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March 2023: Information Systems Solutions has always been an environmentally conscious company, and when the Montgomery County Chamber Community Foundation (of which our CEO is on the Board of Directors) created a “Green” Certification program that became adopted by Montgomery County, we quickly became certified. We’re now taking further steps to show our commitment. We contacted a company which specializes in carbon footprint determination and they consolidated key information about our corporate carbon footprint into relevant scopes and categories in line with the GHG Corporate Protocol.  This report is our baseline, and our goal is to reduce our overall carbon emissions footprint by 2%. Read our 2022 report here.Read our 2023 report here.  

January 2022:In honor of our company’s Founder, Robert Buran, President, whose hometown is Iron River Wisconsin, ISS has chosen to donate the funds needed by the local Veteran’s Park to place benches along the trail that will connect the memorials for each conflict our military have served and sacrificed fighting. Learn more about Across the Pond Veteran’s Park. Press Release:  ACROSS THE POND VETERANS PARK RECEIVES DONATION   An Iron River native, Robert Buran (Bob or Bobby to his friends and family here), through his company, Information Systems Solutions, Inc. (ISS), has donated the funds needed to place benches along the quarter mile pedestrian trail at the park.  Bob and Linda Houk, CEO of ISS, are both retired career US Air Force officers.  When asked what focus she wants their company to be credited, Linda said that “We support the war-fighter”.  ISS is providing real time information and intelligence to military

February 2020: The Montgomery County Chamber of Commerce (MCCC), of which our CEO Linda Houk is on the Board of Directors, hosted Maryland Governor Larry Hogan for a conversation regarding the Governor’s policy priorities, as well as the current state of Maryland’s business climate.

December 2019 - Maryland Women's Business Center's selected Linda Houk, CEO...

November 2019 - CEO Linda Houk graduated from the SBA's Emerging Leaders Program.

November 2019 - ISS selected to represent one of three Mentor Protégé Teams at the Conference.

October 2019 - Linda Houk, CEO, is an instructor for the National Veterans Institute for Procurement (VIP).

July 2019 - Proud Sponsor of the Veteran Institute for Procurement Golf Tournament Fundraiser.

March 2019 - Terry Norling Honored as Valor Award Recipient.