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NOAA Diversity in External Services Award Winner
Congratulations to Melis Ӧkter for receiving the first, annual NOAA Diversity in External Services Award. Melis is one of our coastal management specialists supporting our subcontract with NOAA’s Office for Coastal Management. This award recognizes Melis’ work establishing partnerships and networks to create a safe space to learn and share about diversity and equity issues. Melis provided information and resources, such as risk communication and nature-based solutions, from the client to underserved communities. In addition, Melis is a leader of diversity, equity, and inclusion within the National Estuarine Research Reserve System, whose staff work closely with local communities. A big congratulations to Melis on this well-deserved award!
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CSS Employee-Owners’ 2025 Holiday Give Back Exceeds Goal
On November 1, 2025, CSS team members launched a Holiday Give Back campaign supporting Sarge’s Animal Rescue Foundation based in Waynesville, NC. Sarge’s is a 100 percent donor-funded non-profit supporting overcrowded shelters, rescue and rehabilitation for homeless animals, spay/neuter programs, behavior training and socialization, food and supply distribution and so much more. CSS team members launched the campaign November 1 on social media, giving CSS…
CSS Announces New Strategic Partnerships for Civil and Commercial Markets
CSS Inc. proudly announces new strategic partnerships aimed at addressing growing markets in Low Earth Orbit (LEO) and lunar environments. These partnerships are designed to build a team of complementary capabilities in response to opportunities from NASA’s $478 million Research, Engineering & Mission Integration Services-2 (REMIS-2) contract, for which CSS was selected in 2023. Together…
Expanding Our Offshore Wind Team
We’ve recently added several staff to bolster the offshore wind team at NOAA’s National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science. With this full team of 13, our employee owners are able to provide more focused support in their areas of expertise, including mapping and spatial modeling, data collection, communications, project management, and partner engagement. Through this…