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Biden fires Architect of the Capitol over alleged abuses 02/13/2023 03:34pm • WASHINGTON (AP) ��� President Joe Biden has fired embattled Architect of the Capitol Brett Blanton, who oversees the historic building that houses Congress and its expansive grounds, as pressure mounted for his removal following a scathing inspector general report of personal and management lapses. New bill aimed at ending telework for federal employees gets pushback 01/18/2023 01:29am • The Stopping Home Office Work���s Unproductive Problems, known as the ���SHOW UP��� Act is aimed at getting federal workers back in the office, sparking reaction from opponents. "People have said it's kind of a push in the wrong direction," Drew Friedman, with Federal News Network, said. The b U.S. News Ranks the Best Jobs 01/09/2023 07:00pm • The U.S. News & World Report rankings of the Best Jobs of 2023 provide a comprehensive list to aid you in making the best decision for your next career move. According to data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics and our own in-house reporting, these top jobs, which require different levels of ed Bowser to deploy snow team ahead of possible freezing rain Thursday 12/13/2022 04:09pm • Mayor Muriel Bowser said D.C. will deploy the District Snow Team at 7 p.m. Tuesday to treat bridges, highways, overpasses and roadways in preparation for the freezing rain that's in the Thursday morning forecast. Temperatures are anticipated to be in the freezing range until 10 a.m. Thursday. Employers regain some leverage; DC remains a remote work leader 12/05/2022 10:44am • Job openings declined by about a half million in October, according to the most recent data from the Labor Department. And, in the face of a cloudy economic future, the number of gainfully employed Americans quitting their jobs fell to the lowest level since May 2021. It may be among the first si Mass transit extension to Dulles Airport opens at tough time 11/12/2022 08:11am • CHANTILLY, Va. (AP) ��� It's taken 60 years and billions of dollars. One man went to prison over shoddy construction. Now, mass transit is finally coming to Dulles International Airport outside the nation's capital. The Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority will open the second and final ph Overturned cement mixer blocks traffic on Inner Loop 11/07/2022 08:30pm • An overturned cement mixer on the Beltway. (Courtesy Montgomery County Fire and Rescue/Pete Piringer) An overturned cement mixer stopped traffic on the Inner Loop of the Capital Beltway near the University Boulevard exit Monday afternoon. Two right lanes reopened about 5 p.m., and all lanes r Montgomery Co. volunteers log hundreds of hours of service during COVID-19 response 10/28/2022 11:49am • Marking almost three years since the start of the pandemic, hundreds of volunteers on the front line of the COVID-19 response in Montgomery County, Maryland, were recognized for their service on Thursday night. Volunteers with the Montgomery County Medical Reserve Corps were recognized for loggin More than 40% of DC area workforce teleworks on a typical day, report shows 10/20/2022 08:55am • The coronavirus pandemic made working from home a more popular concept and a recent report shows that staggering changes in commuter patterns in the D.C. area have led to a new world for drivers. Nearly 1.5 million employees in the D.C. region are now teleworking on a typical workday, accordi With more people working from home, is traffic getting better in the DC area? 10/11/2022 04:00am • The number of people working from home tripled nationwide between 2019 and 2021, according to recent U.S. Census Bureau data. With teleworking more popular in the aftermath of the pandemic, what does this mean for the D.C.-area commute? With fewer people commuting to work, is traffic lighter and Ozone season summary shows how much the DC area's air quality has improved 10/05/2022 05:12pm • Using words such as "huge" and "tremendous," the air program chief with the Metropolitan Washington Council of Governments noted that air quality is continuing to improve in the region. Data released in the 2022 Ozone Season Summary marks the best three-year period since COG began tracking air po Report: Virginia's remote workforce has tripled since pandemic 10/05/2022 10:18am • It's no secret that the pandemic has caused an increase in remote working in the D.C. region. But a new report by Virginia's Department on Human Resource Management says the state's remote workforce has tripled since 2019. As of September, 15,338 state employees work remotely at least once a w Report: DC is the nation's work from home capital 09/23/2022 09:39pm • Before the pandemic, about 5.9% of people in the D.C. area worked from home. Now, it leads the nation. According to the Rockefeller Institute of Government that analyzed census data, as of early August, 51% of people in the D.C. area are still working from home at least part of the week. It s Survey: DC-area commuting trends show telework 'explosion,' major drop in transit use 09/11/2022 03:22pm • More people are teleworking, and those who are commuting are using transit less and less, according to a recent survey by the Metropolitan Washington Council of Governments. The survey shows a five-fold increase in teleworking, a three-fold decrease in transit and the largest drop in drive-alone 20 Big Companies That Hire Remote Workers 08/21/2022 08:00pm • Remote work is no longer a remote possibility.Remote work was popular long before the pandemic, but it was during the lockdowns that it really gained momentum. In fact, for a long time, remote work was a controversial idea to many bosses and human resources departments. Would employees actually do t