It has nine regional offices around the country and runs a training center in Ashburn, Virginia.

The Safety Board maintains a training academy in Ashburn, Virginia, where it conducts courses for its employees and professionals in other government agencies, foreign governments or private companies, in areas such as general accident investigation, specific elements of investigations like survival factors or human performance, or related matters like family affairs or media relations.

This led to the advent of the " Whiz Kids ," led by a lineup of young players developed by the Phillies ' farm system that included future Hall of Famers Richie Ashburn and Robin Roberts.

Though Ashburn and Roberts were gone, younger pitchers Art Mahaffey, Chris Short, and rookie Ray Culp ; veterans Jim Bunning and screwballer Jack Baldschun ; and fan favorites Cookie Rojas, Johnny Callison, and NL Rookie of the Year Richie Allen brought the team within a hairsbreadth of the World Series in 1964 after strong showings in 1962 and 1963.

The following inductees have also been elected to the Philadelphia Sports Hall of Fame: Richie Ashburn, Steve Carlton, Robin Roberts, Mike Schmidt, broadcaster Harry Kalas, Grover Cleveland Alexander, Del Ennis, Chuck Klein, Ed Delahanty, Larry Bowa, Tug McGraw, and Dick Allen.

Its headquarters and training facility are at Redskins Park in Ashburn, Virginia.

The largest exchange points in the world are DE-CIX in Frankfurt, AMS-IX in Amsterdam, LINX in London, the Moscow Internet Exchange, Equinix Ashburn in Washington D. C., and JPNAP in Tokyo.

MCI, Inc. ( d / b / a Verizon Business ) is an American telecommunications subsidiary of Verizon Communications that is headquartered in Ashburn, Virginia.

* Ashburn, Virginia, unincorporated area in Loudoun County.

Don Richard " Richie " Ashburn ( March 19, 1927 – September 9, 1997 ), also known by the nicknames, " Putt-Putt ", " The Tilden Flash ", and " Whitey " due to his light-blond hair, was an American center fielder in Major League Baseball.

The following year Ashburn displayed his fielding skill on the national stage in the All-Star Game at Tiger Stadium in Detroit.

The Associated Press reported, " Richie Ashburn, fleet footed Philadelphia Phillies outfielder, brought the huge Briggs Stadium crowd of 52, 075 to its feet with a brilliant leaping catch in the sixth inning to rob Wertz of a near homer.

Ashburn caught the ball in front of the right centerfield screen 400 feet distant after a long run.

Ashburn was a singles hitter rather than a slugger, accumulating over 2, 500 hits in 15 years against only 29 home runs.

Ashburn accumulated the most hits ( 1, 875 ) of any batter during the 1950s.

During an August 17, 1957, game, Ashburn hit a foul ball into the stands that struck spectator Alice Roth, wife of Philadelphia Bulletin sports editor, Earl Roth, breaking her nose.

When play resumed Ashburn fouled off another ball that struck her while she was being carried off in a stretcher.

Ashburn was traded to the Chicago Cubs following the 1959 season for three players.

Anticipating a future career behind a microphone, Ashburn sometimes conducted a post-game baseball instruction clinic at Wrigley Field for the benefit of the youngsters in the WGN-TV viewing audience.

Ashburn was drafted by the expansion New York Mets for the 1962 season.

One oft-told story is that on short flies to center or left-center, center fielder Ashburn would collide with shortstop Elio Chacón.

To remedy matters teammate Joe Christopher taught Ashburn to say " Yo la tengo ," Spanish for " I ’ ve got it.

In his last five seasons Ashburn played for the 8th-place Phillies, the 7th-place Cubs, and the 10th place Mets.

Starting in 1963 Ashburn became a radio and TV color commentator for his original big-league team, the Phillies.

Ashburn worked with these two future winners of the Ford C. Frick Award for the next few years.

Saam retired in 1976, and Ashburn continued working with Kalas for the next two decades, the two becoming best friends.

Kalas often referred to Ashburn as " His Whiteness ", a nickname Kalas would use for the rest of his life for the man he so openly adored.

Ashburn also regularly wrote for The Philadelphia Bulletin and, later, The Philadelphia Daily News.

Each year the Phillies present the Richie Ashburn Special Achievement Award to " a member of the organization who has demonstrated loyalty, dedication and passion for the game.

Ashburn was well known for his dry humor as a broadcaster.

Ruben Amaro, Jr., current general manager of the Phillies and son and namesake of Rubén Amaro, Sr., Phillies shortstop from the sixties and coach, co-founded the Richie Ashburn Foundation, which provides free baseball camp for 1, 100 underprivileged children in the Delaware Valley and awards grants to area schools and colleges.

Ashburn is noted for its peanuts and a Fire Ant festival.

The city was named for the early settler W. W. Ashburn, who purchased a portion of the future town site for ten dollars.

* Richie Ashburn, Major League Baseball player, member of the Baseball Hall of Fame, outfielder and longtime broadcaster for the Philadelphia Phillies

When Ashburn went for a catch, he would scream, " I got it!

Behind center field is Ashburn Alley, named after Phillies Hall of Fame center fielder Richie Ashburn, who played for the team from 1948 to 1959 and was a Phillies broadcaster from 1963 until his death in 1997.

Ashburn Alley is named for the slightly-overgrown grass which bordered the third base line at Shibe Park where Ashburn was famous for laying down bunts that stayed fair.

It is seen by Phillies fans as a compromise between the Phillies and their fans, many of whom wanted Citizens Bank Park named in honor of Ashburn.

The Ashburn area serves as a home to many schools such as Carroll Elementary School, Dawes Elementary School, Durkin Park Elementary School, Stevenson Elementary School, Lionel Hampton Fine & Performing Arts School, Owens Scholastic Academy, and William J. Bogan High School.

The Frank D. Ashburn Chapel is considered by many as the heart of the school.

Concurrently, the Phillies were being transfused with young blood, bringing to the majors many of the players who would become the Whiz Kids: Robin Roberts, Richie Ashburn, Del Ennis, Granny Hamner, Willie Jones, Curt Simmons, Bubba Church and others.