photo by Jeff Vincent
Regarding the wild weather expected tomorrow…
UPDATE: OPM now posts:
“Washington, DC Area
Applies to: Monday, March 16, 2026
Status: Open With Option for Unscheduled Leave or Unscheduled Telework (more…)
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Federal Government
Thanks to H. and D. for sending from Logan Circle this morning.
And thanks to L. for sending from Dupont Circle yesterday: (more…)
From FEMA:
“FEMA announced today that federal disaster assistance is available to the District of Columbia to supplement response efforts due to emergency conditions resulting from a sewer line collapse from Jan. 19, 2026, and continuing.
The President’s action authorizes FEMA to coordinate all disaster relief efforts to alleviate the hardship and suffering caused by the emergency on the local population and to provide appropriate assistance to save lives, to protect property, public health and safety and to lessen or avert the threat of a catastrophe.
This assistance is for the District of Columbia and the area where the District of Columbia has responsibilities in the State of Maryland and Commonwealth of Virginia.
Specifically, (more…)
Thanks to N. for sending from Adams Morgan:
“My husband saw these yesterday on all the dog poop. As seen on 19th street NW near Mintwood Place.”
Signs stuck in dog excrement are trending…
Thanks to J. for passing on from the National Trust for Historic Preservation:
“The National Capital Planning Commission (NCPC) has opened public comments on the proposed 90,000-square-foot ballroom addition to the White House.
Written comments are due March 4 at Noon ET. (more…)
photo by Olaf Zerbock
CNN reported:
“The Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts will close for roughly two years to allow for extensive renovations, President Donald Trump said Sunday, a move that comes as the nation’s preeminent arts institution contends with a flood of cancellations.”
Read Trump’s full announcement from Sunday: (more…)
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From OPM:
“Washington, DC Area
Applies to: Friday, January 30, 2026
Status: Open With Option for Unscheduled Leave or Unscheduled Telework
Federal agencies in the Washington, DC area are Open and employees have the Option for Unscheduled Leave or Unscheduled Telework. (more…)
photo by Mark Andre
From OPM:
“Washington, DC Area
Applies to: Thursday, January 29, 2026
Status: Open With Option for Unscheduled Leave or Unscheduled Telework
Federal agencies in the Washington, DC area are Open and employees have the Option for Unscheduled Leave or Unscheduled Telework. (more…)
photo by Adam Fagen
From OPM:
“Washington, DC Area
Applies to: Wednesday, January 28, 2026
Status: Open – 1 hour Delayed Arrival – With Option for Unscheduled Leave or Unscheduled Telework (more…)
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From the office of Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton:
“Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) announced today that she will retire at the end of this term.
“I’ve had the privilege of representing the District of Columbia in Congress since 1991. Time and again, D.C. residents entrusted me to fight for them at the federal level, and I have not yielded,” Norton said. “With fire in my soul and the facts on my side, I have raised hell about the injustice of denying 700,000 taxpaying Americans the same rights given to residents of the states for 33 years.
“The privilege of public service is inseparable from the responsibility to recognize when it’s time to lift up the next generation of leaders. For D.C., that time has come. With pride in all we have accomplished together, with the deepest gratitude to the people of D.C., and with great confidence in the next generation, I announced today that I will retire at the end of this term.”
Norton’s unrelenting advocacy has produced prolific and transformative results for the District. Her major legislative accomplishments include (more…)