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Rally in Washington DC for Financial Reform

May 17, 2010 by Elias Shams 2 Comments

by Kamran Abdi
Crowd of protesters converged on K Street in Washington, D.C., yesterday in support of the Wall Street reform bill (S. 3217) pending in the Senate. Protesters, ignored the steady rain, heard speeches from a wide array of organizations, including National People’s Action, SEIU, AFL-CIO, and Jobs with Justice. Read more of this post

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Things Happened In Our Awesome Washington, DC During 2009

December 30, 2009 by Elias Shams Leave a comment

Here is the list of great things happened to our nation capital I remember. If we missed something, please send it to us and we make sure to add it to the list:

1. This guy finally left Washington for good

2. We got a new president or better say a Blackberry-addicted President His $800 billion stimulus package was stuffed with programs and grants to spur innovation and invigorate entrepreneurs.

3. We got a new Federal CIO and CTO to guide our technology policy: Virginia Tech Sec Aneesh Chopra and DC CIO Vivek Kundra. Vivek has been Mr. Transparency with projects like data.gov and recovery.gov that bring government spending out of the shadows, while Aneesh, has been guiding Obama’s policies in things like health care, energy independence, and education.

But wait, there’s more