Tech Tip: Change Your Name — and We Don’t Mean the Last One
• May 10, 2021

Too often we see email usernames and prefixes the same across multiple free email services, making the work of hackers way too easy.

Pinto, McDuffie Call on Mayor to Ease COVID Restrictions
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District Council members Brooke Pinto and Kenyan McDuffie made an impassioned plea on behalf of their wards’ schoolchildren, families, workers and businesses.

It Was Fun While It Lasted:  All Parking Enforcement Resumes June 1  
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A four-month amnesty program offering drivers the opportunity to pay outstanding tickets issued before Sept. 30, 2021, will run from June 1 to Sept. 30.

C&O Canal Readies for Water, Boat, Eventually Canoes, Mules
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With repairs to Locks 3 and 4 completed in 2019 and the canal wall near Grace Street and Wisconsin Avenue stabilized, it’s almost time for the water to flow.

No Dancing at Weddings, Says D.C.’s Mayor
• May 6, 2021

Attendees must be seated and socially distanced from one another and from other household groups; standing and dancing are not allowed.  

To Mask or Not in D.C.? It’s Confusing
• May 3, 2021

New regulations issues by Mayor Bowser provided for some loosening of mask requirements, specifying about a dozen situations where masks did not have to be worn outdoors.

Back to the Office: The New World of Work
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At a recent Bisnow webinar, leading architects and designers outlined what they’re thinking and predicting for post-pandemic office buildings.

Tech Tip: Start With the Cybersecurity Basics
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In this day and age, there is more to the cybersecurity “basics” than antivirus software and a strong firewall. Have you trained your employees?

Downtowner News: Police Shooting, Vaccine Sites, Bicyclist Killed, Cicadas
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Downtowner updates for April and May D.C. Man Shot and Killed by Police  A Metropolitan Police Department officer fatally shot Terrance Maurice Parker, 36, a Black man, last Friday night. […]

May Day 50 Years Ago: The Largest Mass Arrest in U.S. History
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For many in Georgetown in 1971, the protests were right outside their doors, as traffic was snarled and streets trashed, with tear gas in the air.