Every year around the holiday season, we all get in the giving spirit. You put your spare change in a bucket, get an extra gift for a loved one, maybe even bake some cookies for someone. Well, at DLT Solutions, the holiday spirit gets kicked up a few notches in the form of our annual Toys for Tots Competitive Toy Drive. If you aren’t familiar with the Toys for Tots program, it is a great foundation run by the Marines to benefit underprivileged children. The goal is simple: bring in as many toys a possible. At DLT, we of course take it to another level.

Parkinson's disease is a neurodegenerative disorder of unknown cause that affects nearly 5 million individuals. While the average age at onset is 60 and the disorder affects one in 100 people over the age of 60, people have been diagnosed as young as 18. DLT Solutions knows firsthand the impact Parkinson’s disease can have on an individual and his or her loved ones. That’s why the DLT Foundation is proud to support the Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson’s Research (MJFF). The DLT Foundation focuses on making strategic investments to meet the most critical needs in our communities.

What do rodents, beer, pizza, coins and infectious disease have in common? Nothing, right? Well at DLT, they do. No, we don’t have rats running around the office. We are also clear of infectious disease. The above was just one of 24 clues for the fourth annual DLT Race for the Cup Scavenger Hunt. The DLT Social Committee invented The DLT Race for the Cup a few years ago as a social, team building activity, and it has quickly become one the most anticipated events at DLT Solutions.

The Symantec Government Symposium 2010 is here! The year’s event is packed full with great keynote speakers, breakout sessions, and more. The event is held every year at the Ronald Reagan Building and International Trade Center, and features the best and brightest in the Symantec community. With the federal IT community as the main audience, the Symposium features great topics and discussion that makes the Federal IT customer so unique. This year is no different, with topics ranging from “the Cloud” to IT Consolidation.

Think way back to elementary school for a few seconds. What was the best part of the day? That’s easy. Recess. That hour-long break was the best part of any school day. The fresh air, the playground, and the best part of all – kickball. Flash forward to present day now. Kickball is making a comeback in a big way. Here in the DC area in the spring time, the National Mall is filled with kickball games every night. Baseball fields around the area are now kickball fields.

Growing up, Greg Lauter was never the kid with the lemonade stand on the corner: He was the one who developed the logo and the sign (and the brand) for the lemonade stand.

For those of you who follow my blog, you’re used to seeing topics regarding imagery and software and how their integration assists federal agencies, AEC firms and first responders.  Today I am writing about something far more important – the loss of a good man.  On May 18, 2010, Col.

Where’s the Dirt at DLT? I’ll bet that most people don’t often think about dirt. For most of us, the only dirt we experience on a daily basis is what’s happening in Hollywood with the latest celebrity antics and what we need to wash off potatoes before baking them. There isn’t much of a connection to where and how our food grows before it reaches the supermarket in nice, neat little packages. Baby carrots, anyone? I recently talked with DLT’s very own David Masembwa about his dirt.

Yes we can – Recycling for Charity Now more than ever, it is important for individuals and companies to be both environmentally and socially responsible.

"In many of the more relaxed civilizations on the Outer Eastern Rim of the Galaxy, the Hitchhiker's Guide has already supplanted the great Encyclopaedia Galactica as the standard repository of all knowledge and wisdom, for though it has many omissions and contains much that is apocryphal, or at least wildly inaccurate, it scores over the older, more pedestrian work in two important respects. First, it is slightly cheaper; and secondly it has the words DON'T PANIC inscribed in large friendly letters on its cover." -- Douglas Adams, Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy I