August 22nd, 2015. BDPA Chapters, BDPA members, Corporate Sponsors,

place for 2015’s National BDPA Technology Conference and Career Fair. Take full advantage of your annual memberships, discounts, and color sponsorships available to your organizations in our corporate portfolio and rate cards.

BDPA Chapters are directed to make appropriate plans

members, student members, participating High School Computer Competition teams, IT Showcase teams, and Mobile App Development teams have successfully pre-registered prior to March 31, 2015. I look forward to our reunion and industry meetings next August in Washington!

Pamela MatthewsNational President

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Intel STS 2015Winners Announced

President Barack Obama talks to the 2015 Intel

Foyer of the White House, March 11, 2015.

WASHINGTON, D.C.— , , and

$150,000 at the Intel Science Talent Search 2015, a program of Society for Science & the Public.

across the United States took home top awards totaling more than $1 million.

hope this program will encourage other young people to

Grace Murray Hopper | Women’s History Month - Secretary of the

Navy John Lehman (right) promotes Grace Hopper to the rank of Commodore in a ceremony at the White House with President Ronald Reagan.

White House photo

computer in the United States: the Mark I. Women were responsible for programming early computers, and Hopper led the charge. Later in her career, Hopper helped create a common language that computers could understand. It was called common business oriented language, also know as COBOL

United States Navy. She died in 1992 at the age of 85. Source: NPR.org

40th Anniversary CelebrationsTechnology Conference & Career Expo

Washington, D.C.

August 17-23, 2015

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BDPA@ 40

—BDPA Corporate Sponsorship Program

with local BDPA Chapters under a formal alliance to

employee development, technology inclusion, and philanthropic endeavors. The program allows

to enhance the technical and professional skills of

• of corporate stake holders

• Provide forums to directly interact with ICT industry leaders and professionals

• for technically competent and diverse IT professionals and students

• Enhance corporate branding and loyalty for

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• support BDPA professional development programs with local BDPA Chapter community

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• • • Student Membership and Scholarship Programs• • Local BDPA Chapter Corporate Engagements•

• • Diamond Corporate Sponsor - $75,000• Gold Corporate Sponsor - $ 50,000• Silver Corporate Sponsor - $ 25,000• Bronze Corporate Sponsor - $10,000• Corporate Sponsor - $5,000• Regional or Local Chapter Sponsors - Call Us

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St. Louis, MO

–

inventor Dean Kamen to inspire young

and technology, today announced Qualcomm Incorporated will return as the 2015 FIRST

Championship will be held in St. Louis, Mo., April 22-25, 2015.

Qualcomm was recently named a FIRST Strategic Partner, the highest sponsorship

company’s volunteer hours recorded and

pipeline, has supported FIRST since 2007,

program. The company has also supported the FIRST® LEGO® League (FLL®) Global

Challenge (FTC®) Super-Regional events in the United States.

FIRST has also announced Qualcomm’s

include the FIRST Tech Challenge program, teams, and events in China. bt

Great Moments with BDPA The White House honors “Champions of Change: Tech Inclusion” individuals dedicated to expanding technology and communicating its importance. BDPA Members and stakeholders Kathyrn Finney, CEO, DigitalUndivided (2nd from left) and Deena Pierott, Founder, iUrban Teen (3rd from the right) where honored in Washington on July 31, 2013. Discover more “Great Moments” with Success Story Boards

Photo credit: White House

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Black Girls CodeGrowing Teams and New Chapters Provide

Access and Innovation to Young Women

—Black Girls Code was founded by Kimberly Bryant in April of 2011. Their mission: To introduce programming

coders, coders who will become builders of

futures.

Ms. Bryant’s vision and focus are to provide young and pre-teen girls of color

technology and computer programming at a

what they want to be when they grow up.

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