Chief Calls Shootings ‘Ridiculous and Unacceptable’

August 10, 2020

At the mayor’s press conference, MPD Chief Peter Newsham gave details about the violence that had broken out early on Aug. 9 during a community cookout in Southeast D.C.

Brooke Pinto’s ‘Business Perspective’


As the youngest District Council member ever elected and the first woman to represent Ward 2, Democrat Brooke Pinto, 28, is off to a running start.

D.C.’s Democratic Delegates Go Virtual


The Democratic National Convention was to take place in Milwaukee from July 13 to 16. But that was before COVID-19. 

Tech Tip: The Long-Forgotten Piece of Security for Road Warriors


Do you connect to the office network or VPN (Virtual Private Network) to get some work done in the evenings, on the weekends or when on the road? For many, the answer is yes. 

Tech Tip: Your Copier Is Spying on You

August 3, 2020

These are the only devices on the network on which the default password is, commonly, never changed. After all, who would want to get in and copy your settings?

Tech Tip: Remote Collaboration Depends on Good Conferencing Practices

July 27, 2020

Video conferencing gives your remote staff the opportunity to work directly with contemporaries and clients to drive business initiatives forward.

Council Overturns Ad Tax

July 23, 2020

The tax, strongly opposed by The Georgetowner and other area news media, would have deeply hurt local newspapers and small businesses.

2 Lives, Well Lived: John Lewis and C.T. Vivian

July 20, 2020

Both men rose up bloody and never raised their hands to fight back. Instead, they continued to march, go to jail and remain true to Dr. King’s nonviolence movement.

Tech Tip: Don’t Send Your Private Information to Anyone!


A secretary gets a message that appears to come from her manager, including having what looks like his actual email address when she looks at it in Outlook …

Tech Tip: Physical Security Matters

July 13, 2020

If someone dressed up in a utility provider’s uniform, would you let them in? That’s the time to be gracefully suspicious, as they say in the South.