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From a press release:

“Today, the Department of Employment Services (DOES) announced a new Unemployment Insurance (UI) Benefits System that will launch on Monday, February 5, 2024. This system will streamline applying for and processing UI benefits claims to increase ease of access for residents in need, and will feature a new identity verification component, managed in partnership with ID.me, designed to counteract benefits fraud and ensure claimants receive their benefits.

“I am ecstatic to share a significant milestone in our commitment to better serve the District. Our unemployment system has undergone a comprehensive upgrade to enhance the overall experience for claimants and employers,” said DOES Director Dr. Unique Morris-Hughes. “Streamlined customer communications, an easy mobile user experience, and robust fraud prevention tools will be a game changer for everyone that uses this new system.”

Starting February 5, UI benefits will be managed through a modernized, single-service portal that will allow claimants and employers to: (more…)



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From the DC Office of the Attorney General:

“Attorney General Brian L. Schwalb today announced that the nation’s third largest tax preparation company, Liberty Tax, will pay $550,000 to more than 7,300 DC residents who were misled and overcharged for tax preparation services. As part of a settlement resolving the consumer protection lawsuit that the Office of the Attorney General (OAG) filed against it, Liberty Tax must also pay $200,000 to the District and permanently end the deceptive marketing and pricing tactics it used across the US. (more…)



414 K Street, NW

Thanks to Michael for sending the latest from 2fiftybbq coming to the the former Toscana Market space: “grand opening is set for this Saturday.”

Website says: “Opening January 13th – 11am”

Last year we noted that 2fiftybbq ranked #19 in the Top 50 “Barbecue Joints Of 2023” by Southern Living.


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