The Council of the District of Columbia Oversight Hearings will begin Wednesday, February 6, 2019 and conclude on Friday, March 1, 2019 and will take place in the Council Chamber (Room 500), Room 412, Room 123, and Room 120 of the John A. Wilson Building: 1350 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W.; Washington, D C 2 0 0 0 4 .
Persons wishing to testify are encouraged, but not required, to submit written testimony in advance of each hearing to the committee at which you are testifying. If a written statement cannot be provided prior to the day of the hearing, please have at least 10 copies of your written statement available on the day of the hearing for immediate distribution to the Council. Unless otherwise stated by the Committee, the hearing record will close two business days following the conclusion of each respective hearing. Persons submitting
written statements for the record should observe this deadline. For more information about the Council’s budget performance oversight hearing schedule, please contact the committee of interest.
Hearings that may be of particular interest to the LGBTQ community are listed below. For a complete list click here.Committee on the
Judiciary & Public Safety Chairperson Charles Allen
- Office of Victim Services & Justice Grants
- Department of Health
- Office of Veteran’s Affairs
- Office of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, & Questioning Affairs
- District of Columbia Office on Aging
- Office on African Affairs
- Office of African American Affairs
- Office of Asian and Pacific Islander Affairs
- Office of Latino Affairs
- Department of Disability Services
Persons wishing to testify about the performance of the agency may email: humanservices@dccouncil.us or by calling 202.724.8170
Chairperson David Grosso & Chairman Phil Mendelson
- Office of the State Superintendent
Persons wishing to testify about the performance of the agency may do so online at http://bit.do/
- Office of Returning Citizen Affairs
Persons wishing to testify about the performance of the agency may email: facilities@dccouncil.us or by calling 202.741.8593
- Commission on the Arts and Humanities
Persons wishing to testify about the performance of the agency may contact: Sarina Loy (sloy@dccouncil.us) or by calling 202.724.8058
- Child and Family Services Agency
Persons wishing to testify about the performance of the agency may email: humanservices@dccouncil.us or by calling 202.724.8170
- Department of Employment Services (Public Witnesses Only)
Persons wishing to testify about the performance of the agency may contact: Charnisa Royster (croyster@dccouncil.us) or by calling 202.724.7772
- Office of Human Rights
Committee on the Judiciary & Public Safety Chairperson Charles Allen
- Department of Corrections