Voting Holiday. 1st Tuesday in November enacted before 2020.

VOTING HOLIDAY.

1st Tuesday of November.
A federal holiday that focuses on the values and nature of our 'great experiment' government. Voting rights for all.

Stay focused.

A voting holiday enacted before the 2020 elections. PERIOD.

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Effective Advocating & Lobbying Your Elected Officials. Webinar: 2/14/2019

• February 14, 1 - 2 PM ET: Effective Advocating & Lobbying Your Elected Officials: In this training, we will educate and prepare business leaders to be effective advocates for your issues. Here's what you will learn:
• Plan an in-person meeting with policy makers
• How to prepare and research for in-person meeting
• Execute a successful meeting with policy makers
• Post-meeting outreach
• Get your message to policy makers when you can't meet in person (outside-in approach)

Register Here:

     https://zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_5S6HeDgoTpuvqD0YdvKJVA

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·      February 21, 1 - 2 PM ET: Hone Your Message and Work with the Media to Get It Out: If the new political reality has you itching to speak out in the media, this session is for you. Learn best practices from the front lines. Here's what you will learn:

o  How to make the strongest arguments for your policy agenda

o  How to use your company as proof for how policies affect business

o  How to locate journalists interested in what you have to say

o  Tips to enhance your credibility and confidence

Community Emergency Response Team (CERT) Specialist Opportunity. January 30, 2019

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Greetings, Serve DC seeks a Community Emergency Response Team (CERT) Specialist to help create a Safer, Stronger DC. Apply by clicking the button below or share with your network. Yours in service, DC CERT

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Chairman Thompson to Secretary Nielsen: Your Refusal to Testify on Border Security Is Unacceptable. January 2019

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Chairman Thompson to Secretary Nielsen: Your Refusal to Testify on Border Security Is Unacceptable The Secretary outrageously attempts to use the President’s shutdown as an excuse not to come before Congress January 29, 2019 (WASHINGTON) – Today, Rep. Bennie G. Thompson (D-MS), Chairman of the Committee on Homeland Security, sent the below letter to Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen, calling on her to reconsider her refusal to testify before the Committee next week: Dear Secretary Nielsen: Your decision to refuse my invitation to testify before the Committee on Homeland Security regarding our Nation’s border security on February 6, 2019, is unreasonable and unacceptable.  I strongly urge you to reconsider. Your attempt to use the President’s recent shutdown as an excuse not to testify before Congress prior to the impending shutdown is outrageous.  As Secretary of Homeland Security, you should be prepared to testify on border security, the very issue that caused the recent shutdown, at any time and certainly prior to the potential February 15 lapse in appropriations.  During the shutdown, you made numerous public appearances and comments regarding border security.  You should be well prepared to inform the public about the Department of Homeland Security’s border security needs as well as provide Congress with accurate information that can inform any pending border security legislation.  The recent Federal government shutdown jeopardized homeland security, cost our economy $11 billion, and caused incalculable harm to the country. The Nation is just days away from President Trump again shutting down the government.  Your failure to engage Congress only makes averting another shutdown more difficult. The men and women of the Department of Homeland Security continue to carry out their duties admirably despite difficult and uncertain circumstances.  I am hopeful you will follow their lead and agree to testify before the Committee on Homeland Security on February 6.  In your public comments on border security, you maintained that Congress should “get [its] job done.”  Please know that as Chairman, I intend to ensure the Committee fulfills its oversight responsibilities on this important matter. Sincerely, BENNIE G. THOMPSON Chairman Link to letter text #  #  # Media contact: Adam Comis at (202) 225-9978

Federal Shutdown Budget Approval Options for the future January 2019

Federal Shutdown Budget Approval Options.

Inclusion & Diversity across the board.

Was the military industrial contractors affected by the 2018-2019 federal shutdown?

Options for shutdown for consideration:
1. All non 'TS' (top secret) related contractor programs under DOD shift to GSA that will be affected by any future federal shutdowns if DOD budget was approved before other federal agencies and programs;
2. 10-day limit on federal shutdowns,
3. during 10-day limit concessions and approvals by Legislative and Executive branches of government,
4. agreement MUST be reached during this only 10-day limit for concessions, agreements, and approvals, if not
5. previous yeas approved budget immediately approved and implemented for COOP with built in cost of inflation for next budget period.

END OF BUDGET APPROVAL PROCESS UNTIL NEXT PERIOD.

"In the councils of government, we must guard against the acquisition of unwarranted influence, whether sought or unsought, by the military-industrial complex. The potential for the disastrous rise of misplaced power exists, and will persist."
Dwight D. Eisenhower.