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WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) will announce the winners of this year's "Trucky Awards" on Saturday, August 25, 2012 at 4:00 p.m. during the day-long (1:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m.) gourmet DC Funky Fresh Foodie Fest food truck festival and summer concert, at the D.C. Fairgrounds, 1299 Half St. SE (near Nationals Stadium). "The District's most popular cuisine on wheels has been an asset to the city and a convenience providing new variety for our tastes," Norton said.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) will explain D.C.'s many public service opportunities, particularly in a city without full citizenship rights, as she addresses the 600 entering students at the American University (AU) Freshman Service Experience on Thursday, August 23, 2012 at 7:00 p.m. at the Bender Arena, 4400 Massachusetts Ave.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Office of Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) announced today that acoustic guitarist Denny Ballard will entertain the crowds gathered for today's Lunchtime Music on the Mall from noon to 1:30 p.m. on the National Mall, near the Smithsonian Metro Station.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Office of Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) announced today that her office has had to turn away employers interested in taking part in her annual Jobs and Opportunities Fair on Thursday, August 23, 2012, from 10:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. at the Washington Convention Center (800 Mt. Vernon Place NW, near New York Ave. NW and 7th St. NW), after reaching the maximum number. Nevertheless, this year's fair will include 85 employers with open jobs, including many private D.C.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton's (D-DC) roundtable hearing last night on the hiring of D.C. residents and small businesses at downtown General Services Administration (GSA) and the Smithsonian Institution's Museum of African American History and Culture construction projects drew a large crowd and new ideas to increase local hiring at construction sites downtown.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) will hold a roundtable hearing tonight, Tuesday, August 21, 2012, from 6:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. in Rayburn House Office Building Room 2167, featuring D.C. residents and small businesses working on federal construction sites in the District of Columbia. The hearing will examine the rate of hiring of D.C. residents and the use of D.C. small businesses on stimulus-funded federal construction projects underway in the District, which received more stimulus construction funds than any other U.S.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Office of Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) today released new comprehensive statistics on the hiring of District of Columbia residents on federal construction projects underway in the city. Norton was responsible for getting the funds for the General Services Administration (GSA) projects in her role as chair, and now ranking member, of the subcommittee with jurisdiction over GSA. The figures, which Norton says show a slight overall improvement in hiring D.C.
The United States did it again at the 2012 Olympics, coming away with more medals than any other nation. That didn't rock the world, but how we did it should have -- American women stole the show! Women's sports can rarely be found on prime-time broadcast television. Yet U.S. women left London with significantly more medals than our men, who dominate our airwaves. U.S. women took 58 medals, 13 more than our men (58-45), including 29 gold medals, 12 more than the men (29-17). Saudi Arabia, Qatar, and Brunei sent their first women to the games this year, but the U.S.