District of Columbia Government News Archives

This item is a list of 35,000 employees of the District of Columbia at the end of December 2008, listing the name, job title, hire date, and salary of each.

Convicted sniper John Allen Muhammad will die by lethal injection when he is executed next month.

Cupboards at a soup kitchen near the White House will be spilling over for several days after a donation of fresh produce harvested Thursday from first lady Michelle Obama's vegetable garden.

By Catholic News Service WASHINGTON - The Washington Archdiocese said in written testimony Oct.

Andrew Warren, a CIA officer who has previously served in Afghanistan and Egypt, is assigned to the US embassy in Algeria.

Seven months after passage of the "stimulus" plan, 49 out of 50 states have lost jobs.

Robert J. Cabelly, 61, of Washington, D.C., has been indicted in the District of Columbia in an eight-count indictment charging him with conspiracy to violate the Sudanese sanctions regulations and to act as an unregistered agent of a foreign power, four counts of violating the Sudanese sanctions regulations, as well as one count apiece of money ...

President Barack Obama's daughters, Malia and Sasha, have received their swine flu shots.

Federal health officials are preparing a plan to study a bold new strategy to stop the spread of the AIDS virus: routinely testing virtually every adult in a community, and promptly treating those found to be infected.

District residents can receive a free vaccination for the H1N1 influenza based on priority categories.

Authorities say a man accused of selling underage girls for sex in the District of Columbia was the foster father of one of his victims.

Ohio cut more funding for its preschool programs than any other state this year, a report found.

Dr. Freda Bush spoke recently at an event in Washington, D.C. to recognize the work done by Pregnancy Resource Centers to help women who face unplanned pregnancy.

Bans on smoking in public and in workplaces can sharply reduce the number of heart attacks among both smokers and non-smokers, according to a report issued Thursday by the Institute of Medicine.

Labor Department statistics show the District of Columbia leads the nation in the percentage of jobs lost in September relative to population.

In September, 23 states saw jobless rates rise, government says. Michigan remains hardest hit at 15.3%. By Julianne Pepitone , CNNMoney.com staff reporter Map Where does your state rank? Americans everywhere are feeling the recession's pain - some more than others.

Four pharmaceutical companies have agreed to pay a combined $124 million to the federal-state Medicaid program, after they were accused by the government of paying inadequate rebates for drugs purchased by the program.

We don't need a crystal ball to see what healthcare will degenerate into as Big Government tightens the grip on its throat.

New Hampshire students were among the highest scorers in a national math assessment released yesterday.

Phoning while driving and texting behind the wheel are in the news. This is the highway safety issue of the moment, the subject of cartoons and, on a more serious side, the focus of US legislation.

Federal prosecutors revealed Friday that they will seek life imprisonment without possibility of parole for the man accused of murdering former intern Chandra Levy.

EPA released a report showing that more than 103 million Americans breathe cleaner air thanks to a cap and trade program that reduces smog-forming emission of Nitrogen Oxides .

Alabama and Mississippi rank near the bottom of the country in eighth grade mathematics.

Prosecutors are not backing down from pursuing an assault case against a New York solo practitioner who is accused of resisting two deputy U.S. marshals during an alleged skirmish in federal district court in Washington, D.C. The U.S. Attorney's Office for the District of Columbia this month secured a two-count superseding indictment against the ...

The District of Columbia has one of the highest STD rates in the country -- but now some health care professionals and patients are calling the city's efforts to control the epidemics disturbing.

California's state legislature seems to have come to the conclusion that banning firearms will not survive court challenges in the post Heller Federal Courts.

Twenty-nine men were in a District of Columbis court on Monday to plead "not guilty" to charges of unlawfully influencing the licensing and regulatory process for taxis in the District of Columbia.

On October 6, the Washington, D.C. City Council passed bill 18-345 on first reading.

California ranked 31st overall of the 50 states and the District of Columbia . The report examines 38 healthcare indicators grouped by access, avoidable hospital use and costs, equity and healthy lives and prevention and treatment.

WASHINGTON - When it comes to health care, Wisconsin is one of the best places to live in the nation, according to a new report released today.

The House on Sept. 23 approved a bill that would extend benefits by up to 13 weeks for jobless workers living in 27 states, plus the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico, that have unemployment rates of 8.5 percent or higher.

A group of middle-school students headed to the White House Wednesday for a night of stargazing in the company of a star - the president of the United States.

The District of Columbia has received its first doses of H1N1 flu vaccine. The Department of Health says officials now have 36,000 doses of the vaccine in nasal spray form.

For Oregon, the news means $506,527 will be allotted for ten beds in Eugene at Sponsors, Inc.

Even opponents say a gay marriage bill introduced in the nation's capital today seems nearly certain to pass.

Freedom won a big round Sept. 29 when Judge Rosemary M. Collyer slapped down federal commissars who are pushing a senseless and dangerous Medicare requirement.

Advocates who want the District of Columbia to have a voting member of Congress plan to plead their case on Capitol Hill.

Federal prosecutors say a former payroll worker stole $1.2 million dollars from the small Washington, D.C., law firm where she was employed.

Eight states and the District of Columbia don't have laws that specifically bar insurance companies from using domestic violence as a pre-existing condition to deny health coverage, according to a study from the National Women's Law Center.The states are Idaho, Mississippi, North Carolina, North Dakota, Oklahoma, South Carolina, South Dakota and ...

A short time ago I was stopped in traffic when a car behind me rammed into the rear end of my car.

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit recently heard oral argument in the case of Ord v. District of Columbia .

Yitbarek Syume, 51, of Silver Spring, Maryland, Berhane Leghese, 47, of Arlington, Virginia, and Amanuel Ghirmazion, 53, of Hyattsville, Maryland, were indicted on bribery charges on October 1, 2009, by a grand jury sitting in the United States District Court for the District of Columbia, announced Acting United States Attorney Channing D. Phillips ...

Maryland residents who send text messages while driving or break speed limits near schools and highway work zones will be facing fines under new laws taking effect this week.

Louisiana and Mississippi agencies get a total of nearly $2.2 million to help find uninsured children who are eligible for either of two programs, and enroll them.

JACKSON a ' HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius announced $40 million in grants to 69 grantees in 41 states and the District of Columbia to help them find and enroll children who are uninsured but eligible for either Medicaid or the Childrena TMs Health Insurance Program .