District of Columbia is the Nation’s Capital

D.C. Subcommittee Hearing on the Structural Imbalance of the District of Columbia: Testimony of The Honorable Tom Davis, Representative, U.S. House of Representatives BLAH BLAH BLA.. follow the link to read it all.

The city has been unable to make the type of IT investments that yield real financial and citizen-service returns. With the exception of the District’s Tax Office, the IT investment revolution that’s occurred in local governments across the country has bypassed D.C. Did not someone with the initials M. J. run a local telco that was supposed to be building out that library and school network. Do we have one today.

The District has taken care of its financial house. It has balanced its budget for seven consecutive years, without tricks or gimmicks, and it has a cash reserve that is the envy of every municipality in the Nation.

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To further drive home the need for a federal investment, we are not here discussing some random city. The District of Columbia is the Nation’s Capital, and maintaining it, growing it and modernizing it – these are national responsibilities.


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