To be headed by White House staffer Brad Jenkins.

On the day before the Fourth Of July, no less.

D.C. is spending $180,000 on a contest to find the world’s best startup companies.

A little more than a year ago, Felix Brandon Lloyd and Jordan Lloyd Bookey had a bit of a literary dilemma. With Bookey about to give birth to a daughter, they wanted to get a book appropriate to read to their then-two-year-old son.

Hinge, a dating app built in D.C., asks users to rate each other’s Facebook profiles as a way to determine compatibility.

The newest outfit geared toward turning D.C. into a hub of high-tech activity launched today.