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Above & Beyond Award and Staff Personnel of MITRE Corp. and MA ESGR

Jennifer Shearman signing SOS as PSS David St. Germain looks on

BEDFORD, MA. 27 March, 2009. MITRE Corporation of Bedford, Massachusetts was presented the Above & Beyond Award for their outstanding support of its military member workforce. Employing a large number of Guard and Reserve personnel, MITRE has demonstrated a great concern for their people in uniform. MITRE has also developed many initiatives for the support of veterans in and out of its workplace. MITRE has several benchmark programs including the "Suits For Vet's" program which providers all of the tools, including new clothing, resume training and other essentials for returning military members to aid them in their quest for employment. This has led to an intern program within the company itself.

The Massachusetts Committee for Employer Support of the Guard and Reserve has nominated The MITRE Corp. for the 2009 Secretary of Defense Employer Support Freedom Award in the large business category. Ms. Jennifer Shearman accepted the Above & Beyond Award and also signed the Statement of Support on behalf of the corporation. Attending the ceremony were several members of the workforce in uniform, various members of company leadership and local media.

The MITRE Corporation is a not-for-profit organization chartered to work in the public interest. As a national resource, they apply their expertise in systems engineering, information technology, operational concepts, and enterprise modernization to address their sponsors' critical needs. MITRE manages four Federally Funded Research and Development Centers (FFRDCs): one for the Department of Defense (known as the DOD Command, Control, Communications and Intelligence FFRDC), one for the Federal Aviation Administration (the Center for Advanced Aviation System Development), one for the Internal Revenue Service and U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (the Center for Enterprise Modernization), and one for the Department of Homeland Security (the Homeland Security Systems Engineering and Development Institute). MITRE also has its own independent research and development program that explores new technologies and new uses of technologies to solve our sponsors' problems in the near-term and in the future.

The Massachusetts Committee for Employer Support of the Guard and Reserve (MAESGR) is a Department of Defense agency established in 1972. The mission of ESGR is to gain and maintain employer support for Guard and Reserve service by recognizing outstanding support, increasing awareness of the USERRA law of 1994 and resolving conflicts through mediation. The MA Committee has more than 32 volunteers dedicated to helping every "Citizen Soldier". On hand representing MAESGR were Program Support Specialist David St. Germain and Awards Director Roger Fortin. To learn more about ESGR visit www.esgr.mil.