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GOVERNMENT OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA

OFFICE OF THE INSPECTOR GENERAL

EVALUATION OF THE

DISTRICTS MANAGEMENT AND

VALUATION OF COMMERCIAL

REAL PROPERTY ASSESSMENTS

CHARLES J. WILLOUGHBY

INSPECTOR GENERAL

OIG No. 13-2-01AT November 16, 2012


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GOVERNMENT OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA

Office of the Inspector General

Inspector General

717 14th

Street, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20005 (202) 727-2540

November 16, 2012

Natwar M. Gandhi, Ph.D.

Chief Financial Officer

Office of the Chief Financial OfficerThe John A. Wilson Building

1350 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W., Suite 203

Washington, D.C. 20004

Carlynn Fuller Jenkins, Esq.

Executive Director

Real Property Tax Appeals CommissionGovernment of the District of Columbia

One Judiciary Square

441 4th Street N.W., Suite 360 NorthWashington, D.C. 20001

Irvin B. Nathan, Esq.

Attorney GeneralOffice of the Attorney General for the District

of Columbia

The John A. Wilson Building1350 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W., Suite 409

Washington, D.C. 20004

The Honorable Phil Mendelson

ChairmanCouncil of the District of Columbia

The John A. Wilson Building

1350 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W., Suite 402Washington, D.C. 20004

Dear Dr. Gandhi, Ms. Fuller Jenkins, Mr. Nathan, and Chairman Mendelson:

Enclosed is our final report entitled, Evaluation of the Districts Management and Valuation of

Commercial Real Property Assessments (OIG No. 13-2-01AT). This audit was conducted

pursuant to D.C. Code 47-821(e) in accordance with our contract with Almy, Gloudemans,

Jacobs & Denne (AGJD).

AGJD directed 28 recommendations to the District of Columbia believed necessary to correct thedeficiencies noted in this report pertaining to improvements in appraisal practices and

organization. Specifically, Recommendation 16 is directed to the Real Property Tax Appeals

Commission; Recommendation 17 is directed to the Council of the District of Columbia; andRecommendation 21 is directed to the Office of the Attorney General for the District of

Columbia; all others are directed to the Office of the Chief Financial Officer.

We request that each of you provide a written response within 60 days of the date of this finalreport. Your responses should include actions taken or planned, target dates for completion of

planned actions, and reasons for any disagreements with the findings or recommendations. Yourresponses may propose alternative solutions to the recommendations that will effectively or

efficiently correct noted deficiencies. Please ensure that your responses are received in this

Office no later than February 7, 2013.


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Dr. Gandhi, Ms. Fuller Jenkins, Mr. Nathan, and

Chairman Mendelson

Evaluation of the Districts Management and Valuation of

Commercial Real Property Assessments

OIG No. 13-2-01AT Final Report

November 16, 2012

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If you have questions or desire an exit conference prior to preparing your responses, pleasecontact me or Ronald King, Assistant Inspector General for Audits, at (202) 727-2540.

Sincerely,

Enclosure

CJW/ws

cc: See Distribution List


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Chairman Mendelson




November 16, 2012

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DISTRIBUTION:

The Honorable Vincent C. Gray, Mayor, District of Columbia

Mr. Allen Y. Lew, City Administrator, District of Columbia (via email)

Mr. Victor L. Hoskins, Deputy Mayor for Planning and Economic Development, District of

Columbia (via email)The Honorable Muriel Bowser, Chairperson, Committee on Government Operations, Council of

the District of Columbia (via email)

The Honorable Jack Evans, Chairperson, Committee on Finance and Revenue (via email)Mr. Brian Flowers, General Counsel to the Mayor (via email)

Mr. Christopher Murphy, Chief of Staff, Office of the Mayor (via email)

Ms. Janene Jackson, Director, Office of Policy and Legislative Affairs (via email)Mr. Pedro Ribeiro, Director, Office of Communications, (via email)

Mr. Eric Goulet, Budget Director, Mayors Office of Budget and Finance

Ms. Nyasha Smith, Secretary to the Council (1 copy and via email)Mr. Mohamad Yusuff, Interim Executive Director, Office of Integrity and Oversight, Office of

the Chief Financial Officer (via email)

Ms. Yolanda Branche, D.C. Auditor

Mr. Phillip Lattimore, Director and Chief Risk Officer, Office of Risk Management (via email)Ms. Jeanette M. Franzel, Managing Director, FMA, GAO, Attention: Norma J. Samuel (via email)

The Honorable Eleanor Holmes Norton, D.C. Delegate, House of Representatives,Attention: Bradley Truding (via email)

The Honorable Darrell Issa, Chairman, House Committee on Oversight and Government

Reform, Attention: Howie Denis (via email)The Honorable Elijah Cummings, Ranking Member, House Committee on Oversight and

Government Reform, Attention: Yvette Cravins (via email)

The Honorable Trey Gowdy, Chairman, House Subcommittee on Health Care, the District ofColumbia, the Census and the National Archives, Attention: Anna Bartlett (via email)

The Honorable Danny Davis, Ranking Member, House Subcommittee on Health Care, the District

of Columbia, the Census, and the National Archives, Attention: Yul Edwards (via email)The Honorable Joseph Lieberman, Chairman, Senate Committee on Homeland Security and

Governmental Affairs, Attention: Holly Idelson (via email)

The Honorable Susan Collins, Ranking Member, Senate Committee on Homeland Security and

Governmental Affairs, Attention: Daniel Jenkins (via email)The Honorable Daniel K. Akaka, Chairman, Senate Subcommittee on Oversight of

Government Management, the Federal Workforce, and the District of Columbia,

Attention: Aaron Woolf (via email)The Honorable Ron Johnson, Ranking Member, Senate Subcommittee on Oversight of

Government Management, the Federal Workforce, and the District of Columbia

The Honorable Harold Rogers, Chairman, House Committee on Appropriations,Attention: Kaitlyn Eisner-Poor (via email)

The Honorable Norman D. Dicks, Ranking Member, House Committee on Appropriations,

Attention: Laura Hogshead (via email)


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Chairman Mendelson




November 16, 2012

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The Honorable Jo Ann Emerson, Chairman, House Subcommittee on Financial Services andGeneral Government, Attention: John Martens (via email)The Honorable Jos E. Serrano, Ranking Member, House Subcommittee on Financial Services

and General Government, Attention: Laura Hogshead (via email)

The Honorable Daniel K. Inouye, Chairman, Senate Committee on Appropriations,

Attention: Charles HouyThe Honorable Thad Cochran, Ranking Member, Senate Committee on Appropriations

The Honorable Richard Durbin, Chairman, Senate Subcommittee on Financial Services and

General Government, Attention: Marianne Upton (via email)The Honorable Jerry Moran, Ranking Member, Senate Subcommittee on Financial Services and

General Government, Attention: Dale Cabaniss (via email)


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