CALIFORNIA

Financial software provider BlackLine Systems, Los Angeles, was ranked No. 111 on Deloitte's Technology Fast 500 ranking of the 500 fastest-growing technology, media, telecommunications, life sciences and clean technology companies in North America. The 2011 rankings are based on percentage fiscal year revenue growth from 2006 to 2010; BlackLine grew nearly 1,000 percent during this period.

ILLINOIS

Thirty-four of the offices of BDO USA LLP received 2011 Alfred P. Sloan Awards for Business Excellence in Workplace Flexibility, which recognize companies that use flexibility as part of a workplace strategy to achieve business goals and benefit employees. This is the third consecutive year that more than 30 of BDO's offices have received the award.

MISSOURI

RubinBrown, St. Louis, released the 2011 edition of its annual Apartment Statistical Analysis, which pools data from 383 apartment projects in 27 states, representing operational data in 2010. The report is available here. 

NEW YORK

The global Ernst & Young organization was named a Vanguard Finance Management Consulting Practice in Kennedy Consulting Research & Advisory's Finance Management Consulting Marketplace 2011-2014 report.

WASHINGTON, D.C.

The Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration has moved to a new, smaller office 1401 H Street NW, Suite 469. The decline in space is in part due to the organization's commitment to telecommuting.

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