11/30/16 / Business / Federal Government /
According to a news release from the offices of U.S. Sens. Mark R. Warner (D-VA), James Lankford (R-OK), and Cory Booker (D-NJ), the trio has introduced bipartisan legislation to codify the Presidential Innovations Fellows (PIF) program, that would formally establish a pathway for government to attract experienced technology entrepreneurs and innovators to public service.
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FROM the Office of US Senator Mark Warner 11/24/16 / Federal Government / Health & Safety / Money & Taxes / People & Places /
U.S. Senator Mark Warner (D-Va.) reports he is a co-sponsor of legislation to ensure that federal employees who are killed in the line of duty receive death gratuities and funeral expenses.
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FROM the Office of Congresswoman Comstock 11/24/16 / Business / Federal Government / Money & Taxes / People & Places /
Congresswoman Barbara Comstock (R-VA) released the following statement after the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals granted an emergency injunction against the Labor Department’s overtime rule:
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11/14/16 / Breaking News / Education / Federal Government / History / Military / People & Places /
National Museum of the United States Navy will be commemorating the 75th anniversary of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor in a special "Valor in the Pacific: A Remembrance" exhibition opening Dec. 7, 2016. For more than 20 years, historian Rev. Todd Hammond has researched and worked on an 8' x 12' model covering approximately five square miles of Oahu as was on the eve of the attack. This is the first time the model will be on public display.
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By Randi Reid, Observer staff 11/09/16 / Breaking News / Federal Government / Local Government / People & Places / Politics /
Here are the voting totals of Manassas City voters as reported by the State Board of Elections late Nov. 8, 2016 with 6 of 6 precincts reporting.
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FROM Prince William County Government 11/05/16 / Federal Government / People & Places / Politics / State Government /
Don't wait until Election Day if you have questions. The Virginia Department of Elections is available to answer voter-related questions between 7 a.m. to 6 p.m. weekdays by calling 800-552-9745. Customer service hours have also extended to Saturday from 7 a.m. to 6 p.m. Locally, call the Prince William Office of Elections at 703-792-6470 or email
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FROM Prince William County Schools 11/02/16 / Education / Federal Government / People & Places / State Government / Woodbridge /
Nearly 360 civics students at Beville Middle School will get a sense of our democracy when they head to “voting booths” in their Dale City area school Nov. 3. Students will vote using paper ballots which will resemble the actual Virginia ballot.
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10/26/16 / Breaking News / Education / Federal Government / Woodbridge /
Congressman Robert Wittman, U.S. Representative for Virginia's First Congressional District that includes parts of Prince William County, will host a student Town Hall Meeting at 1:30 p.m., at Northern Virginia Community College's Woodbridge campus at the Lakeside Theatre in the Seefeldt Building, 2645 College Drive, Woodbridge.
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