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The flu has killed 16,000 people this season. These are the states with the worst outbreaks

Fast Company Tech

The CDCs Outpatient Respiratory Illness Activity Map classifies respiratory illness rates into five categories: very-high, high, moderate, low, and minimal.

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Housing market watch: States where housing inventory just spiked

Fast Company Tech

The District of Columbia is also above pre-pandemic 2019 inventory levels. While active housing inventory is rising in most markets on a year-over-year basis, some markets still remain tight. Some buyers, who would have previously considered existing homes, are now opting for new homes with more favorable deals.

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6 Governments Who Set Their Data Free

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Here are a few examples: District of Columbia's Data Catalog : The District has opened up 405 data sets across multiple agencies. Users can, for example, subscribe to feeds of crime incidents or view a Google Map of construction projects completed in 2009. One suggestion, Vancouver: add a crime map.

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‘She Matters’ is the name and mission of a BIPOC-focused postpartum care startup

TechCrunch

At a given time the company can train upwards of 500 care professionals per contract across all 50 states, the District of Columbia and three U.S. The book is an interactive map that users can use to find what they believe are “the safest hospitals across 14 states with the largest African-American populations in the United States.”

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DC Does Public Information Right

Forum One

Post-event feedback shows that Vivek Kundra's presentation was extremely popular.

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Slides by New OMB e-Gov Head Vivek Kundra

Forum One

Federal News Radio reported today that Vivek Kundra, Chief Technology Officer for the District of Columbia, has taken a position as new Office of Management and Budget administrator for e-government and information technology: Kundra comes to OMB from the Washington city government where he was chief technology officer.

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Today’s real story: The Facebook monopoly

TechCrunch

District Court for the District of Columbia put it in his recent decision , “No one who hears the title of the 2010 film ‘The Social Network’ wonders which company it is about.” The timing could not be more curious: Today is the day Lina Khan’s FTC refiled its case to dismantle Facebook’s monopoly. After all,” as James E.