Correspondence

Letters sent from the D.C. Auditor to directors of D.C. agencies and other government officials

November 4, 2024

To the Hon. Zachary Parker and each member of the Council of the District of Columbia on Bill 25-826, the Recidivism Reduction and Oversight of DYRS Amendment Act of 2024, scheduled to be considered in the Committee of the Whole on November 12, 2024

October 30, 2024

To The Hon. Phil Mendelson, Chairman, and Members of the Council of the District of Columbia, providing a memorandum on current conditions at D.C. Department of Corrections facilities prepared by the Council for Court Excellence as a status report on a comprehensive audit underway for ODCA

September 5, 2024

To D.C. City Administrator Kevin Donahue with suggestions for review of violence interruption (VI) contracts and grants

July 11, 2024

To The Hon. Andrew Garbarino, United States House of Representatives, providing information on ODCA, particularly public-safety-related work

May 24, 2024

To The Hon. Phil Mendelson, Chairman, and Members of the Council of the District of Columbia, providing an update on ODCA work on Special Purpose Revenue Funds for consideration during FY 2025 budget deliberations

May 15, 2024

To The Hon. Phil Mendelson, Chairman, and Members of the Council of the District of Columbia, providing an update on ODCA work on the D.C. Jail for consideration during FY 2025 budget deliberations

April 26, 2024

To The Hon. Phil Mendelson, Chairman, and Members of the Council of the District of Columbia, providing an update on ODCA work on tax changes for consideration during FY 2025 budget deliberations

February 1, 2024

To The Hon. Phil Mendelson, Chairman, and Members of the Council of the District of Columbia, with suggested witness questions at the D.C. Council Committee of the Whole hearing on the 2023 ACFR

October 20, 2023

To the Hon. Phil Mendelson, Chair of the Council of the District of Columbia, and D.C. Councilmembers on interviews for the ODCA Audit of MPD Staffing

June 15, 2023

To Ronald Mason Jr., President of the University of the District of Columbia, Regarding UDC’s Workforce Development and Lifelong Learning Program

September 28, 2022

To the Hon. Charles Allen, Chair, Committee on the Judiciary and Public Safety, Council of the District of Columbia, on 911 Operations at the Office of Unified Communications (OUC)

May 9, 2022

To The Hon. Phil Mendelson, Chairman, and Members of the Council of the District of Columbia, on a proposed provision in the FY23 Budget Support Act to bring greater transparency to funding decisions of the Housing Production Trust Fund

December 8, 2021

To The Hon. Phil Mendelson, Chairman, Council of the District of Columbia, on questions for the Committee of the Whole public hearing on December 9, 2021, on Improving School Attendance: Truancy and Chronic Absenteeism Issues in the District

November 11, 2021

To The Hon. Phil Mendelson, Chairman, Council of the District of Columbia, on questions for the Committee of the Whole public hearing on November 12, 2021, on PR 24-393, the State Superintendent of Education Dr. Christina Grant Confirmation Resolution of 2021

November 4, 2021

To The Hon. Charles Allen, Chairperson, Committee on the Judiciary and Public Safety, Council of the District of Columbia, on Bill 24-0254, the School Police Incident Oversight and Accountability Amendment Act of 2021, regarding student discipline data

June 29, 2021

To D.C. Council of the Whole on budget recommendations included in the Council-mandated education data audit, Managing What Matters: More and Better Data Needed to Improve D.C. Schools and to correct additional and repeated misstatements in OSSE's Supplemental Responses Fiscal Year 2022 Budget Oversight circulated on June 25, 2021.

June 16, 2021

To D.C. Council Chairman Phil Mendelson to follow up on the June 8, 2021, Committee of the Whole 2022 Education Budget Hearing

May 17, 2021

To The Hon. Kenyan McDuffie, Chairman of the Commitee on Business and Economic Development, Council of the District of Columbia, on the Committee's oversight of the Office of the Chief Financial Officer (OCFO), in particular the development and implementation of D.C.'s new Integrated Financial System (DIFS)

May 17, 2021

To the Hon. Phil Mendelson, Chairman of the Council of the District of Columbia, and The Hon. Robert White, Chairman of the Committee on Government Operations and Facilities, on challenges facing government accountability offices regarding public policies and expenditures related to COVID-19

February 23, 2021

To D.C. Councilmember Trayon White, Chairperson, Committee on Recreation, Libraries and Youth Affairs on the 2021 Performance Oversight Hearing on the Department of Parks and Recreation

February 23, 2021

To D.C. Councilmember Robert White, Chairperson, Committee on Government Operations and Facilities on the 2021 Performance Oversight Hearing on the Office of the Chief Technology Officer

February 22, 2021

To D.C. Council on the Council's role in allocating COVID-19 federal relief funds

January 14, 2021

To D.C. Council Chair Mendelson on the Research-Practice Partnership Selection Panel Minority Report

October 27, 2020

To D.C. Councilmembers on correspondence seeking additional information on the reprogramming designed to cover $43 million in Metropolitan Police Department (MPD) overtime costs.

October 22, 2020

To D.C. Council Chair Mendelson with questions/resources for oversight on safely reopening D.C. public schools for in-person instruction

October 9, 2020

To D.C. Council Chair Mendelson on DCPS returning to-person instruction and serving at-risk students

April 27, 2020

To D.C. Council Chairman Mendelson and Councilmembers for consideration in managing D.C.'s COVID-19-related financial crisis

March 5, 2020

To D.C. Councilmember Elissa Silverman regarding ODCA's examination of the Department of Employment Services procurement of training services for workforce development and youth programs

November 21, 2019

To D.C. Council Chairman Mendelson and Education Committee Chairman Grosso to provide questions for hearing on academic achievement of D.C. Public School students

October 11, 2019

To D.C. Council Chairman Mendelson and Councilmember Grosso on recommendations on Research Practice Partnership NOI Draft

June 28, 2019

To D.C. Council Chairman Mendelson and Councilmember Grosso to follow up on at-risk student testimony before the Joint Roundtable on June 26, 2019

May 28, 2019

To D.C. Councilmember Allen responding to inquiry about ODCA’s annual reports on Events DC’s excess reserves

May 24, 2019

To D.C. Council Chairman Mendelson and Education Committee Chairman Grosso on high school enrollment, students with disabilities, and feeder patterns.

February 11, 2019

To D.C. Council Chairman Mendelson and Education Committee Chairman Grosso concerning questions from ODCA reports for Chancellor Nominee

November 28, 2017

To D.C. Councilmember Trayon White, Sr., concerning Ward 8 contracts

November 2, 2017

To D.C. Councilmember Gray concerning Department of Behavioral Health funds

February 3, 2017

To D.C. Councilmember Allen and Metropolitan Police Department Acting Chief Peter Newsham concerning police manpower

October 19, 2015

To D.C. Council Chairman Mendelson concerning the McMillan Reservoir Slow Sand Filtration Site

October 13, 2015

To D.C. Council Chairman Mendelson concerning Ron Brown Middle School's modernization

June 2, 2015

To D.C. Council Chairman Mendelson and Councilmember Cheh concerning payments to CSX Transportation

February 24, 2015

To D.C. Council Chairman Mendelson concerning bonus and separation pay received by members of the Vincent C. Gray Administration

January 15, 2015

To D.C. Council Chairman Mendelson and Councilmembers concerning the Fiscal 2013-14 ODCA Findings Summary