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City Refuses Auditor’s Attempts to Get Economic Development Records

dcogcadmin | August 7, 2009

As part of a probe into economic development efforts on which the District has spent hundreds of millions of dollars in recent years, D.C. Auditor Deborah Nichols has sought the records from the Anacostia Waterfront Commission and the National Capital Revitalization Corporation to review the two oversight bodies’ activities.  But as the Examiner reports here, the city’s attorney general has refused to turn over the books, citing the attorney-client privilege.  The Examiner obtained a letter written by Nichols, accusing the attorney general’s office of obstructing the probe.  D.C.

As part of a probe into economic development efforts on which the District has spent hundreds of millions of dollars in recent years, D.C. Auditor Deborah Nichols has sought the records from the Anacostia Waterfront Commission and the National Capital Revitalization Corporation to review the two oversight bodies’ activities.  But as the Examiner reports here, the city’s attorney general has refused to turn over the books, citing the attorney-client privilege.  The Examiner obtained a letter written by Nichols, accusing the attorney general’s office of obstructing the probe.  D.C. Attorney General Peter Nickles defends the decision, arguing that lawyers have instructed the city to withhold certain materials.