General Physics to Provide Training to the Homeland Defense Equipment Reuse Program.Business Editors COLUMBIA, Md.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 10, 2002 General Physics Corporation (GP), a subsidiary of GP Strategies Corporation (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange :GPX GPX - Early system on UNIVAC II. Listed in CACM 2(5):16 (May 1959). ), has been selected to provide training and technical support to the Homeland Defense Equipment Reuse (HDER) Pilot Program, a joint initiative of the U.S. Department of Justice, Office of Justice Programs, Office for Domestic Preparedness (ODP ODP - Open Distributed Processing ), and the Department of Energy, Office of Assets Utilization, National Center of Excellence for Materials Recycle. The goal of the HDER Program is to enhance the domestic preparedness capability of the nationwide network of emergency responder agencies by providing surplus radiological detection instrumentation and equipment, as well as training. GP will continue to provide on-site training to designated emergency responders as part of their existing services to ODP's Domestic Preparedness Equipment Technical Assistance Program (DPETAP DPETAP Domestic Preparedness Equipment Technical Assistance Program ). DPETAP provides detailed technical information and equipment operation and maintenance training to assist Emergency Responders throughout the country to more effectively select, use, and maintain the detection equipment used in response to a weapons of mass destruction Weapons that are capable of a high order of destruction and/or of being used in such a manner as to destroy large numbers of people. Weapons of mass destruction can be high explosives or nuclear, biological, chemical, and radiological weapons, but exclude the means of transporting or (WMD WMD white muscle disease. ) incident. In the first 24 months of operation, GP Mobile Technical Assistance Teams traveled to 76 participating jurisdictions providing 1,052 courses with a throughput of over 16,624 students. In support of the new HDER program, GP will be initially be providing courses to first responders in the ten largest metropolitan areas in the nation. About GP GP is the principal operating subsidiary An operating subsidiary is a business term frequently used within the United States railroad industry. In the case of a railroad, it refers to a company that is a subsidiary but operates with its own identity and rolling stock. of GP Strategies Corporation (NYSE:GPX). GP is a global provider of training, e-Learning solutions, management consulting Noun 1. management consulting - a service industry that provides advice to those in charge of running a business service industry - an industry that provides services rather than tangible objects and engineering services, improving the effectiveness of organizations by customizing solutions to meet the specific needs of clients. Clients include Fortune 500 companies, manufacturing, process and energy industries, and other commercial and government customers. Additional information about GP may be found at www.gpworldwide.com. The forward-looking statements contained herein reflect management's current views with respect to future events and financial performance. These forward-looking statements are subject to certain risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from those in the forward-looking statements, all of which are difficult to predict and many of which are beyond the control of General Physics Corporation, including but not limited to the future success of General Physics Corporation's business strategy and anticipated future results and the risks and uncertainties detailed in GP Strategies' periodic reports and registration statements filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission. |
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