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The powers of the ANC system are enumerated by the DC Code § 1–207.38: May advise the District government on matters of public policy including decisions regarding planning, streets, recreation, social services programs, health, safety, and sanitation in that neighborhood commission area;
Mayor Marion Barry and Cable Commissioner William Lightfoot used funds from Public, educational, and government access and Corporation for Public Broadcasting to develop DCTV as a powerful tool for public benefit, giving DC residents the means to create television programming. It was launched in 1988 as a single cable channel streaming from a ...
The District of Columbia Board of Elections (BOE) is the independent agency of the District government responsible for the administration of elections, ballot access and voter registration. The BOE consists of three active board members, an executive director, a general counsel and a number of support staff who run the day-to-day operations of ...
Through the Metropolitan Washington Air Quality Committee, which is the entity certified by the mayor of Washington, D.C. and the governors of Maryland and Virginia to prepare an air-quality plan for the Washington metropolitan area under the federal Clean Air Act Amendments of 1990, [10] officials prepare clean air plans. [11]
Visitors are always welcome but prepared messages or forum discussions are not appropriate to the Meeting for Worship. A library located on the same floor as the Meeting Room contains an extensive selection of books, pamphlets and periodicals of historical and current interest on the Society of Friends and Quaker social concerns.
The DC Community Access Network (District of Columbia Community Access Network) (DC-CAN) is a 100 gigabit middle mile network [1] funded by the city of Washington, D.C. which will make broadband internet access available to over 250 health, educational, public safety, and other community anchor institutions.
The center was the principal site of the 2010 Nuclear Security Summit hosted by President Barack Obama. [7] On November 10, 2011, ground was broken on the 14-story Washington Marriott Marquis, a $520 million, four-star, 1,175-room "convention center headquarters hotel" with more than 100,000 square feet (9,300 m 2) of meeting room space. [8]
The cornerstone of the education initiatives is the David M. Rubenstein/Economic Club of Washington, D.C. Scholarship, which is awarded to college-bound graduates of DC public and public charter high schools. Over 50 scholars each receive $20,000 to cover costs over four years of college, totaling around $1 million in scholarships per year.