[Congressional Record Volume 157, Number 35 (Wednesday, March 9, 2011)]
[Senate]
[Pages S1498-S1500]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                   2010 ALFRED P. SLOAN AWARD WINNERS

 Mr. CRAPO. Mr. President, today I congratulate the 2010 
winners of the Alfred P. Sloan Award for Business Excellence in 
Workplace Flexibility. This award recognizes employers that have

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created a culture of workplace flexibility in policy and practice. The 
Sloan Awards are presented nationally by the When Work Works 
initiative, an effort of the Families and Work Institute in partnership 
with the Institute for a Competitive Workforce, an affiliate of the 
U.S. Chamber of Commerce, and the Twiga Foundation Inc. The When Work 
Works initiative is sponsored by the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation.
  I draw your attention to the Sloan Award winners because I think 
these companies are to be commended for their commitment to 
implementing workplace flexibility practices which benefit both 
employees and employers. Integrating various workplace flexibility 
options is instrumental to creating a healthy work environment for 
today's dynamic and changing workforce.
  Businesses in the following 28 communities were eligible for 
recognition in the 2010 Sloan Awards: Arizona, statewide; Aurora, CO; 
Boise, ID; Charleston, SC; Chicago, IL; Dallas, TX; Dayton, OH; Durham, 
NC; Georgia, statewide; Houston, TX; Kentucky, statewide; Long Beach, 
CA; Long Island, NY; Louisville, KY; Melbourne-Palm Bay, FL; Michigan, 
statewide; Milwaukee, WI; Morris County, NJ; New Hampshire, statewide; 
Providence, RI; Richmond, VA; Rochester, MN; Salt Lake City, UT; San 
Francisco, CA; Seattle, WA; Spokane, WA; Twin Cities, MN; and Winona, 
MN. In addition, there are several winners recognized in the at-large 
category. The Chamber of Commerce or other lead organization in each 
city hosted an interactive business forum to share research on 
workplace flexibility as an important component of workplace 
effectiveness. In these same communities, businesses applied for, and 
winners were selected for, the Sloan Awards through a process that 
included employees' views as well as employer practices.
  I take this opportunity to congratulate the 2010 winners of the 
Alfred P. Sloan Award for Business Excellence in Workplace Flexibility. 
These businesses are to be commended for their excellence in providing 
workplace flexibility.
  In Arizona the winners are Arizona Foundation for Legal Services and 
Education; Arizona Health Care Cost Containment System; Arizona Small 
Business Association; Barich Inc; BDO USA, LLP; Chandler Chamber of 
Commerce; Chandler-Gilbert Community College; Clifton Gunderson LLP; 
Custom Accounting & Tax; Henry & Horne, LLP; Infincom; Intel 
Corporation; Johnson Bank; Keats, Connelly and Associates, LLC; 
McGladrey; Microchip Technology, Inc.; Morrison & Associates CPAs; 
Motorola, Inc.; Omega Legal Systems, Inc.; Orchard Medical Consulting; 
Point B; Raytheon Missile Systems; Ryan, Inc.; Scottsdale Healthcare; 
Southwest Institute of Natural Aesthetics; Verde Valley Sanctuary; 
Western International University--Peoria; Wist Office Products; and 
WorldatWork.
  In Aurora, CO, the winners are Arapahoe/Douglas Works!; Aurora Mental 
Health Center; E-470 Public Highway Authority; and McGladrey.
  In Boise, ID, the winners are American Geotechnics; Givens Pursley 
LLP; and Idaho Emergency Physicians.
  In Charleston, SC, the winners are Booz Allen Hamilton; Charleston 
Metro Chamber of Commerce; Community Management Group; Dixon Hughes 
PLLC; Go To Team; KFR Services, Inc.; Morris Financial Concepts, Inc; 
Santee Cooper; Scientific Research Corporation; and South Carolina 
Aquarium.
  In Chicago, IL, the winners are Deloitte, LLP; Draftcb; Ernst & 
Young; Falkor Group, LLC; Frost, Ruttenberg & Rothblatt, P.C.; KPMG 
LLP; McGladrey; Microsoft Corporation; Ryan, Inc.; Turner Construction 
Company--Chicago; and Wellbuilt Equipment Inc.
  In Dallas, TX, the winners are Abernethy Media Professionals, Inc.; 
Aguirre Roden, Inc.; BDO USA, LLP; Big Brothers Big Sisters; Capital 
One Financial Corporation; Dallas Convention & Visitors Bureau; 
Deloitte LLP; Ernst & Young LLP; KPMG LLP; Lockheed Martin Missiles and 
Fire Control; McQueary Henry Bowles Troy LLP; Medical City Dallas 
Hospital; Ryan, Inc.; and The North Highland Company.
  In Dayton, OH, the winners are Azimuth Corporation; Cornerstone 
Research Group; Deloitte; MacAulay-Brown Inc.; and Sebaly Shillito + 
Dyer.
  In Durham, NC, the winners are Durham Convention and Visitors Bureau; 
Durham's Partnership for Children; McKinney; Mount Olive College at 
Research Triangle; and U.S. EPA--Research Triangle Park.
  In Georgia the winners are BDO USA, LLP; Booz Allen Hamilton; 
Deloitte LLP; Gas South, LLC; Hancock Askew & Co., LLP; KPMG LLP; 
Merrick & Company; Ryan, Inc.; and WellStar Health System.
  In Houston, TX, the winners are Access Sciences Corporation; BDO USA, 
LLP; Binkley & Barfield, Inc.; Brown & Gay Engineers, Inc.; CenterPoint 
Energy; City of Houston/E.B. Cape Center; ContentActive LLC; Deloitte 
LLP; El Paso Corporation; Ernst & Young LLP; HBL Architects; Houston-
Galveston Area Council; Klotz Associates, Inc.; KPMG LLP; Memorial 
Hermann Healthcare System; Pannell Kerr Forster of Texas, P.C.; Ryan, 
Inc.; The Dow Chemical Company; The VIA Group; Traffic Engineers, Inc.; 
and University of Phoenix Houston Campus.
  In Kentucky, the winners are AASHE; Alexander & Company, PSC; 
Anneken, Huey & Moser PLLC; Benefit Insurance Marketing; Employee 
Resource Group, LLC; Fowler Measle & Bell PLLC; Kentucky Employers' 
Mutual Insurance; Lexington Habitat for Humanity; Lexmark 
International, Inc; Riney Hancock CPAs, PSC; Software Information 
Systems, LLC; and Sturgill, Turner, Barker & Moloney PLLC.
  In Long Beach, CA, the winners are AES Alamitos, LLC; BDO USA, LLP; 
Bryson Financial Group; Deloitte LLP--Costa Mesa; Deloitte LLP--Los 
Angeles; KPMG LLP; Long Beach Rescue Mission; and P2S Engineering, Inc.
  In Long Island, NY, the winners are BDO USA, LLP; Cerini & Associates 
LLP; Creative Plan Designs, Ltd.; Deloitte LLP; KPMG LLP; Margolin, 
Winer, & Evens LLP; SilvermanAcampora LLP; and YES Community Counseling 
Center.
  In Louisville, KY, the winners are A Speaker For You; Big Brother Big 
Sisters of Kentuckiana; Center for Accessible Living, Inc.; Community 
Coordinated Child Care (4-C); Deloitte LLP; DMLO; Frankfort Regional 
Medical Center; Greater Louisville Inc.; JC Malone Associates; KiZAN 
Technologies LLC; KPMG LLP; Louis T. Roth & Co.; McCauley, Nicolas & 
Company, LLC; Next Wave Systems LLC; Prestige Health Care; and The 
CMOOR Group.
  In Melbourne-Palm Bay, FL, the winners are Courtyard by Marriott 
Melbourne-West Palm Bay; Craig Technologies; McGladrey; and Space Coast 
Business, LLC.
  In Michigan the statewide winners are Amerisure Insurance; Atomic 
Object LLC; BDO USA, LLP; Brown & Brown of Detroit; Educational Data 
Systems, Inc.; E-IT Professionals Corp.; Ernst & Young Detroit; Ernst & 
Young Grand Rapids; Farbman Group; Kapnick Insurance Group; KPMG LLP; 
Menlo Innovations LLC; Michigan Health & Hospital Association; Michigan 
Occupational Safety and Health Administration; National Multiple 
Sclerosis Society, Michigan Chapter; Peckham Inc.; Plex Systems; Public 
Policy Associates, Inc.; Ryan, Inc.; Service Express, Inc. (SEI); 
Sphinx Organization; Visteon Corporation; and Warner Norcross & Judd 
LLP.
  In Milwaukee, WI, the winners are BDO USA, LLP; Clifton Gunderson 
LLP; Deloitte LLP; Ernst & Young, LLP; Herzing University; Kolb+Co SC; 
KPMG LLP; Laughlin/Constable; Manpower, Inc.; McGladrey; Metropolitan 
Milwaukee Association of Commerce; Microsoft Corporation; Mortgage 
Guaranty Insurance Corporation; Robert W. Baird & Co.; and The Novo 
Group.
  In Morris County, NJ, the winners are DMC Athletics and 
Rehabilitation; Family Service of Morris County; KPMG LLP; NJ 
Foundation for the Blind; and and Solix Inc.
  In New Hampshire the winners are MeetingMatrix International; Inc.; 
Northeast Delta Dental; and Student Conservation Association.
  In Providence, RI, the winners are KPMG LLP; Rhode Island Housing; 
Rhode Island Legal Services, Inc.; and Sansiveri, Kimball, and Company, 
LLP.
  In Richmond, VA, the winners are BDO USA, LLP; Bon Secours Richmond 
Health System; Capital One Financial Corporation, Rink and Vaco 
Richmond, LLC.
  In Rochester, MN, the winners are Cardinal of Minnesota, Ltd.; Custom

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Alarm/Custom Communications; First Alliance Credit Union; Intercultural 
Mutual Assistance Association; market; McGladrey; Rochester Area Family 
Y; Southeast Service Cooperative; Stanley Jones & Associates; 
University of Minnesota Rochester; and Winona State University 
Rochester.
  In Salt Lake City, UT, the winners are 1-800 CONTACTS, Inc.; Cafe Rio 
Mexican Grill; Christopherson Business Travel; CRSA; Deloitte LLP; 
Employer Solutions Group; Futura Industries; Intermountain Financial 
Group, LLC; Intermountain Healthcare; McKinnon-Mulherin, Inc.; Nelson 
Labs, Inc.; Software Technology Group; and Utah Food Services.
  In San Francisco, CA the winners are BDO USA, LLP and KPMG LLP.
  In Seattle, WA, the winners are Bader Martin, P.S.; BECU; Blue Gecko; 
Cascadia Consulting Group, Inc.; Deloitte LLP; EdLab Group; National 
CASA Association; nrg::seattle; People For Puget Sound; Peterson 
Sullivan LLP; Prolumina; Senior Services; SH Worldwide, LLC; Snohomish 
County Human Resources; Talaris Institute; Technology Services Company, 
Inc.; Washington State Hospital Association; and WithinReach.
  In Spokane, WA, the winners are Associated Industries of the Inland 
Northwest; CHRM Hill--Spokane; and Humanix Staffing and Recruiting.
  In the Twin Cities the winners are Carlson; Deloitte LLP; Dorsey & 
Whitney LLP; Ernst & Young; Health Dimensions Group; KPMG LLP; Mahoney, 
Ulbrich, Christiansen Russ PA; McGladrey; MRM Minneapolis; Spanlink 
Communications; and Western National Mutual Insurance Company.
  In Winona, MN, the winners are Catholic Charities of the Diocese on 
Winona; Mediascope, Inc.; Merchants Bank; Sport & Spine Physical 
Therapy of Winona Inc.; Thern Inc; and Winona Workforce Center.
  The At-large winners are BioPharm Systems, San Mateo, CA; Bon Secours 
Hampton Roads, Norfolk, VA; Center for Seabees & Facilities 
Engineering, Port Hueneme, CA; Cisco Systems Inc., San Jose, CA; cSubs, 
Ramsey, NJ; Executive Transport Detachment, Sigonella, Sigonella, 
Italy; FeatureTel LLC, Apex, NC; George Mason University--Fairfax 
campus, Fairfax, VA; J.A. Counter & Associates, Inc., New Richmond, WI; 
Machen, McChesney & Chastain, LLP, Auburn, AL; Marine Corps Recruit 
Depot San Diego, San Diego, CA; Merrick & Company, Albuquerque, NM; 
Merrick & Company, Oakridge, TN; Naval Aviation Forecast Detachment 
Sembach, Sembach, Germany; Naval Education and Training Command, 
Pensacola, FL; Naval Submarine Support Command Pearl Harbor, Pearl 
Harbor, HI; Pride Inc., Bismarck, ND; SiteCrafting, Inc., Tacoma, WA; 
State Farm Insurance, Austin, TX; Technomics, Inc., Arlington, VA; and 
USN Explosive Ordnance Disposal Training and Evaluation Unit TWO, 
Virginia Beach, VA.
  Companies with at-large winners in multiple cities are BDO USA, LLP; 
KPMG LLP; McGladrey; and Ryan, Inc.
  Again, I congratulate the 2010 winners of the Sloan awards and look 
forward to the ongoing recognition of this worthwhile 
initiative.

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