District of Columbia Government News (United States)

"Michael Hill’s research illustrates the importance of a bipartisan approach to rebuild our nation’s economy by stimulating job growth through the creation of new high-growth firms and by promoting entrepreneurship-friendly policies.

The economy is still in the toilet, the unemployment crisis drags on, foreclosures have decimated millions of lives, and there are protests from the right (Tea Party) and left (Occupy Wall St) over the way the powerful exploit the rest.

Few would argue the trajectory of the economy is anything other than bleak, but why? Is it because of public policy? The Federal Reserve? Entitlements? The growth of government? Our dependence on fossil fuels like foreign oil? Education? Healthcare?

Winvale accelerates its growth through the first in a series of strategic moves

The "Occupy Wall Street" movement is gaining steam because people know that blindly throwing money at the wealthy and powerful with no strings attached is at best a gamble on the hope that entrepreneurialism is actually philanthropy.

Twitter Town Hall Event With Latinos In Social Media (LATISM) To Kick-Off White House Hispanic Educational Excellence Week

Creative Investment Research, Inc. releases ratings of new Offices of Women and Minority Inclusion.

Long before the Internet was born, only one social networking tool existed: the business card.

GSA Consultancy delivers on market promise

Dictyon Language Services of Washington DC publishes GSA catalog detailing language courses and translation services.

Confirms plan to run in the upcoming Primary Election in April 2012

Few would argue that the trajectory of the economy is anything other than bleak, but why? Is it public policy? The Federal Reserve? Entitlements? The growth of government? Dependence on fossil fuels like foreign oil? Education? Healthcare?

Former senior aide to House Judiciary Committee Chairman Lamar Smith joins growing bipartisan firm as Senior Vice President

One of Tigerlily’s main events, held on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., is called The Annual Young Women’s Breast Health Day on Capitol Hill and Congressional Reception.

Unfortunately when most talking heads think of housing, they just thinks of the buying and selling of houses and miss entirely this economic vacuum that the housing collapse has left us with.

The TSA has begun testing "chat downs" before mandating them nationwide, even though they apparently lack statistical or scientific validity, while ignoring effective search enhancement techniques based upon well-established mathematical principles

Cigarette companies claiming that it's unconstitutional to require them to advise the public with graphic health warnings seem to forget that this is exactly what happened more than 40 years ago

McKenna Long & Aldridge LLP (MLA) is pleased to announce that Chuck McMullen and Tharon Johnson will join the firm’s Government Affairs practice in Atlanta.

McKenna Long & Aldridge LLP (MLA) is pleased to announce that Juanita Scarlett has joined the firm’s New York Government Affairs practice as a senior strategic advisor where she will advise clients on their public affairs objectives.

Experienced Expert Providing Tools to Conquer Real Debt, Savings, 401K and Understanding the Debt Ceiling.

Shonika Proctor, urban innovator and serial entrepreneur known for her groundbreaking work with teen entrepreneurs across the globe, recently spoke in the U.S. White House Urban Entrepreneurship Summit about her work in Chile and Latin America.

Ward 4 City Council Candidate, Keith Jarrell offers an insightful approach to what Ward 4 Economic Development will look when he is elected.

The discussion of taxes, deficits, the state and direction of the economy, so very little attention is ever given to this fundamental problem of the attrition of the productive population while the unproductive population is growing rapidly.

Leading Environmentally Conscious Asset Disposal Firm to Launch into Federal Marketplace

Miami, Fl/Atlanta, Ga- Tia Norfleet delivered the graduation commencement address on June 30, 2011 at New Generation Leadership & Workforce Institute.

The same law professor who has filed a sex discrimination complaint over Catholic University's move to all sex-segregated dorms just scored a major victory when Congress acquiesced by providing a female restroom adjacent to the House floor

Female House members will now enjoy the same easy access to restroom facilities adjacent to the House floor long enjoyed by their male counterparts, thanks to the filing of a sex discrimination complaint by a public interest law professor.

Although it has been weeks since Catholic University was put on notice that its plan to move to sex-segregated dormitories appeared to constitute sex discrimination, CU has just said that it moving ahead with its plans while it studies the complaint

The Transportation Safety Administration [TSA] has suggested it will begin focusing on individual passenger characteristics – sometimes called terrorism profiling – to increase the effectiveness of its screening in deterring terrorist incidents

The Two-Day Conference Will Bring Together Community Leaders And Government Officials For An In-Depth Look At Top Hispanic Issues

An administration which is concerned enough to issue official warnings about al-Quida's plans to surgically implant bombs in suicide passengers may want to reconsider its reluctance to adopt terrorist profiling, says legal expert

The administration's warning to governments and airlines that terrorists might attempt to board planes with explosives concealed in their bodies could accelerate a movement to engage in terrorist profiling, including religion and ethnicity

New studies address pressing industry issues such as prescriptive measures to thwart a "Flash Crash"; impacts of high-frequency trading; clearinghouse margins and systemic risk; as well as, DMA and the effects of algo trading on liquidity.

Former DC Political Candidate Larry T. Pretlow II, returns to Hip-Hop with all-new leaked single "Only 1"

McKenna Long & Aldridge LLP attorneys Bruce Brown and Todd Silliman helped secure a major victory for the state of Georgia in its long-running “water wars” litigation.

Jenny Martinez comes to LAC Group with a proven track record of recruiting, marketing and building client relationships in several fast-paced staffing agencies serving the Washington DC metro area.

Lino Lipinsky and David Fine, partners in the Denver office of national law firm McKenna Long & Aldridge LLP (MLA), have been appointed by Mayor-elect Michael Hancock to his transition team, DenverForward.

Texas has revived a bill that would make it illegal for TSA agents to engage in “intrusive touching” without probable cause, but the bill could be made stronger by using tort law now that courts have seemingly upheld suits against the agency,

On Tuesday, the Food and Drug Administration [FDA] will announce what the new enhanced warnings on cigarette packs will look like. A very recent comprehensive report provides the best available information for the media and others.

Five Black-owned banks have failed over the past 18 months. We will examine the future of Black Banking in the United States.

The Denver law office of McKenna Long & Aldridge LLP (MLA) has announced that Herbert Fenster, senior counsel in the firm’s nationally-recognized government contracts practice, has reached his 50th anniversary with the firm.

The IIHS provides vehicle ratings based upon several safety factors, and the federal government other safety ratings, but it's very difficult for potential car buyers to learn the one factor which might be more significant than any one of these

These twin releases of diversity relevant data are unprecedented and signal an accelerating Dodd-Frank Section 342 implementation schedule at both the Board and the regional Federal Reserve Banks.

President Obama to entertain a man that mutilated his wife and embezzled over $2 billion

While Texas's efforts to pass a law to fight groping by TSA employees may have been derailed by federal threats to shut down its air space, law suits based upon existing tort law theories have now been shown to be viable new weapons, says expert

It only took five days after the media hype of a 'permanent' opening of the Rafah border for Egyptian authorities to reinstate intensified restrictions on who can or cannot exit or enter Palestine.

The Acquisition Institute announces - Save up to $1000 on COTR Training for our August COTR Refresher Class in DC.

Live Broadcast Monday May 30, 2pm-4pm on The Pentagon Channel

Develop Culture announces their newest partner, Rossitza Ohridska-Olson, who will lead client UNESCO assistance and cultural tourism projects.

Millicent W. West, Director of the Homeland Security and Emergency Management Agency for the District of Columbia, discusses disaster planning for businesses and families on The Strategy Sessions Radio Show with Kesi Stribling on May 24.