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who serve four-year terms. Other agencies include: The mayor and council set local taxes and a budget, which must be approved by the Congress. According to DCHR (DC Department of Human Resources, 20% of the DC government workforce will be eligible for retirement in the year 2021. The DC government offers a host of internship opportunities for recent graduates seeking employment. The "District of Columbia Code" is the subject compilation of enacted legislation, and also contains federal statutes which affect the District of Columbia. The "District of Columbia Municipal Regulations" (DCMR) is the publication and compilation of the current regulations.
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traditionally reserved for the city government and responsibility for balancing the District's budget. It could approve or reject the city’s annual budget, its financial plan, and any attempts to spend or borrow in the city’s name. It could review all future and existing city contracts. The Board was expected to approve the Mayor’s appointments to key government positions, including the Chief Financial Officer (CFO), and had the authority to remove such appointees for cause. The Control Board also could disapprove District laws passed by the Council. Congress gave the Control Board four years to balance the District’s budget – a
District of Columbia Financial Control Board
2016 Washington, D.C. statehood referendum A referendum on statehood for Washington, D.C. was held on November 8, 2016. It was the second referendum on statehood to be held in the district. The District of Columbia was created following the passage of the Residence Act on July 9, 1790, which approved the creation of a national capital on the Potomac River. Washington voters were asked to advise the Council to approve or reject a proposal, which included advising the council to petition Congress to admit the District as the 51st State and to approve a constitution and boundaries for the new
2016 Washington, D.C. statehood referendum
who serve four-year terms. Other agencies include: The mayor and council set local taxes and a budget, which must be approved by the Congress. According to DCHR (DC Department of Human Resources, 20% of the DC government workforce will be eligible for retirement in the year 2021. The DC government offers a host of internship opportunities for recent graduates seeking employment. The "District of Columbia Code" is the subject compilation of enacted legislation, and also contains federal statutes which affect the District of Columbia. The "District of Columbia Municipal Regulations" (DCMR) is the publication and compilation of the current regulations.
Government of the District of Columbia
appointed by the Mayor of the District of Columbia, subject to review and approval by the Council of the District of Columbia. The budget is also determined by the Council of the District of Columbia based on a request submitted by the Mayor as part of the annual budget process for the entire municipal government. The United States Congress also has to approve of the District's budget as a part of their oversight of the District of Columbia as the nation's capital. The Chief Librarian is often invited to attend the Mayor's Cabinet meetings and works closely with the City
District of Columbia Public Library
Act of 1871 revoked the charters of the individual cities of Washington and Georgetown, and instead created a single government for the whole District of Columbia. The City of Washington no longer exists; however, the name continues in use and the city is often referred to as just Washington, D.C. Georgetown now exists as a neighborhood within Washington. Since the Home Rule Act of 1973, the District of Columbia has been run by an elected mayor and city council. Congress retains ultimate authority over the District and has the right to review the local budget and taxes, overturn laws passed
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removed in November 2004. On November 8, 2016, Washington voters were asked to advise the Council to approve or reject a proposal, which included advising the council to petition Congress to admit the District as the 51st State and to approve a constitution and boundaries for the new state. The voters of the District of Columbia voted overwhelmingly to advise the Council to approve the proposal, with 86% of voters voting to advise approving the proposal. Challenges, including Republican opposition in Congress and constitutional issues, continue to cause problems for the movement. New migration patterns have appeared. Washington has a
History of Washington, D.C.
home rule." However, Congress maintains the power to overturn local laws and exercises greater oversight of the city than exists for any U.S. state. Furthermore, the District's elected government exists at the pleasure of Congress and could theoretically be revoked at any time. Congress created the position of Washington D.C.'s Chief Financial Officer in the 1990s. In the summer of 2013, when Natwar M. Gandhi decided to retire from his position as DC CFO, the DC Council began to discuss increasing the CFO pay. The proposal of increasing the salary range up to $250,000 would have been a 20% pay
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for mismanagement and waste. During his administration in 1989, "The Washington Monthly" magazine claimed that the District had "the worst city government in America." In 1995, at the start of Barry's fourth term, Congress created the District of Columbia Financial Control Board to oversee all municipal spending. The same legislation created a Chief Financial Officer position for the District, which operates independently of the mayor and city council. Mayor Anthony Williams won election in 1998 and oversaw a period of urban renewal and budget surpluses. The District regained control over its finances in 2001 and the oversight board's operations were
Government of the District of Columbia
the District, thus distancing her from poor and working-class blacks in the city. Kelly's drive to achieve D.C. statehood in order to improve the District's financial and political standing created fierce opposition from Republican members of Congress, who unleashed a barrage of attacks on the District as a "national disgrace" of "one-party rule...massive dependency, hellish crime...and unrelenting scandal." The attacks brought unwelcome negative press to DC, and the ultimate failure in the House of Representatives of DC statehood legislation weakened her political capital. She lost standing with the DC Council when she supported Council member Linda Cropp to serve as
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American and National Leagues. The award's only tie occurred in the National League in 1979, when Keith Hernandez and Willie Stargell received an equal number of points. There have been 18 unanimous winners, who received all the first-place votes. The New York Yankees have the most winning players with 22, followed by the St. Louis Cardinals with 17 winners. The award has never been presented to a member of the following three teams: Arizona Diamondbacks, New York Mets, and Tampa Bay Rays. In recent decades, pitchers have rarely won the award. When Justin Verlander won the AL award in 2011,
Major League Baseball Most Valuable Player Award
average American who had not eaten in a restaurant in his or her entire life, the fast food chains that appeared in the cities offered an alternative form of restaurant in which eating was very much a public activity. The concept of a "greasy spoon" was thus born with these restaurants, in which hygiene suffered in exchange for more inexpensive food. On the other hand, there was a growing interconnected world in which trips by car, bus, and rail became increasingly available. All these means of transport were improving at the time, and soon it was necessary to feed a
History of the hamburger
is some overlap with "thriller" or "suspense" novels and authors in those genres may consider themselves mystery novelists. Comic books and graphic novels have carried on the tradition, and film adaptations or the even-more-recent web-based detective series, have helped to re-popularize the genre in recent times. Mystery fiction can be divided into numerous categories, including "traditional mystery", "legal thriller", "medical thriller", "cozy mystery", "police procedural", and "hardboiled". Mystery fiction Mystery fiction is a genre of fiction usually involving a mysterious death or a crime to be solved. Often with a closed circle of suspects, each suspect is usually provided with
Mystery fiction
household in the borough was $28,750, and the median income for a family was $40,833. Males had a median income of $19,063 versus $20,625 for females. The per capita income for the borough was $14,004. There were no families and 8.2% of the population living below the poverty line, including no under eighteens and 11.4% of those over 64. Sewage Treatment in Cassandra Boro is provided by the Central Mainline Sewer Authority. A dedication ceremony was held on August 21, 2006, by local congressman John Murtha. The total cost of the system was $10 million and took 14 years. Central-Mainline
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Idania del Río Idania del Río (born 1981) is a Cuban designer and graphic artist based in Havana, Cuba. She attended the Instituto Superior de Diseño Industrial (Higher Institute of Industrial Design) in Havana and graduated with a degree in Graphic Design and Visual Communication in 2004. Del Río's poster art has been featured in Cuban and international exhibitions, including designer Daniel Ryan Smith's 2007-2008 "Seattle-Havana Poster Show", and Cuban curator Agapito Martínez's 2009 "Ghost Posters" and 2011 "Últimas Escenas" exhibits. Del Río opened Clandestina, the first independently run Cuban design shop, in Old Havana with Spanish business partner Leire
Idania del Río
least twice each year. Board members were appointed by the Governor in Council. The Board was expected to provide advice to the Minister of Health on matters related to assisted human reproduction, to oversee and approve the organization's goals, operational policies and budget, and to evaluate AHRC's performance. Assisted Human Reproduction Canada Assisted Human Reproduction Canada (AHRC) was a federal regulatory agency that was established in 2006 to protect and promote the health, safety, dignity and rights of Canadians who use or are born of assisted human reproduction technologies. AHRC was created to administer the 2004 Assisted Human Reproduction Act,
Assisted Human Reproduction Canada
– August 15, 2001), National Research Council, Washington, DC. Johnetta G. Davis Student Service Award (May 1998), Graduate School of Arts & Sciences, Howard University, Washington, DC. Professional Profile Cited in Marquis Who's Who in Science & Engineering (1992–93) and in Who's Who Among America's Teachers (1996, 2007). Researcher of the Month (April 1993), BIOS, Graduate School of Arts & Sciences, Howard University, Washington, DC. Prabhakar Misra Prabhakar Misra is an American physicist, who researches and teaches at Howard University in Washington, D.C., and is currently a Professor in the Department of Physics and Astronomy. Born and raised in India,
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city; it is made up of six members, who are elected at large by a direct vote of the city's electorate. They also serve three-year terms. The city council has for its mission to "enact the laws of the city, set the mill rate for property taxes within the city, approve the annual budget for the city, and appropriate funds to provide for city services". The incumbent mayor is Shirley Marquardt. Marquardt was elected without opposition to a fourth term in office in 2013, the first time in over two decades that a mayoral election went uncontested. The city's longest-serving
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the streetcar system as currently planned). DDOT Director Gabe Klein accused the Council of killing the program. Campbell denied both allegations. The "Washington Post" reported that the budget battle may have been sparked by Council Chair Vincent C. Gray, who was likely to challenge Fenty for the Democratic nomination for mayor in September 2010. The following day, after hundreds of angry phone calls from residents, the Council restored the funds by agreeing to borrow the money. On October 23, 2010, D.C. transportation officials published a revised plan for the DC Streetcar system. The new plan envisioned opening the H Street/Benning
H Street/Benning Road Line
Tuesday, April 7, 1987 Shiller defeated Orbach by 498 votes, 9,751 to 9,253, and contributed to a narrow, pro-Washington, reform-minded majority in the City Council which helped draw the Council Wars era to close. In her six terms as alderman, Shiller served on eight committees: Budget and Government Operations; Buildings; Committees, Rules and Ethics; Finance; Health; Housing and Real Estate; Human Relations; and License and Consumer Protection. On December 16, 1987, Shiller was among the supporters of the 1988 City budget, proposed by Washington in late 1987 and passed 29-19 under Mayor Eugene Sawyer after Washington's death in office. Shiller
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Title: Government of the District of Columbia. Content: who serve four-year terms. Other agencies include: The mayor and council set local taxes and a budget, which must be approved by the Congress. According to DCHR (DC Department of Human Resources, 20% of the DC government workforce will be eligible for retirement in the year 2021. The DC government offers a host of internship opportunities for recent graduates seeking employment. The "District of Columbia Code" is the subject compilation of enacted legislation, and also contains federal statutes which affect the District of Columbia. The "District of Columbia Municipal Regulations" (DCMR) is the publication and compilation of the current regulations.
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