Tech Tip: Who’s Asking to Look at Your Systems? 
• June 14, 2021

If someone comes to your office dressed in a utility-provider uniform, would you automatically let them in? In a recent incident reported in U.S. News, an office secretary unknowingly gave […]

D.C. Commits $250 Million to Create Careers, Support Workers in D.C.
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More than $250 million dollars has been committed by Mayor Muriel Bowser in her “Fair Shot” fiscal 2022 budget to attract new business and to help recovering D.C. businesses and […]

Lume Cube Brings Some Light to Working from Home
• June 10, 2021

Most of us have been working from home for a full year now. If you’re anything like me, you’ve been stuck in some low light situations (hey, the Zoom touch-up […]

Four Seasons Employees Honored for Helping Save Guest’s Life         
• June 7, 2021

Timing. Team work. Training. It all worked on May 15, when a Four Seasons Hotel guest from New Jersey went into cardiac arrest and stopped breathing. Four trained hotel employees immediately reacted […]

D.C.’s AG Racine Files Delta Phi Epsilon Suit 
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Georgetown’s DPE Foundation Responds to Accusations On June 3, the District’s Attorney General Karl Racine filed a complaint against Delta Phi Epsilon (DPE) fraternity and its foundation — both associated […]

Tech Tip: Beware Social Engineering Tricks
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Were you never told not to volunteer personal information? Finding out your personal information is big business. Known as “social engineering,” it’s the art of manipulating people online so they […]

In Mayor’s $17.5 Billion Budget: $30 Million for Jelleff Rec, $3.5 Million for Ellington Field
• June 1, 2021

The word on the budget is out. Georgetown representatives, parents and youth who use the popular but aging Jelleff Recreation Center, Boys and Girls Club and public outdoor pool at […]

Community Calendar: ANC, OGB, BZA  
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Neighborhood events throughout the month of June.   JUNE 1, 6:30 p.m. MEETING OF THE GEORGETOWN-BURLEITH ADVISORY NEIGHBORHOOD COMMISSION (ANC 2E) The ANC meets once a month — via Zoom, for […]

Tech Tip: Firewalls Smarter Than Routers
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Routers and firewalls can be confusing. While they both serve the same purpose of distributing Internet to devices on the network, they are used for different purposes. The type of […]

Our Next Print Issue: June 16 
• May 27, 2021

Happy summer! The next Georgetowner will appear June 16, and we’re looking forward to bringing you a major feature on digital nomads—those who travel the world while continuing to work—part of […]