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M.B. Cottingham is a 39-year-old African-American man who has lived in Southeast D.C. his entire life. For the past nine years, he has worked as an ice-cream vendor, selling frozen treats out of a truck. He...
Twice within a span of 12 days, a large number of Metropolitan Police Department (MPD) officers arrived at the 5200 block of Sheriff Road NE in the Deanwood neighborhood and interacted with community...
The Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts (“AOUSC”) provides legislative, legal, financial, technology, management, administrative, and program support services to the federal judiciary. AOUSC employees...
“Prepublication review” refers to the policy under which many agencies require past and current employees and contractors who have security clearances to submit any written materials that involve...
In 2015 HUD issued the “Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing” Rule, which requires jurisdictions receiving federal financial aid for housing to account for fair housing issues in their regular planning...
In March 2016, the District of Columbia enacted the Neighborhood Engagement Achieves Results (NEAR) Act of 2016. One of its key provisions required the D.C. Metropolitan Police Department (MPD) to collect...