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- 'A Whole Different World': D.C. Cannabis Businesses Rush To Open Under New Law Washington
- 'Fired D.C. government whistleblower wins $3.4 million judgment against city.'
- 'It's Not Getting Any Better': Contractions
- ‘It’s Not Done’: Bowser Still Pushing To Keep Teams In D.C. But Voices Disappointment
- ’ Maryland looks to modernize government
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- $29M Forfeiture Sheds Light On How Drug Money Infiltrates Commercial Real Estate
- 000 Free Computers
- 000 Grant Opportunity to Enhance Water Quality
- 000 in Grant Funding for Small
- 000 New Housing Units To D.C.
- 000 Vacant Properties
- 000 Women for Angela Alsobrooks Dinner
- 000 Women for Angela Alsobrooks Prince George's County Executive
- 000th Boots to Business Entrepreneurship Course Graduate
- 10th Annual SDDD Vendor Appreciation Event
- 11 DC-area billionaires on new Forbes 400 list (12 if you count Bezos)
- 1st Ever HUBZone Industry Awards Gala by HUBZone Contractors National Council
- 2 Prince George’s towns fight over massive redevelopment project
- 2019 9:30am - 12:30pm
- 2019 COUNTY EXECUTIVE'S SMALL BUSINESS SUMMIT
- 2019 from 9:00 AM to 3:00 PM
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- 2020 "Ice" to See You Reception with Angela Alsobrooks
- 2020 Mind Merging Summit Virtual Women's Conference
- 2021 Annual Alsobrooks Family BBQ and Official Re-Election Campaign Kick-Off
- 2021 Forbes Small Business Summit
- 2021 MILCON Contracting Summit
- 2021 State of the County Address
- 2022 Disadvantaged Business Enterprise Virtual Networking Event District Department of Transportation
- 2022 End Of Summer Bash! by Maryland Innovation Center
- 2022 For(bes) The Culture Culturally Accountable Summit
- 2022 MILCON Contracting Summit
- 2022 Small Business Symposium
- 2022 Virtual Women's Conference
- 2023 City of Baltimore Procurement Conference
- 2023 Spring Soiree - Federal Govt Contractors Networking Event
- 2023 Summer Soiree - Federal Govt Contractors Networking Event
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- 2024 Governor's Minority & Small Business Outreach Summit November 19
- 2024 Small Business Contracting Conference & Expo
- 2025 AMERICAN SMALL BUSINESS CONTRACTING SUMMIT
- 2025 Defense Industry Forecast
- 2025 DEFENSE OUTLOOK SUMMIT
- 20th Annual 2023 Spring Breakfast Meeting/Business Showcase Expo
- 300-Unit Redevelopment Of Former Airport In Prince George's County
- 4th Annual (Virtual!) 1
- 50th Birthday Virtual Masquerade Party for County Executive Angela Alsobrooks
- 52% Of Federal Office Leases Can Be Terminated By End Of Trump's Term
- 59th Annual National Seminar on Government Contracts
- 5th Annual Alsobrooks Family BBQ
- 6 organic growth killers crippling contractors
- 7th Annual BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES & ENTREPRENEURIAL TRAINING
- 8 habits that push your customers away
- 9AM – 12:30PM
- 9th Annual B2G Matching Conference & Small Business Expo Online
- A ‘side hustle’ can be a way to try out a new business idea before jumping in all the way
- A Briefing on the Carillon Project In Largo
- A grant program for Black women business owners is discriminatory
- a Revitalization of the 7(j) Training Program to Enhance Small Disadvantaged Business Contract Readiness
- A Salute to Maryland's Black Women Legislators
- A thriving Black woman-owned cannabis business meets suburban resistance
- Accenture captures $1.6B Air Force cloud contract
- Accenture Federal Services Wins $1.6B Air Force Cloud Contract
- Accenture's federal arm wins $789M Navy cyber contract
- Administrator Guzman Announces Transformation of Customer Experience for Federal Contracting Certifications
- ADVANCING ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY for BLACK ENTREPRENEURS
- Air Force opens $12.5B network modernization vehicle up for bids
- Air Force raises ceiling on multi-award transformation support contract
- Air Force starts the bidding for $750M CENTCOM support contract
- allegedly bribing Qatari official
- alleging fraud
- Alliant 3's final solicitation hits the streets
- America’s Seed Fund Road Tours Coming to 16 States and Territories to Engage Entrepreneurs Creating Cutting-Edge Technologies
- American Small Business Contracting Summit
- AMEX to Cohost ChallengeHER Government Contracting Education Initiative for Women Entrepreneurs in Arizona and Maryland
- AMEX to Cohost Education Initiative for Women Entrepreneurs This Fall
- Amid budget ‘crisis
- An Intimate Networking Space with Government Leaders FOR CEO'S AND GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS
- ANALYGENCE Wins Spot on $125M NIST Contract
- and create good-paying jobs as part of Investing in America agenda
- and Entrepreneurship Federal Advisory Committee
- and that includes small businesses. Here’s what to know
- and Virginia Governments!
- and Women Business Invites you to attend the Morning Masters: “Wealth Creation in the African American Community” Breakfast for Entrepreneurs
- Angela Alsobrooks’ Riverdale Park event / U.S. Senate race
- Angela's 49th Birthday Celebration - Party with a Purpose!
- Announces FY23 Lending to Women-Owned Businesses
- appeals court rules
- Appeals court rules potential subcontractors can file protests too
- Are you a Cash App user? You may be eligible for a piece of this $15 million settlement
- Are you financially prepared for retirement?
- Army CECOM starts work on audit readiness contract
- Army chooses bundling to recompete billions in professional services
- Army lets one protester back in for $10B IT product competition
- Army lifts curtains on planned $1B software development contract
- Army moves toward second solicitation for $4B in R&D services recompetes
- Army mulls bundling billions in professional services
- Army starts to create SATCOM-as-a-service contract
- Army unveils draft for $10B software development competition
- Army unveils second solicitation for $4B in R&D recompetes
- Army unveils structure of bundled professional services
- Army's $365M contract cancellation sparks court battle
- As part of Biden-Harris Investing in America agenda
- Ashkenazy Plans 2.4M SF Redevelopment Of D.C. Shopping Center
- August DC Mayor's Office of Veterans Affairs Monthly Roundtable
- Baltimore City Capital Improvement Program Public Information Session
- Baltimore engagement leadership team info session
- Bank Coalition Pledge Billions to Underserved Businesses
- Bats
- Battle renews over $356M Veterans Affairs records contract
- Biden administration pledges to help agencies offload more federal buildings
- Biden seeks more than $500M for customer experience in 2025 budget
- Biden to close federal agencies Jan. 9 for Carter day of mourning
- Biden unveils $4.9B in big-ticket infrastructure grants
- Biden-Harris Administration announces $2 billion for cleaner construction projects to tackle the climate crisis
- Biden-Harris Administration Announces New Rule to Increase Economic Opportunity for Returning Citizens
- Biden-Harris Administration Announces Record $3 Billion in Lending to Latino-Owned Small Businesses
- Biden-Harris Administration Announces Significant Increase in Lending to Black-Owned Small Businesses
- Biden-Harris Administration Awards Record-Breaking $178 Billion in Federal Procurement Opportunities to Small Businesses
- Biden-Harris Administration Awards Record-Breaking $183B in Federal Contracts to Small Businesses
- Biden-Harris Administration Expands Access to Capital for Underserved Small Businesses Through Mission-Based Lenders
- Biden-Harris Administration Finalizes Rule to Lower Costs for Small Businesses
- Biden-Harris Administration Opens SBA Loan Programs to New Green Lenders to Help Small Businesses Meet Climate Goals
- Biden-Harris Administration Takes Historic Step in Expanding Access to Capital and Filling Lending Gaps in Underserved Communities
- Biden-Harris Small Business Boom Continues with Historic 18 Million New Business Applications Filed
- Big changes to how you buy and sell a home go now in effect: What you need to know
- Black Tech Nation Ventures vows to help startups with marginalized founders thrive after closing $50 million inaugural fund
- Black-owned businesses were hammered by the pandemic. How did this one grow?
- Bonding $2.8B in Contracts to Small Businesses
- Booz Allen agrees to pay $15.9M settlement over subcontractor’s fraud scheme
- Booz Allen has best fiscal year since going public — and it’s still hiring
- Bowie Business Recovery Roundtable
- Bowser Claims Victory On Goal Of Adding 36
- Bowser Taps Nina Albert To Lead D.C.’s Economic Development
- Bowser's Budget Cuts Affordable Housing Funds
- BREAKING: SEC Terminates Deal To Build A New Headquarters In NoMa
- Build Prince George's
- Business boom: Record numbers of people are starting up new small businesses
- Business Development Opps Thru US SBA Contracting Programs of 8a & HUBZone
- Business Expo and Procurement Networking Opportunity at MGM National Harbor
- business owners look to family and even crowdsourcing to get money to grow
- But What Are They Doing With Their Real Estate?
- but will work for it
- CACI buys Fairfax IT firm Azure Summit Technology for $1.3 billion
- CACI Wins $1.3B Contract to Provide Communications
- Cannabis agency head out following bombshell report
- Capture Management: The Art of Capturing Government Contracts
- CBE ALL THINGS GREEN PROPOSALS COST ESTIMATION TRAINING - IN PERSON
- CEOs charged with top Navy admiral fight U.S. bribery allegations
- CGI books $83M contract to modernize Virginia child support systems
- CGI Wins $378M Contract with State Department for Passport Application Processing
- Classified Contracts: The Facility Clearance Process & Expectations
- Clean Water Partnership Contractor Recruitment Workshop
- Cocktails & Contracts (Construction/Contracting)
- Cocktails & Contracts (Creatives)
- Commanders file plans to turn Loudoun County practice facility into data centers — but no time soon
- COMMENTARY: Contractors embrace Trump's potential to modernize procurement
- COMMENTARY: Why the quality of your customer relationship matters
- Comments Print Story Send to friend Contact Us Baltimore County Public Schools Meet The Primes Virtual Event
- Community Conversation with the County Executive
- Community Partnership Grant (CPG)
- Congress finally approves spending budget
- consider expulsion
- conspiracy charges
- Construction Industry Day
- Contractors face greater scrutiny from anti-DEI executive orders
- Council committee backs expulsion of Ward 8's White
- County Executive Elrich Releases Recommended FY25-30 Capital Improvement Program and Recommended FY 25 Capital Budget
- County Executive Elrich: ‘Make Montgomery County More Like Fairfax County’
- Court dashes hopes for second chance at $1.5B Commerce IT vehicle
- Court rejects protests over $450M DHS BPA awards
- Court sets January 2026 trial date for Trayon White
- Crackdown On Unlicensed Cannabis Shops Triggers Alarm For Landlords
- Crowdfunding Loans with DSLBD's DC Kiva Hub
- Cyberattacks are on the rise
- D.C. AG sues landlord for ‘horrendous’ conditions in subsidized housing scheme
- D.C. Area Sees Slowest Quarter Of New Apartment Construction Since 2010
- D.C. Council to investigate White amid bribery allegations
- D.C. cuts ties with contractor guilty of giving bribes.
- D.C. Launches Task Force To Reimagine Chinatown
- D.C. Mayor Bowser’s approval rating drops
- D.C. Small Business Expo 2023
- D.C. Small Business Fair: Launch
- D.C. To Purchase Capital One Arena For $88M
- D.C. Waldorf Astoria — Trump's Former Hotel — Scheduled For Foreclosure Auction
- D.C.'s Historic Crime Wave Is Scaring Away Office Tenants And Retailers
- D.C.’s Inspector General is Investigating a Troubled Agency’s Contract with Former City Administrator Robert Bobb
- D.C.’s No. 2 Buildings Official Resigns After Being Caught With Secret Freddie Mac Job
- D.C.Cannabis
- D.C.Hotel
- D9 Coalition for Civic Engagement Small Business Series presents: Obtaining State and Federal Contracts
- databases
- DBE
- DC among top ranked in nation for cities seeing surge in women business owners
- DC Buys: Reverse Vendor Trade Fair 2019 Office of Contracting and Procurement Friday
- DC consumers were bilked out of $13M in 2023. Here’s how scammers made their money
- DC Council gives initial OK to Capital One Arena deal
- DC Council releases investigative report on Trayon White
- DC Department of Small and Local Business Development Open House 2020
- DC files lawsuit against home renovation company Curbio
- DC has 88 ‘centi-millionaires.’ That’s not even in the top 20
- DC Office
- DC puts the spotlight on local entrepreneurs for National Black Business Month
- DC sues three gun stores over straw purchases
- DC surpasses San Francisco for AI jobs
- DC’s startup business failure rate is highest in the country
- DCHA Taking Office Space In Chinatown To Bring Foot Traffic To Troubled Area
- DDOT 11th Annual DBE Summit & Networking Symposium
- DDOT's DBE Networking Event
- Dec. 15
- deception
- Defense IT Summit 2024 | Arlington
- Dell wins $1.3B DHS Microsoft supply recompete
- Department of Labor announce partnership to support Good Jobs Initiative
- Dept. of Defense SBIR/STTR Proposal Prep Workshops
- Developer Buys Prince George's County Site Planned For 245 Units
- Development Vet Hired As D.C.'s New Head Of Real Estate
- DHA looks to contract a ‘digital front door’ to modernize its health system
- DHA significantly grows awardee pool for $2.5B IT vehicle
- DHA starts to preview $290M acquisition support recompete
- DHA unveils $290M contracting support solicitation
- DHCD debuts new HQ at MLK Gateway
- DHS faces protests over $450M small business contract
- DHS gets moving on awards for $10B commodity IT contract
- DHS lays out timeline for geospatial support recompete
- DHS selects 6 digital wallet startups for identity security contracts
- DHS updates $8.4B PACTS III solicitation
- DISA developing contract to modernize messaging systems
- discrimination kill bill to limit cannabis dispensary locations in Prince George’s Co.
- Distress Dim D.C. Office Recovery Hopes
- District 8
- District Capitalized Pitch Perfect -- Session 6: Launching a Business Pitch
- District of Columbia
- Diverse Contractor Outreach Event
- DLA picks 85 for $12B IT recompete
- DOD finalizes $848.8M Red Hat software supply pact
- DOD Inks Lease To Relocate Office From Falls Church To Alexandria
- DOD reveals first draft of $15B artificial intelligence contract
- DOD unveils proposed final rule for CMMC contracting
- DOD's IT and cyber priorities for fiscal year 2025
- Doing Business with BWI Marshall Airport
- Doing Business with Horseshoe Baltimore Casino
- Doing Business with Howard County Government
- Doing Business with Maryland Live! Casino & Hotel
- Doing Business with MGM National Harbor by Governor's Office of Small
- driving lobbying and data center growth
- DSLBD is pleased to announce its annual small business expo focusing on how to Pivot
- DSLBD Presents: District Connect 2023
- DSLBD Presents: District Connect 2024
- Economic Optimism Rising Under Biden-Harris Administration
- Editor’s note: The historic opportunity of a Black
- electronic engineering recompete
- Elevate and Engage MBE Networking Event
- Emerging and Volunteer-Led Nonprofit Organizations
- Empower AI Snags $27M Army IT Services Contract
- Energy
- Energy's $377M training award redo sparks new protest from incumbent
- Enhance National Security
- Enterprise IT Services
- Ex-Baltimore prosecutor Marilyn Mosby convicted of mortgage fraud
- Ex-Pr. George’s council member pleads guilty to theft scheme
- Excellence In Business Awards Gala
- EXCLUSIVE: Head of Maryland’s Motor Vehicle Administration explains what drivers need to know about big hike in car registration fees
- expands in-person proofing
- experts say
- FAA chooses 14 for $2.4B IT contract vehicle
- FAA starts to craft cloud services recompete
- Face-Time With Primes
- FanDuel takes will take over DC’s glitchy sports betting app GambetDC
- Fannie Mae Strikes Deal To Keep Its Headquarters In Downtown D.C.
- FBI pushes back award date for $7B IT pact
- FBI raids government IT and cyber contractor Carahsoft
- FBI remains silent on who won ITSSS-2
- FBI says it has awarded $7B ITSSS-2 pact
- FBI to rethink troubled IT services contract
- FBI wants you to ‘Take A Beat’ as cases of fraud and scams grow
- FCC opens applications for $200 million cyber pilot program
- FDA chooses 5 for $500M data analytics pact
- FDA-ODT: New Acquisition Strategy
- FDIC gives first look at IT services recompete
- Fearless Wins GSA Contract to Bolster Login.gov Capabilities
- Fed’s Powell gets an earful about inflation and interest rates from small businesses
- Federal buyers have a new 'co-pilot' to get good deals for government
- Federal civilian IT spending set to surge in fiscal 2025
- Federal Contractors SUMMER Soiree Networking Event
- Federal Contractors WINTER Soiree Networking Event
- Federal court halts private grant program for Black female entrepreneurs
- Federal Government Contracting and Proposal 101 Workshop
- Federal Government Contractors Networking Event
- Federal Government Seeks To Offload 8 Buildings Across U.S.
- Feds Put Abandoned School Building Across From CityCenter Up For Auction
- Feds To Spend $120M Upgrading D.C.-Area Government Office Buildings
- female president could be Trump’s biggest nightmare
- First wave of DEI-related contract cancellations hit the market
- for new FBI headquarters campus location
- Former DHS employees sentenced for plot to steal government software
- Former NFL Player Charged With Embezzling $22M From Apartment Projec
- Former Pr. George’s councilman Mel Franklin charged with embezzlement
- Former vice chief of naval operations arrested on bribery
- Foundation 2 Blade: Maryland
- Free Financial Health and Wellness Seminars Will Be Offered Virtually by Commission for Women and County Libraries in October and November
- FY2022 Local Impact Grant
- Gaithersburg Council signs off on plan to redevelop Lakeforest Mall site
- GDIT Wins $185M Cyber Services Contract with Air Force Civil Engineer Center
- GDIT Wins $712M Contract to Modernize DHS’ St. Elizabeths Campus
- General Services Administration awards $174 million design build contract for final phase of Calexico west land port of entry
- General Services Administration’s Login.gov pilots enhanced identity verification
- Georgetown makes top 20 list for priciest retail rents
- Get Down to Business Outreach Event at Whiting-Turner's Washington
- Get focused before going out on your own
- Get Into Government Contracting
- Get the Edge Over the Competition-CTA's
- Gilbane Building Company MBE/Meet The Primes Event
- Google ad change could affect millions of small businesses
- GovCIO wins $865M CENTCOM communications contract
- GovCon Educational Workshop - SBA Funding / Grants
- GovCon Ready events deliver ideas to get YOUR company ready to compete and win government contracts.
- GOVCONNECTS BIZBREAKFAST
- GOVCONNECTS BIZBREAKFAST- DEFENSE INTELLIGENCE AGENCY'S SMALL BUSINESS OUTREACH
- Government Certification for Contracting: Women
- Government Contracting 101
- Government Contracting Basics
- Government was third-largest ransomware target last year: FBI
- governmentwide tech initiatives
- GovTribe's Top 20 contracts for February
- Grand jury indicts Trayon White on bribery charge
- Grant and Tax Credit Opportunities for Your Business
- Grant money available for small businesses on two changing Prince George’s Co. corridors
- Gray says he won't seek another term
- Grow & Innovate Your Small Business by Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton's District Office
- Grow and expand your Business with U.S. Small Business Administration
- GROW! Central Maryland
- GSA accelerates efforts to right-size federal real estate with plans for 3.5 million square feet in reductions and $1 billion in cost avoidance
- GSA Acquisition Policy Advisory Committee welcomes new members
- GSA advances Building Automation Systems and connectivity to reduce security risk and promote small business contract opportunities
- GSA and DHS announce nearly $288 million to construct sustainable buildings at St. Elizabeths West Campus
- GSA announces first OASIS+ award decisions
- GSA announces new pool of online commercial platforms to help federal agency buyers meet mission needs
- GSA announces new public participation and community engagement commitment under the Open Government Partnership Challenge
- GSA announces new role to lead cloud strategy
- GSA awards $194M in identity proofing tech pacts
- GSA awards $210 million contract for new energy conservation measures at multiple facilities in the National Capital Region
- GSA awards $22.7 million contract for electrification of the Ronald Reagan Building and International Trade Center as part of Investing in America agenda
- GSA Awards 200K SF Lease For Agency HQ In Judiciary Square
- GSA awards construction contract for CISA Headquarters on the St. Elizabeths West Campus
- GSA expands IT opportunities for small businesses with Polaris Small Business Pool award
- GSA further details its plan for Ascend cloud program
- GSA hosts roundtable with business leaders on advancing equity in federal contracting
- GSA Inspector General Launches Inquiry Into FBI HQ Selection
- GSA issues draft solicitation for leasing support services
- GSA makes first batch of Polaris awards
- GSA Multiple Award Schedule update reduces barriers and costs for buyers and sellers of software licenses
- GSA names first group of Polaris small business vehicle selections
- GSA plans $2 billion in cleaner construction projects
- GSA provides guidance on procuring and using energy-efficient lighting in federal buildings
- GSA receives A+ rating for 14th consecutive year for working with small business contractors
- GSA releases generative AI acquisition resource guide for federal buyers
- GSA secures landmark agreement with Microsoft to enhance federal IT acquisition
- GSA selects Greenbelt
- GSA selects IBM to provide technology-managed service for governmentwide travel and expense management
- GSA starts the bidding for employee travel system competition
- GSA starts to make OASIS+ general small business choices official
- GSA Statement on Post-Election Services after Concession
- GSA unveils advisory committee for transparency initiatives
- GSA unveils first draft solicitation for its Ascend cloud program
- HCCMC Maryland Contractor Summit 2024
- HCCMC Minority Contractor Summit 2023
- He never saw himself as disadvantaged. Then the government had him write an essay.
- he road AHEAD: Maryland to be a test-subject state in new federal hospital model
- Health IT Summit
- Health IT Summit 2024
- Here’s what drove a 22% spike in bid protests this year
- HHS eyes wider scope for small biz professional services recompete
- higher standard deductions due to inflation
- his office says
- Holiday Soiree - Federal Government Contractors Networking Event 12/12/2022
- House panel advances bill to make federal contracting easier to understand
- How A Developer-Led Task Force Is Working To Save Downtown D.C.
- How federal agencies can accelerate IT systems modernization with AI
- How government contractors can attract veterans transitioning to civilian work
- How Many Savings Accounts Should You Have?
- How Maryland is expanding the use of mobile IDs
- How much do you need to make to live comfortably?
- How small businesses can navigate the market
- How some Md. legislators want to keep tickets for concert and sporting events affordable
- How the procurement process can help agencies acquire responsible AI
- How to do Business with the Federal
- How to Win More with a Mentor Protégé Joint Venture
- Howard Seeks To Rezone 27 Acres Along Georgia Avenue For Development
- https://governmentexecutiveconsultingservices.com/2023/10/biden-harris-administration-expands-access-to-capital-for-underserved-small-businesses-through-mission-based-lenders/
- https://wtop.com/lifestyle/2024/11/starting-a-small-business-is-hard-exiting-can-be-even-harder-but-planning-early-is-the-key/
- HUD Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned (SDVOSB) Outreach Event (June 19
- HUD's 6th Annual Service-Disabled Veteran Owned Small Business Event
- HUD's 7th Annual IT Industry Day
- HUD's 7th Annual Service-Disabled Veteran Owned Small Business Event
- HUD's 7th Annual Women-Owned Small Business Outreach Event
- HUD's 8th Annual HUBZone Small Business Conference (May 3
- HUD's 8th Annual IT Industry Day
- HUD's Office of Housing's Fiscal Year 2025 & 2026 Procurement Preview
- Huge mixed-use health care development planned for Montgomery County’s White Oak
- Hughes Network opens Maryland manufacturing facility at Montgomery College
- IBM awarded $576M DOD chip manufacturing contract
- IG report finds
- including yacht parties
- Innovating Government Acquisitions through Emerging Tech
- Innovation
- Inside DHS: Procurement
- Interior awards 7 seats on $2B cloud license contract
- Interior picks 10 for $500M IT services vehicle
- Interior starts the bidding for $500M IT services vehicle
- Investment In Prince George’s Stifled By Purple Line Delays
- Invests In Downtown Recovery
- Invitation to Attend: BWI Marshall Town Hall LIVE Webinar
- IRS announces new tax brackets
- IRS chooses 7 for $700M data analytics pact
- IRS claws back money given to businesses under fraud-ridden COVID-era tax credit program
- IRS collects milestone $1 billion in back taxes from high-wealth taxpayers
- IRS lays out $512M case management IT recompete plan
- IRS previews its plans for $353M professional services competition
- IRS starts the bidding for $1.9B IT services recompete
- IT and industry insights
- IT entrepreneur aims to bridge Black tech gap one IT certification at a time
- IT Expertise to US European & Africa Command
- IT Operating Plan & Implementation Plan
- IT recompete
- It takes $2.8M to feel wealthy in DC
- IT vehicles
- Jan. 25
- January's 20 most talked-about contract opportunities
- Job Creation and Innovation
- Join Clark Construction Group to Learn About Upcoming Subcontracting Opportunities
- Join Jazz Lewis for an Evening Reception - May 20th
- Join us for the 2nd Annual 1
- jonetta rose barras: Financial mismanagement and recklessness in DC
- jonetta rose barras: How would eliminating the federal Department of Education affect public education in DC?
- jonetta rose barras: Is the DC government violating the Fair Housing Act?
- jonetta rose barras: The DC Council violates the law to investigate its alleged law-breaking member
- jonetta rose barras: Trayon White Sr. is still a DC Council member
- June 14
- Key Piece Of Arena Deal
- Kimberly Palmer: How to get comfortable with taking smart financial risks
- Kimco Pitches 3.5M SF Development Plan For Pentagon City Costco Complex
- Labor Department sets 2025 federal contractor minimum wages
- LBE
- Lease Back To Monumental
- Led By 2 Developers
- Legislators
- Leidos Lands $700M NSA Tech Contract
- Leidos Wins $918M DHS Network Support Contract
- Lerner’s Plan For Data Centers On Landover Mall Site Advances Despite Opposition
- Leveraging the WOSB Certification
- Live! Casino & Hotel Minority Outreach Fair
- Live! Casino & Hotel Minority Outreach Fair (Summer 2024)
- Live! Casino & Hotel Minority Outreach Fair (Winter 2023)
- Live! Casino & Hotel Minority Outreach Fair (Winter 2024)
- LMI Wins $98M Air Force Small Business Innovation Phase III Contract
- Long-Planned Shakespeare Theatre Co. Project Scrapped In Southwest
- Looking Ahead at Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) for 2024
- Lumen Wins $110M DISA Contract for Fiber
- Major federal IT contracts to remove ‘unnecessary’ degree requirements
- ManTech secures $166M DHA cloud contract
- ManTech Wins $500M DOJ Contract for Engineering
- Marking Fourth Consecutive Year of Growth
- Marriott To Lay Off Over 800 Corporate HQ Employees In Bethesda Washington
- Maryland
- Maryland Business Opportunities & Entrepreneurial Training Summit
- Maryland casinos have 5th-best month on record
- Maryland Gubernatorial Candidate Reception
- Maryland Lawmakers Approve Pimlico Overhaul
- Maryland Minimum Wage Increases to $15 on Jan. 1
- Maryland remains state with the lowest unemployment rate
- Maryland vs. Virginia: Which state ranks No. 1 on ‘Best States for Business’ list — and which ranks No. 31?
- Maryland’s budget troubles revive debate about taxing the rich
- Maximus Wins $32M IRS Data Delivery Services Contract
- May 30
- Mayor awards $5M in food access grants
- Mayor Bernard C. "Jack" Young and the Mayor's Office of Small
- Mayor Bowser celebrates federal funding deal that gives DC control of RFK stadium site
- Mayor Bowser Opens Applications for Aspire Incubator Program and Dream Grants for Local Businesses
- MBDA Federal Procurement Center presents: "Partnering to Scale"
- MBE
- MBE Rights and Responsibilities by Governor's Office of Small
- MBE/DBE/ACDBE/SBE Certification Workshop
- MCCC GovConNet Pathway to Growth Procurement Conference 2019
- MD on Aug 19-20
- MD Technology and Sciences Networking Event
- Md. Gov. Moore headlines Black business expo
- MDA chooses joint venture for $360M program planning contract
- mechanics contract
- Meet Companies You Can Do Business With at the 16th Annual Business Showcase
- Meet the Primes 11th Annual Meet & Greet
- Meet The Primes Hosted By Dominion Energy
- Meet the Primes Networking Event
- MEGA Maryland 2021 - Small/Minority Business Conference for AEC
- Mentor Protégé JVs & Teaming
- MERCK: Virtual Business Opportunity Fair
- mergers and more
- Metro Accelerating Development Deals
- Metro System
- Metro's Procurement Fair - Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority
- MFD - MDOT Certification Workshop Co-hosted with the Montgomery County African American Chamber of Commerce Thursday
- MGM National Harbor gambling revenue down 10%
- Minorities
- Minority
- Minority & Women Business Affairs
- Minority & Women Business Affairs invites you to join us for our procurement connections workshop
- Minority & Women-Owned Construction Business Matchmaking Event
- Minority Business Enterprise (MBE) Night in Annapolis
- Minority Businesses
- MOCO Success: Thrive with Rockville's Business Incentives
- Momentum Growing For Massive Redevelopment Of Federal Buildings Near National Mall
- Montgomery Co. loses hundreds of thousands of dollars in ‘lax administration’ of short term rentals
- Montgomery County
- Montgomery County Allocates More Than $3.5 Million in Grant Funding to Bolster 48 Community Food Assistance Programs
- Montgomery County Announces $250
- Montgomery County Announces New $750
- Montgomery County Asks Residents in Need of Computers and Non-Profits to Make Appointments for Clients to Receive Remaining 25
- Montgomery County Commission for Women to Host 45th Annual Women’s Legislative Briefing Saturday
- Montgomery County Executive Elrich Releases Recommended $7.1 Billion Fiscal Year 2025 Operating Budget
- Montgomery County Executive Elrich to Hold the First of 10 ‘Community Conversations’ to Seek Input on Fiscal Year 2025 Operating Budget on Thursday
- Montgomery County Executive Marc Elrich Announces MOVE Grants Now Available to Businesses Expanding or Moving to the County
- Montgomery County Minimum Wage Will Increase on July 1 for Large and Mid-Sized Employers
- Montgomery County Minimum Wage Will Increase on July 1 to $17.15 Per Hour for Large Employers and to $15.50 Per Hour for Mid-Sized Employers
- Montgomery County Names New Head Of Planning
- Montgomery County Office of Consumer Protection Releases New Podcast on Hiring Home Builders and Home Improvement Contractors
- Montgomery County Office of Consumer Protection Warns Homeowners of Rise in Driveway-Paving Scams
- Montgomery County Office of Procurement and Department of Finance to Launch New Vendor Registration System on Monday
- Montgomery County Office of Procurement Launches Veteran Business Preference Program
- Montgomery County Office of Procurement Reports Record Funding Awarded to Minority and Local Small Businesses in Fiscal Year 2024
- Montgomery County Office of Procurement Reports Record Funding for Contracts with Minority and Local Businesses in Fiscal Year 2023
- Montgomery County Seeks Qualified Individuals to Review and Evaluate Applications for Various Competitive Grants Programs
- Montgomery County to Hold Virtual ‘Procurement Fair’ on Wednesday
- Montgomery County’s Asian American Health Initiative Awards $1.5 Million to Support Health and Wellness Programs for Asian American and Pacific Islander Communities
- Montgomery County’s Office of Procurement Participates in the Harvard Kennedy School’s ‘Green RFP Bootcamp’ to Build Capacity for Sustainable Purchasing
- Montgomery Manufacturing Business-Connect Event
- Moore administration targets $2 billion cut to Md. transportation projects
- MRP Buying Gallery Place At 17% Of Assessed Value
- MRP To Buy Gallery Place
- MTA invests $7 billion into underserved businesses
- MWAA: Meet the Primes
- MWMCA's 19th Annual 2022 Spring Breakfast Meeting & Business Showcase Expo
- MWMCA's 21st Annual 2024 Spring Breakfast Meeting & Business Showcase Expo
- NABWIC 2021 Congressional Black Caucus (CBC) Reception
- NASA awards $1.1B electrical
- NASA chooses joint venture for $200M facility support contract
- NASA greenlights bids for $444M facility support recompete
- NASA opens on-ramp bidding for $476M Earth data program
- NASA reveals final SEWP VI solicitation
- National Small Business Week Virtual Summit
- Naval Sea Systems Command (NAVSEA) Small Business Industry Day
- Navy finalizes 11 awards for $496M electrical
- Navy launches 'Spiral 4' recompete of wireless contract
- Navy starts $828M business support recompete
- nearly six months late
- Network Services
- Networking
- New Business Applications Reach Record 16 Million Under Biden-Harris Administration
- New court ruling rolls back minority business programs
- New details on DC’s bid for hosting the 2027 NFL Draft
- New Efforts Emerging To Activate D.C.'s 3
- New FAS Catalog Platform is a “game-changer” for vendors using GSA Advantage
- New Md. grant program invites applications from small businesses
- New plan could help Prince George’s Co. residents boost their credit scores (and get paid for it)
- New Report Reveals Historic Surge in Small Business Financing Under Biden-Harris Administration
- new survey says. But what does a financial planner think?
- Next front in the attack on affirmative action: State diversity programs
- NIH chooses 17 for $1B public outreach support recompete
- NIST chooses trio for $125M cyber services contract
- NITAAC tries again to finalize CIO-SP4 awards
- NOAA sketches out blueprint for multi-cloud contract
- NOAA starts the bidding for $8B services vehicle's 'Weather' domain
- North Korean IT workers tried getting jobs in government agencies — the US is offering $5M for details
- Northrop Grumman Wins $700M DIA Cloud & Sensor Solution Contract
- Not Distressed But ‘Stressed’: Investors See Hotel Buying Opportunities Coming
- NSF awards $36M to decarbonize computing
- NSF revises solicitation for $2B research vessel contract
- NVR Pitches 1
- OASIS+ small biz award process moves to 8(a) selections
- other rail projects
- Out Of Distress
- Parsons Wins Spot on $200M GSA Construction Management Contract
- perjury
- PG County FY21 Budget Public Hearing
- PGC SDDD 8th Annual Prince George’s County Supplier Appreciation Night
- PGCPS P3 Construction Matchmaking Event for Prime and Subcontractors
- Plan to revitalize downtown DC would cost $400 million
- Planning
- Port Relief And Housing Bills
- Post-Schar School poll finds
- Power Connections Multi-Chamber Networking Breakfast - HOST - Central Maryland Chamber of Commerce
- Pr. George’s County Council member Mel Franklin resigns
- Pr. George’s lawmakers approve $5.4 billion budget amid funding shortfalls
- Prime and Subcontractor Vendor Networking Event
- Prince George's County
- Prince George's County Government Certification Training
- Prince George's County Government Minority Construction Industry Day
- Prince George's County Grand Slam Land Preview Event
- Prince George’s Co. considers tying minimum wage to inflation
- Prince George’s Co. passed new restrictions on cannabis dispensaries — but how long will it last?
- Prince George’s County Construction Program Opportunity
- Prince George’s County Procurement Event
- Private Sector Integration Program (PSIP) Summit 2021
- Procurement Fair
- Procurement Fair THURSDAY
- procurement needs a better dashboard
- Procurement Opportunity Outreach Session presented by MGM National Harbor and Prince George's County Council
- Procurement Workshop Focuses on Assisting Small
- Proposal window opens for $1.5B DOD CIO IT recompete
- Public Service Loan Forgiveness passes $60 billion in erased debt
- Push to bring casino to Fairfax Co. may be set back a year after subcommittee recommendation
- R&D-Focused Small Businesses
- R&D-Focused Small Businesses and Startups
- Ready
- Real Estate Leaders Push D.C. To Do Whatever It Takes To Keep Capitals
- Renderings Revealed: The $800M Overhaul Of Capital One Arena Getting Underway
- Rent Control
- Reorganizing government acquisition for the digital age
- Resources and Financial Management for Businesses
- Returning Citizens Empowered to Start and Grow Businesses Under Proposed Rule
- roaches: Maryland’s top prosecutor goes after apartments where tenants describe deplorable conditions
- rodents
- RTX Division to Deliver 5G Mobile Ad Hoc Networks for DOD in $6.6M Contract
- RTX will pay almost $1B for defrauding DOD
- SAME DC & NoVA Posts: 2023 Small Business Conference
- SAME DC & NoVA Posts: 2024 Small Business Conference
- says new Candid diversity report
- SBA
- SBA Administrator Announces $1 Million for Grant Awardees to Expand Resources for Veteran Entrepreneurs
- SBA Administrator Guzman and Business Leaders Reaffirm Support for 8(a) Program
- SBA Administrator Guzman Announces $20M in Grants for States to Boost Small Business Exports
- SBA Administrator Guzman Announces $7 Million in PRIME Grants to Serve Low-Income Microentrepreneurs
- SBA Administrator Guzman Announces $8 Million in PRIME Grants to Help Micro-Entrepreneurs
- SBA Administrator Guzman Announces Agreement with Indian Government to Promote American Small Businesses Internationally
- SBA Administrator Guzman Announces Working Capital Pilot Now Accepting Applications at Participating SBA Lenders
- SBA Administrator Guzman Celebrates Anniversary of Women’s Business Ownership Act
- SBA Administrator Guzman Highlights Record Federal Contracting Certifications in FY24
- SBA Administrator Guzman Outlines New MySBA Digital Experience Transforming How Business Owners Interact with SBA
- SBA Administrator Guzman Releases Statement on the Reopening of the 8(a) Application Portal
- SBA and Dept. of Veterans Affairs Join Forces to Promote Veteran Entrepreneurship
- SBA Announces $3 Million in New Grant Funding to Strengthen Cybersecurity Infrastructure for Emerging Small Businesses
- SBA Announces $30 Million in Grant Funding for New Women’s Business Centers
- SBA Announces 14 New Awards for Regional Innovation Cluster Network to Drive Nationwide Small Business Growth
- SBA Announces 15 Appointees to New Invention
- SBA Announces Biden-Harris Administration’s Progress in Small Business Lending with End-of-Year Capital Program Numbers
- SBA Announces Empower to Grow
- SBA Announces Extension of Moratorium on 8(a) Eligibility Requirement
- SBA Announces Extension of Moratorium on 8(a) Eligibility Requirement for Small Disadvantaged Businesses
- SBA Announces Funding Awards to Three Organizations to Provide Women Veteran Entrepreneurship Training Programs
- SBA Announces Funding Competition to Organizations Providing Entrepreneurship Training to Women Veterans
- SBA Announces National Small Business Week Virtual Summit Schedule
- SBA Announces New Solicitation to Expand Funding for Regional Innovation Cluster Network
- SBA Announces Over $3 Million in Awards to Advance Local Entrepreneurial Ecosystems for STEM
- SBA Announces Over $5 Million in Awards to Support STEM
- SBA Announces SBA Lender Fees for Fiscal Year 2025
- SBA Awards $240K Grant to National Center for American Indian Enterprise Development
- SBA Awards $3 Million in Cybersecurity Pilot Program Grants
- SBA Awards $9M in Grants to 49 Organizations Across America to Help Underserved Communities Access Development Funding and Innovative Research
- SBA Baltimore: 8(a) Business Development Program Information Session
- SBA Data Show Major Increase in Loans to Black-Owned Businesses under Biden-Harris
- SBA Dedicates $20 Million to New Small Business Export Growth
- SBA Exhausts Funds for New Disaster Loans
- SBA Holds National Hearing on Promoting Level Playing Field in Government Contracting
- SBA Hosts National SBIR Week to Connect Technology Innovators & Entrepreneurs with Research Funding
- SBA Invests Over $1 Million to Expand Support for Veteran Entrepreneurs
- SBA Launches Digital Hub to Connect Small Businesses with Major Funding in President Biden’s Investing in America Agenda
- SBA Launches Enhanced Lender Match Platform
- SBA Marks One-Year Anniversary of Veteran Small Business Certification Program
- SBA Opens Application Window for Cyber Prize Competition
- SBA Recognizes 2024 Government Contractors and 8(a) Graduate of the Year
- SBA Releases Interim Guidance to 8(a) Program Participants in Light of Lower Court Ruling
- SBA Statement on Biden-Harris Administration Exceeding Small Disadvantaged Business Contracting Goal
- SBA Strengthens Lending Network with New Public-Private Partnerships
- SBA Surety Program Notches Best Year in 25 Years
- SBA to Kick off Season of Small Business™ with Small Business Saturday®
- SBA Trains 200
- SBA Unveils Guest Lineup for Small Business Cyber Summit
- SBA Unveils Updated Equity Action Plan to Advance the Biden-Harris Administration’s Commitment to Investing in Equity
- SBA Veterans Small Business Advisory Committees Set to Host Quarterly Public Meetings on June 5 and 6
- SBA Veterans Small Business Advisory Committees Set to Host Quarterly Public Meetings on Sept. 10 and 12
- SBA Women's Business Summit
- SBA’s Interagency Task Force to Address Veteran Small Business Development at Dec. 11 Public Meeting
- Schwalb obtains $6.5M settlement over lottery deal
- Sept. 14
- Sept. 2
- SEPTEMBER 26
- seriously?
- Set
- Sev1Tech Wins $45M Navy Contract for Logistics IT Support
- shifts focus to emerging technology in federal procurement
- Short Sales Begin To Hit The Office Market
- Silver Spring
- Six charged with conspiring to defraud agencies with IT-contracting schemes
- SLBE
- Small biz owners scale back their office space or go remote altogether. Some move to the suburbs
- Small Business Administration Announces Further Action to Help PPP and COVID EIDL Borrowers
- Small Business Administration offers $30 million in grant funding to Women’s Business Centers
- Small Business Confidence
- Small business disaster loan program said to be in danger of running out of funds by end of month
- Small Business Evening of Networking
- Small business owners brace for Trump’s proposed tariffs
- Small business owners breathe easier over labor costs after decision to strike down overtime rule
- Small Business Resource Day by Prince George's County Gov't Supplier Development and Diversity Division
- Small businesses could find filing for bankruptcy more difficult as government program expires
- Small businesses object to their exclusion from $5B USAID vehicle
- Small Dollar Lending and Lending to Underserved Entrepreneurs Continues to Rise as a Record 19 Million New Business Applications Filed Under Biden-Harris Administration
- Soaring Higher And Supporting The Next Generation: Meet 22 Women Leading D.C.'s Real Estate Industry
- some are stinking mad that it’s not being picked up
- Soon
- Southern Maryland Minority Business Expo
- Sports betting in Maryland sets a record; exceeds state expectations
- Sports betting is soaking ‘financially constrained’ households
- spur American innovation
- State Department developing contract for Colombia's police force
- State Procurement 101 / Adquisición Estatal - Live Webinar
- Summer pause: Small business sales growth tapers in June as consumers take a breather on spending
- Supreme Court rejects bid to gut federal agency
- Survive and Thrive
- SYNERGY BWI: A BUSINESS NETWORKING & CAREER FAIR INVITATION
- T-Rex Solutions Wins $52M Education Department Contract
- Tap Into Business at WSSC Water!
- Tax changes small business owners should be aware of as the tax deadline looms
- Technology Modernization Fund seeking proposals for Artificial Intelligence projects
- TEDCO's Inaugural Tech Fair
- The Baltimore County Public Schools Meet The Primes 14th Annual Meet & Greet
- The Chamber Leadership Alliance (CLA) is proud to present you a Chamber Leadership Development Program in Oxon Hill
- The coming cyber reckoning for federal contractors
- The Department of General Services (DGS) Contracting and Procurement Division is hosting a DGS Compliance Town hall Meeting for DC Vendors to review DC Law & Regulations
- THE ENTREPRENEURIAL EXPO
- the fines for bad behavior will be going up in Prince George’s County
- The Governor's Office of Small
- The Green Book is a guide designed to help County businesses identify potential procurement opportunities
- The IRS wants to end another major tax loophole for the wealthy and raise $50 billion in the process
- The larger the nonprofit
- The Lerners Aren’t Selling The Nats
- The Maryland Hispanic Chamber of Commerce (MDHCC) Holiday Cocktail Event!
- The Metro Procurement Fair
- The Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority Presents: Meet the Primes Networking Event
- The Montgomery County Office of Procurement invites you to our Meet the Primes event!
- the more likely it is run by a white man
- The MWAA and DSBSD Small Business Outreach Event
- The New Vision For Chinatown: Tearing Down Federal Buildings
- The Pentagon wants to help boost cybersecurity for small contractors
- The troubling implications of the Biden administration's involvement in a single federal contract
- The White House launches a contractor initiative centered on better data and performance
- This Week's D.C. Deal Sheet: $460M Gaming Resort Opens In Prince William County
- This Week's D.C. Deal Sheet: Blackstone Acquires L'Enfant Plaza Buildings At Foreclosure Auction
- Three growth tactics for small contractors
- Title insurance companies settle DC allegations of kickbacks
- to Provide Information on Opportunities to Do Business with the County
- To Release 4 More RFPs This Summer
- Together We Make It Happen! Presented by Prince George's County Office of Central Services & Prince George's Community College.
- Top 100 NASA Contractors 2023
- Town Hall on Minority Business Community Reinvestment
- Track these civilian IT priorites as FY2024 heads for the last quarter
- TRANSCOM starts the bidding for $1.6B logistics management platform contract
- Transportation Department seeks AI solutions for transit infrastructure
- Transportation launches $15M AI effort to improve US street infrastructure
- Trash is dirty business. In Prince George’s Co.
- Trayon White
- Treasury chooses 10 for $20B cyber support pact
- Trump Organization Reportedly In Talks To Buy Back D.C. Hotel
- Trump’s proposed cuts to the federal workforce could increase dependency on contractors
- Turned down for a loan
- Turning Area 'Inside Out'
- U.S. Department of Transportation OSDBU's Paving the Road for Women Owned Small Business in Federal Contracting
- U.S. General Services Administration
- U.S. General Services Administration and U.S. Department of Energy announce procurement opportunity for Tribal businesses to help advance clean energy goals
- U.S. Small Business Administration Acts to Safeguard Integrity of HUBZone Program
- U.S. Small Business Administration Administrator Isabella Casillas Guzman Announces Call for Nominations for 2024 National Small Business Week Awards
- U.S. Small Business Administration and Department of Defense Celebrate Successful First Year for the Small Business Investment Company Critical Technology Initiative
- U.S. Small Business Administration to Host 10th Annual National Veterans Small Business Week Oct. 30 – Nov. 3
- Under Armour signs new 12-year deal with Univ. of Maryland’s athletics department
- Union Station Redevelopment Clears Major Federal Hurdle
- United Therapeutics Corporation Announce Partnership for Future Growth in Silver Spring
- University Of The District Of Columbia (UDC) Contractors’ Outreach
- Unveils Streamlined Certification Process for FY25
- updates pricing model
- USCIS preps industry to bid on enterprise IT architecture recompete
- USDA Gives $2 Billion to Black and Minority Farmers Following Discriminatory History
- V2X Wins $170M DEA Contract to Combat Drug Trafficking
- Veteran Entrepreneurship Programs by the SBA (SBA 9)
- Veterans Affairs chooses 8 for $23B staffing vehicle
- Veterans Affairs details teaming framework for $14B transformation recompete
- Veterans Affairs launches $14B health care transformation recompete
- Veterans Affairs sheds more light on $14B transformation recompete
- Veterans Affairs to again rethink $400M file conversion contract
- Virginia gets $729 million federal boost for Potomac bridge
- Virginia Leaders Take Steps Toward Funding Sports District
- Virtual Matchmaking Government Vendor Fair
- Virtual Vendor Expo! How to Do Business with the D.C. Housing Authority
- Ward 7 D.C. Council member Vincent Gray had another stroke
- Washington
- Westfield Montgomery Mall Owner Sees Value Slashed But Secures Loan Extension
- Westfield Montgomery Mall's $350M Loan Transferred To Special Servicing
- What happened in local business in 2023? A look at the woes
- What scams should you be looking out for this tax season? A local financial planner weighs in
- What small businesses need to know about new regulations going into 2024
- What the Goldilocks effect means for midsized government contractors
- Where DoD IT priorities remain as the second half of fiscal 2024 begins
- Where in Maryland are customers buying the most cannabis?
- Whiting-Turner’s DC office in Greenbelt is pleased to announce our next Get Down to Business Event
- will appoint a minority business enterprise ombudsman
- Win Contracts with the Defense Logistics Agency
- Win Government contracts through writing better proposals
- Wineries in Maryland eligible for $1 million in grants
- Winning Government Contracts Over Breakfast
- wins
- WIPP
- With Capital And Patience Dwindling
- With so many billions in buying
- Wizards
- Women and Veteran Owned Businesses
- Women Owned & Managed Enterprise Network Conference Morgan State University
- Women-Owned Small Businesses Federal Government Contracting Program!
- Worries over high rent
- You can now easily search through every executive in federal government
- You're Invited to the 51st Virtual Birthday Celebration for Angela Alsobrooks!
- Young people don’t trust the federal government