Muriel Bowser

DC Department of Health | September 21, 2016

(Washington, DC) – Today, Mayor Muriel Bowser and the District of Columbia Department of Health (DOH) announced modifications to the Medical Marijuana Program that will work to improve patient access, remove potential barriers and spur innovation in the District’s medical program.Included in the modifications is a proposed rulemaking change that will increase the quantity of medical marijuana that a patient may receive in a 30-day period from two (2) ounces to four (4) ounces. This c...

| June 12, 2016

In the last Democratic primary of the political season, D.C. voters on Tuesday will decide the futures of several city lawmakers — as well as Mayor Muriel Bowser’s influence on the D.C. Council. About 75 percent of the nearly 450,000 registered voters in the District are Democrats, meaning the winners of the primary races will likely sail to victory in November’s general election. Council member Jack Evans faces no opposition in his Ward 2 re-election bid, but the other races are much more compe...

Huawei | January 15, 2020

The U.S. government is nearing publication of a rule that would vastly expand its powers to block shipments of foreign-made goods to China’s Huawei, as it seeks to squeeze the blacklisted telecoms company, two sources said. The U.S. Commerce Department in May placed Huawei Technologies Co Ltd [HWT.UL] on a trade blacklist, citing national security concerns. That allowed the U.S. government to restrict sales of U.S.-made goods to the company and a small number of items made abroad that cont...

oodaloop | January 14, 2020

Most weeks, it is far outside the normal job responsibilities for cybersecurity professionals to understand what the United States (or other governments) do to find or use computer vulnerabilities. Just stay patched and keep the board of directors happy. This is not one of those weeks. This week we learned that the National Security Agency disclosed to Microsoft that it had discovered a major vulnerability (dubbed CVE-2020-0601) in Windows 10. A Washington Post article, by veteran cyber journali...