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The District of Columbia Department of Consumer and Regulatory Affairs (DCRA) is a former District of Columbia agency that issued licenses and permits. On October 1, 2022, DCRA was split into two agencies— the Department of Licensing and Consumer Protection (DLCP) and the Department of Buildings (DOB).
The District of Columbia, capital of the United States, is home to 78 National Historic Landmarks.The National Historic Landmark program is operated under the auspices of the National Park Service, and recognizes structures, districts, objects, and similar resources according to a list of criteria of national significance. [1]
Barry and his political allies saw the control of DC's history as part of the broader struggle for home rule and the remembrance of Black History. [2] Efforts to separate the District's archives date to at least 1982 and were formalized with the D.C. Public Records Management Act of 1985.
In 1926, the United States Congress enacted the Public Buildings Act, which authorized the construction not only of the Federal Triangle complex of buildings but also a new U.S. Supreme Court building opposite the east front of the United States Capitol on the site of the Civil War-era Old Capitol Prison, and north of the Library of Congress's ...
planning.dc.gov /page /dc-inventory-historic-sites The District of Columbia Inventory of Historic Sites is a register of historic places in Washington, D.C. that are designated by the District of Columbia Historic Preservation Review Board (HPRB), a component of the District of Columbia Government .
This is a list of properties and districts in Washington, D.C., on the National Register of Historic Places.There are more than 600 listings, including 74 National Historic Landmarks of the United States and another 13 places otherwise designated as historic sites of national importance by Congress or the President.
The District of Columbia Department of Motor Vehicles (DC DMV) is an agency of the government of the District of Columbia, in the United States. [1] [2] The department registers motor vehicles and issues driver licenses (including commercial driver's licenses) and license plates, [3] issues identification cards, [4] and provides hearings on tickets (parking, moving violations, and major ...
Map of the boundary stones. The District of Columbia (initially, the Territory of Columbia) was originally specified to be a square 100 square miles (260 km 2) in area, with the axes between the corners of the square running north-south and east-west, The square had its southern corner at the southern tip of Jones Point in Alexandria, Virginia, at the confluence of the Potomac River and ...