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American University recently launched a pilot program to integrate SmarTrip fare card technologies into university identification cards, according to AU Student Government President Andy MacCracken.
The federal government recently gave the District of Columbia a $15.4 million grant to improve health information technology in the District. The money will go toward job training for health care professionals and updating patient medical records to an electronic format.
Following Special Counsel reports of corruption, including misuse of government funds, D.C. Councilmember and former Mayor Marion Barry (D-Ward 8) could face condemnation from the D.C. Council and removal from office. The report was completed by the Special Counsel, attorney Robert S. Bennett, after months of investigation.
Councilmember Mary Cheh (D-Ward 3) is encouraging Google to make the District of Columbia one of the test locations for planned ultra high-speed broadband networks.
Catholic Charities, a part of the Archdiocese of Washington, will move its foster care and adoption program to the National Center for Children and Families, due to the pending passage of gay marriage legislation in D.C.
House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer (D-Md.) revealed Tuesday that the D.C. House Voting Rights Act has not been brought to the floor of the U.S. House of Representatives for a vote because of a contested amendment on gun-control legislation.
On Thursday, the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority’s board approved a 10-cent increase on Metrobus, Metrorail and MetroAccess fares. The new fares will be in effect until the end of June to avoid service cuts.
Metro is developing technology that will allow riders to scan their credit cards at the transit gate to pay their fares, Peter Benjamin, the new chairman of the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority, told WTOP, a D.C. radio station, on Jan. 24. The new feature will be available in 12 to 18 months, according to Benjamin.
The D.C. Council is preparing to introduce a resolution that aims to legalize marijuana for medicinal purposes in the District. The bill would require a written approval from a primary physician and would allow a maximum of five sites in D.C. to distribute the drug.
D.C. Public Schools are evaluating the possibility of relocating the Duke Ellington School of the Arts and converting the building located on the corner of 35th and R Streets NW into a public, comprehensive high school for D.C.’s Ward 2.
