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Sanitary sewer line project to protect Washington County waterway
A $2.6 million, 20-year loan from PennVest, the state's Infrastructure Investment Authority, will enable the Burgettstown-Smith Joint Sewer Authority to lay sanitary sewer lines to protect a Washington County waterway from sewage ...
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Obama to nominate Archuleta for Office of Personnel Management
Barack Obama announced his intent Thursday to nominate Katherine Archuleta as director of the Office of Personnel Management, a statement said. If confirmed, Archuleta will be the first Latina to head the agency, the White House statement noted. Archuleta served as national political director of Obama for America in 2011-12 and was chief of staff at the U.S. Labor Department from ...
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UPDATE 1-Pentagon sees slight drop in F-35 acquisition costs -sources
Thu May 23, 2013 3:19pm EDT WASHINGTON May 23 (Reuters) - The Pentagon's annual report to Congress shows a decline of $4.5 billion, or just over 1 percent, in the projected development and acquisition cost of the Lockheed Martin Corp F-35 fighter jet program, sources familiar with the data said on Thursday. The U.S. Defense Department now projects the cost of developing and building the new ...
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White House Fact Sheet on Counterterrorism Policy
Fact Sheet: U.S. Policy Standards and Procedures for the Use of Force in Counterterrorism Operations Outside the United States and Areas of Active Hostilities Since his first day in office, President Obama has been clear that the United States will use all available tools of national power to protect the American people from the terrorist threat posed by al-Qa’ida and its associated ...
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Video Washington man arrested following ricin letter scare
A 37-year-old Washington state man was arrested Wednesday in a case involving the discovery of a pair of letters containing the deadly poison ricin. Authorities say one of the letters was sent to a federal ...
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Freak snow cancels school in small Washington town
BICKLETON, Wash. — A freak snowstorm in May gave students a surprise day off on Wednesday in the Cascades town of Bickleton. Ten to 12 inches fell overnight within a 5- or 6-mile radius in the Klickitat County community at an elevation of about 3,000 feet. "You go down the hill and get out of it," schools Superintendent Ric Palmer said of the snow. The heavy snow brought down ...
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Coded goal RG3 still aiming for Redskins opener
Robert Griffin III says he cried after his knee surgery and changed his cellphone passcode to the date of the Washington Redskins season opener as he began his rehabilitation ...
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Boehner House wont be stampeded on immigration by White House
House Speaker John Boehner says that while good work has been done in the Senate on an immigration plan, the House will not be rushed into approving ...
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Woman cut from car after Washington Township wreck
Emergency personnel evaluate the scene after extricating the victim of a car accident at the intersection of Wilma Drive and Route 380 in Washington Township on Thursday, May 23, ...
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One Pinned in Garage Collapse
Officials say at least one construction worker was pinned inside a garage at the Westfield Montgomery Mall in Bethesda that collapsed Thursday ...
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Oklahoma tornado victims allowed to return to their damaged homes
A tent is pitched on a property as rescue workers search through debris in Moore, Oklahoma on May 22, 2013. A destructive tornado tore through the city on May 20. UPI/J.P. ...
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Fixing D.C.s tax code the subject of upcoming hearing
Maybe you have an idea or 50 about how to improve D.C.s tax policy. Now is the time to write those up. The D.C. Tax Revision Commission will hold a public hearing next month to receive public testimony on how to make the Districts tax code more fair and more competitive. The commission, led by former Mayor Anthony Williams, is looking for ideas on how to modernize and simplify the code, provide ...
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D.C. home values tripled in two decades
When stacked against states, no state comes close to long-term appreciation of home values in the District, where prices have nearly tripled in the last 22 years. Data from the Federal Housing Finance Agency says median home prices in D.C. are up 293.4 percent since 1991. That's more than three times the national average. Every state shows healthy gains over that same period, with Ohio at ...
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Michael Chasen finally explains how SocialRadar works
SocialRadar founder Michael Chasen At long last, Michael Chasen former Blackboard CEO and current chief of SocialRadar very publicly explains what his new startup does. Here's Chasen, being interviewed this week at the CTIA 2013 expo in Las Vegas. First, the why: Today there's over 1 billion smartphones in the world, and a smartphone for all intents and purposes is a location beacon ...
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Coded Goal RG3 Still Aiming for Redskins Opener
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The IRS as political tool It started with the Kennedy White House
Republicans are getting tripped up by the media when challenged about evidence of President Obama's personal involvement in the IRS scandal. Rep. Dave Camp of Michigan, who chairs the House committee looking into the IRS, "admitted there was no evidence" linking Obama to the IRS scandal, as MSNBC described his appearance on NBC's "Meet the Press." Camp said, ...
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Panel rejects Pentagons request for base closings
The House Armed Services readiness subcommittee passed a bill Thursday rejecting the Obama administration's request for more domestic base ...
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Food Photo Spotlight New Restaurants In D.c.
courtesy of Yelp! , of some recently opened D.C. restaurants. Bon Apptit! *If you're on our iPad app click the VIDEO button to view this ...
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MPD Arrest Made In Connection With Drive-By Shootings Help Needed Locating Additional Suspect
Andrew Davon Allen, 19, of Southeast DC, Arrested in connection with 1200 block North Capitol Street NW drive-by shootings; Keith Deangelo Bobb ...
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New Washington ag director seeks farmer input
Matthew Weaver /Capital Press Washington Agriculture Director Bud Hover addresses the Washington Grain Commission meeting May 22 in ...
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Maryland gaming commission to examine Penn Nationals spin off plans
Artist's rendering of proposed casino that Penn National Gaming wants to build at Rosecroft Raceway in Prince George's County. A member of the Maryland Lottery and Gaming Control Commission said Thursday he wants the commission to take a closer look at plans by Penn National Gaming Inc. to create a separate company that would own 19 of its casinos, including Hollywood Casino ...
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No pay raise for Washington governor this year
OLYMPIA, Wash. — Washington Gov. Jay Inslee and most statewide elected officials and lawmakers won't get a pay raise this year, but judges will see a salary hike. The Washington Citizen's Commission on Salaries for Elected Officials adopted a salary schedule Wednesday. A spokeswoman for Inslee, Jaime Smith, told The Olympian ( http://bit.ly/10U0Dwa) a freeze is appropriate as ...
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Bill would enable DOD to continue IT employee exchange program
A bill proposed Wednesday would continue the Information Technology Exchange Pilot program that enables the Defense Department to send IT employees to private sector organizations and vice versa, Nextgov reports. Reps. Derek Kilmer, D-Wash., and Jim Bridenstine, R-Okla., introduced the legislation, which gives the military access to the most up-to-date private sector talent and technology. The ...
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Katherine Archuleta nominated as next OPM director
John Berry's successor as director of the Office of Personnel Management will be nominated by President Obama on Thursday, Federal News Radio reports. Archuleta served as chief of staff for the Labor Department until 2011, when she left to be the national political director for the Obama re-election campaign. She also worked as a senior policy adviser for the mayor of ...
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GSA announces governmentwide purchase agreement to consolidate wireless service
The General Services Administration has signed a blanket purchase agreement with four telecommunications companies to consolidate its wireless service plans and centralize management, FedScoop reports. AT&T Inc., Sprint Nextel Corp., T-Mobile USA Inc. and Verizon Communications Inc. are part of the agreement, which could bring approximately $300 million in savings over the next five years, ...
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