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Bibliography

Last updated December 02, 2013

Essential books, General Accounting Office reports, reference
articles, studies, magazine and newspaper
articles, and reports about politics, history, and local
government.

Books

  • Abbott, Carl. Political Terrain: Washington, DC., from Tidewater Town to Global
    Metropolis.     University of North Carolina, 1999.
  • Agronsky, Jonathan I. Z. Marion Barry: The Politics of Race. Latham, NY: British
    American Pub., 1991.
  • Barras, Jonetta Rose. The Last of the Black Emperors: The Hollow Comeback of Marion
    Barry in the New Age of Black Leaders.     Baltimore: Bancroft Press, 1998.
  • Black Georgetown Remembered: A History of Its Black Community from the Founding of
    "The Town of George" in 1751 to the Present Day.     Washington, DC: Georgetown
    University Press, 1991.
  • Borchert, James. Alley Life in Washington: Family, Community, Religion, and Folklife
    in the City, 1850-1970.     Urbana: University of Illinois Press, 1980.
  • Bowling, Kenneth R. The Creation of Washington, D.C.: The Idea and Location of the
    American Capital.     Fairfax, Va.: George Mason; Lanham, MD: University Press.
    Distributed by arrangement with University Pub. Associates, 1991.
  • Cary, Francine Curro, editor. Urban Odyssey: A Multicultural History of Washington,
    D.C.     Washington, DC: Smithsonian Institution Press, 1996.
  • Dash, Leon. Rosa Lee: A Mother and Her Family in Urban America. New York, NY:
    Basic Books, 1996.
  • Edmonds, Thomas N. and Raymond J. Keating. D.C. by the Numbers: A State of Failure.
    Lanham, MD: University Press of America, 1995.
  • Epstein, Sam, and Beryl Epstein. Washington, D.C.: The Nation’s Capital. New
    York: F. Watts, 1981.
  • Frankel, Godfrey. In the Alleys: Kids in the Shadow of the Capitol. Washington,
    DC: Smithsonian Institution Press, 1995.
  • Green, Constance McLaughlin. The Secret City: A History of Race Relations in the
    Nation’s Capital.     Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 1967.
  • Green, Constance McLaughlin. Washington: A History of the Capitol, 1800-1950. 2
    vol. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 1962-1963.
  • Harris, Charles Wesley. Congress and the Governance of the Nation’s Capital: The
    Conflict of Federal and Local Interests.     Washington, DC: Georgetown University Press,
    1995.
  • Jaffe, Harry and Tom Sherwood. Dream City: Race, Power, and the Decline of
    Washington, D.C.     New York: Simon & Schuster, 1994.
  • Johnston, Allan John. Surviving Freedom: The Black Community of Washington, D.C.,
    1860-1880.     New York: Garland Pub., 1993.
  • Lewis, David Levering. District of Columbia: A Bicentennial History. New York:
    Norton, 1976.
  • O’Cleireacain, Carol. The Orphaned Capital: Adopting the Right Revenues for the
    District of Columbia.     Washington, DC: Brookings Institution Press, 1997.
  • Reps, John William. Monumental Washington: The Planning and Development of the
    Capital Center.     Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 1967.
  • Reps, John William. Washington Views: The Nation’s Capital Since 1790. Chapel
    Hills: University of North Carolina Press, 1991.
  • Siegel, Fred. The Future Once Happened Here: New York, DC, LA, and the Fate of
    America’s Big Cities.     New York: The Free Press, 1997.

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    General Accounting Office Reports

    • AIMD-97-19,
      District of Columbia: Status of the Sports Arena
    • T-HEHS-97-76, Foster Care: State
      Efforts to Expedite Permanency Hearings and Placement Decisions
    • AIMD-97-148.
      District of Columbia: Status of the Proposed New Convention Center Project
    • GGD-97-159BR,
      District of Columbia Government: Overtime Costs Exceed Those of Neighboring Governments.
    • HEHS-97-161.
      District of Columbia Public Schools: Student Enrollment Count Remains Vulnerable to
      Errors.
    • RCED-97-162, Federal-Aid Highway
      Program: Impact of the District of Columbia Emergency Highway Relief Act
    • AIMD-96-42.
      District of Columbia: Information on Health Care Costs.
    • AIMD-96-4. Financial
      Management: Implementation of the Cash Management Improvement Act.
    • AIMD-96-42. District
      of Columbia: Information on Health Care Costs.
    • GGD-96-95. District’s
      Workforce: Annual Report Required by the District of Columbia Retirement Reform Act.
    • T-AIMD-96-126.
      District Government: Information on Its Fiscal Condition and the Authority’s First Year of
      Operations.
    • T-AIMD-96-133.
      District Government: Information on Its Fiscal Condition.
    • HEHS-96-136. DC Managed
      Care System for Disabled Special Needs Children — Medicaid Managed Care: Serving the
      Disabled Challenges State Programs.
    • T-HEHS-96-205. Fraud
      and Abuse: Providers Excluded From Medicaid Continue to Participate in Federal Health
      Programs.

    District Court

    • Adams v. Clinton and Alexander v. Daley, Civil Action Nos. 98-1665 and
      98-2187, Memorandum Opinion of Circuit Judge Merrick B. Garland and US District Judge
      Colleen Kollar-Kotelly, Opinion of Judge Louis F. Oberdorfer concurring in part and
      dissenting in part, and Memorandum and Order of Judge Louis F. Oberdorfer in PDF and
      WordPerfect format

    House of Representatives

    House of Representatives documents can be picked up from the House Document Room, Ford
    Building (Annex II), 3rd and D Streets, S.W., Room B-18, from 9:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m.,
    Monday through Friday. They can also be ordered by telephone, 202-225-3456; by mail with a
    self-addressed return mailing label; Hearing and Committee Prints must
    be obtained from the appropriate committee. Legislation and the Congressional Record is
    also available on the web at http://thomas.loc.gov.

    Magazine
    and Newspaper Articles

  • Anselmo, Joseph C. “DC Rising: While Still Behind the Suburbs, the District and Its
    Technology Community Are Emerging from the Shadows and Beginning to Take Off,” Washington
    Techway,     April 24, 2000, pp. 23-29.
  • Hayward, Stephen. “Broken
    Cities: Liberalism’s Urban Legacy,” Policy Review, March-April 1998.
  • Hitchens, Christopher. "District of Contempt," Vanity Fair, March
    1998, pp. 106, 117, 120, 125-126.
  • Lamb, David. "How the Capital Has Crumbled," The Los Angeles Times,
    June 26, 1997.
  • Myers,
    Jim. “Notes on the Murders of Thirty of My Neighbors,” Atlantic Monthly,
    March 2000.
  • Offman, Craig, "The 10 Most Corrupt Cities in America," George Magazine,
    March 1998, pp. 90-102.
  • Powell, Michael. "Poor Management, Federal Rule, Undermine Services," The
    Washington Post,     July 20, 1997.

    Powell, Michael. "Federal Presence in D.C. Regarded as Both an Asset and an
    Albatross," The Washington Post, July 20, 1997.

    Powell, Michael. "Washington Time, Space, and Money: Business as Usual at Human
    Services," The Washington Post, July 20, 1997.

    Powell, Michael. "D.C.: Steep Expenses, Low Quality Are the Rule," The
    Washington Post,     July 21, 1997.

    Powell, Michael. "D.C. Council Fails in Watchdog Role," The Washington Post,
    July 21, 1997.

    Powell, Michael. "Funds Don’t Go for Books, Boilers," The Washington
    Post,     July 21, 1997.
  • Rowan, Carl, Jr. "D.C. Confidential: The lawless lawmen of our nation’s
    capital," The New Republic, January 19, 1998, pp. 20-23.
  • "Trying to Fix a Capital Where ‘Everything Is Broken’"

    Holmes, Stephen A. and Michael Janofsky. Lost Opportunities: A Bad Situation Gets Even
    Worse," The New York Times, July 25, 1996.

    Wayne, Leslie. "No Shortage of Solutions, Starting with a Cap on Income Taxes," The
    New York Times,     July 25, 1996.

    Terry, Don and Karen DeWitt, "The Washington That Tourists Don’t See," The
    New York Times,     July 26, 1996.

    Clines, Francis X., "D.C.’s Wealthy ‘Other Half’ Is Feeling the Pinch,
    Too," The New York Times, July 26, 1996.

    Holmes, Stephen A. and Karen De Witt, "The Flight of the Black Middle Class," The
    New York Times,     July 27, 1996.
  • "Washington’s Two Faces: The Nation’s Capital, for Richer, for
    Poorer," U.S. News and World Report, February 2, 1997.
  • "A Well Financed Failure"

    Horowitz, Sari and Valerie Strauss. "System Protects Jobs While Shortchanging
    Classrooms," The Washington Post, February 16, 1997.

    Horowitz, Sari and Valerie Strauss. "View from the Classroom: We Couldn’t Get
    Anything We Ordered," The Washington Post, February 16, 1997.

    Horowitz, Sari and Valerie Strauss. "As Students Fail, U.S. Aid Goes to Waste: Funds
    Are Available for Needy Children, But Programs Have Not Been Developed," The
    Washington Post,     February 16, 1997.

    Loeb, Vernon and William Casey. "Work Force a Family Affair for Many: New
    Superintendent Pursues Cronyism, Nepotism as Factors of Unknown Proportions," The
    Washington Post,     February 17, 1997.

    Loeb, Vernon. "A Need for Continued Employment: Disbarred Lawyer Got a Temporary Job
    with Lasting Implications," Washington Post, February 17, 1997.

    Horowitz, Sari. "A History of Transgressions and Transfers: Some Workers Who Have Run
    into Controversy Have Not Run Out of Second Chances," The Washington Post,
    February 17, 1997.

    Powell, Michael, and Vernon Loeb. "In Lieu of Planning, Patchwork: Students Preparing
    for the Future in Buildings Baring Scars of the Past," The Washington Post,
    February 18, 1997.

    Powell, Michael. "Md. Counties Provides a Study in Contrasts," The Washington
    Post,     February 18, 1997.

    Powell, Michael and Vernon Loeb. "For Reformers, Fire Code Lawsuit Brought Dismaying
    Side Effects," The Washington Post, February 18, 1997.

    Struck, Doug. "Special Ed System Exacts a Price in Waste, Neglect: District Spends
    Millions in Lawsuits, Private Schools," The Washington Post, February 19,
    1997.

    Struck, Doug. "For One Law Firm, Suits Against D.C. Schools Often a Case of Easy
    Money," The Washington Post, February 19, 1997.

    Horowitz, Sari and Valerie Strauss. "Students Caught in a Cycle of Classroom
    Failures," The Washington Post, February 20, 1997.

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    Reports

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