What's New2010:
February 2010: HLA provided logistics support for a series of meetings at the Pentagon on Afghanistan hosted by the Under Secretary of Defense for Intelligence. 2009:
May 2009: Congratulations to HLA Senior Associate and Protocol Consultant Kathleen Ryan, who has returned to the U.S. Air Force as Director of Protocol. We will continue to work with Kathleen in her role as Vice President of Protocol and Diplomacy International - Protocol Officers Association (PDI-POA). She is the host city lead person for this year's PDI-POA annual gathering, to take place in Washington DC in early August. March 2009: HLA provided logistics assistance to the Pacific Risk Management Ohana (PRiMO) conference in Guam. The three day event was held at the Outrigger Hotel at Tumon Bay. Guam Governor Camacho opened the conference, which was attended by approximately 80 participants. February 2009: HLA assisted the Australian Secretariat of the International Commission on Nuclear Non-proliferation and Disarmament (ICNND) to stage the second meeting of the Commissioners and Advisory Board members, in Washington, DC. February 2009: HLA provided logistics support to the State Department's Board of Examiners for oral interviews held in Atlanta, Georgia. During the past year, HLA provided similar support for BEX oral interviews in San Francisco and Chicago. |
March 2010: For the fourth consecutive year, HLA provided logistics support to the NOAA Pacific Services Center for the annual Pacific Risk Management 'Ohana (PRiMO) conference, held this year in Honolulu from March 16 - 19. In addition to the two day PRiMO schedule, this year's event featured a half day program on Public Risk Perception and Communication, and an introduction to the NOAA Coastal Storms program.
June 2009: HLA's Missile Defense Agency Protocol and Event Management Team won the agency's top Team Administrative Support Award at MDA's annual awards day on June 25. HLA is teamed with Paradigm Technologies on this agency-wide contract, which includes protocol staff in Washington, DC; Huntsville, Alabama; Dahlgren, Virginia; Vandenberg AFB, California; and Ft. Greely, Alaska.