The Requests
What we sent, and to whom.
U.S. Commission of Fine Arts
Whether the Commission's design reviews over DC building projects are binding or advisory in practice, under the Shipstead-Luce and Old Georgetown Acts.
View the request (PDF) →National Capital Planning Commission
When the Commission's decisions over the District are final versus advisory, and the congressional makeup of the boards that review DC projects.
View the request (PDF) →Office of Management and Budget
How DC's locally raised budget is policed by Congress through appropriations riders, including the ban on spending to lobby for statehood and the Harris Rider.
View the request (PDF) →U.S. Department of Education
How federal education programs treat the District differently than they treat the states.
View the request (PDF) →U.S. Small Business Administration
How SBA programs treat the District differently than they treat the states.
View the request (PDF) →U.S. Department of Transportation
How federal transportation programs treat the District differently than they treat the states.
View the request (PDF) →Council on Environmental Quality
How the Council reviews DC-affecting federal projects under the National Environmental Policy Act.
View the request (PDF) →Federal Bureau of Prisons
How the Bureau holds and treats people convicted under the DC Code, who are sent to federal prison across the country rather than housed by their own jurisdiction.
View the request (PDF) →U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development
HUD programs in the District and federal oversight of the DC Housing Authority.
View the request (PDF) →U.S. Department of Labor
How federal labor programs treat the District differently than they treat the states.
View the request (PDF) →Amtrak Police Department
Amtrak Police jurisdiction, operations, and enforcement at Union Station in the District.
View the request (PDF) →Department of Veterans Affairs, Police Service
VA Police operations at the DC Medical Center and how they coordinate with the Metropolitan Police.
View the request (PDF) →