<?xml version="1.0" encoding="iso-8859-1" ?><rss version="2.0"><channel><title>washingtonpost.com - Government</title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/metro/dc/government?nav=rss_metro/dc/government</link><description>Government</description><language>en-us</language><ttl>15</ttl><image><title>washingtonpost.com</title><width>140</width><height>20</height><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com</link><url>http://media.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/hp/image/wp_web.gif</url></image><item><title><![CDATA[D.C. Police Seek Help Finding U-Md. Student]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A12257-2005Apr23.html?nav=rss_metro/dc/government</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A12257-2005Apr23.html?nav=rss_metro/dc/government</guid><pubDate>Sun, 24 Apr 2005 8:05:04 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[D.C. police are seeking the public's help in locating a university student who was last seen more than a week ago at a nightclub in the city.]]></description><author> Petula Dvorak</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Despite Law, D.C. Jail Conditions Unimproved]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A12259-2005Apr23.html?nav=rss_metro/dc/government</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A12259-2005Apr23.html?nav=rss_metro/dc/government</guid><pubDate>Sun, 24 Apr 2005 8:05:04 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Mayor Anthony A. Williams and the Department of Corrections have failed to comply with a 14-month-old law negotiated with the D.C. Council to improve conditions and operations at the District's main jail after the stabbing deaths of two detainees and other inmate violence.]]></description><author> Serge F. Kovaleski</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Panel to Start Writing Social Security Bill]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A12498-2005Apr23.html?nav=rss_metro/dc/government</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A12498-2005Apr23.html?nav=rss_metro/dc/government</guid><pubDate>Sun, 24 Apr 2005 8:05:04 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ Five months after President Bush launched his drive to overhaul Social Security, the difficult, if not impossible, task of drafting legislation begins Tuesday when the Senate Finance Committee holds the first hearing on options to secure Social Security's future.]]></description><author> Jonathan Weisman</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[New Dean Envisions Middle Road]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A12428-2005Apr23.html?nav=rss_metro/dc/government</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A12428-2005Apr23.html?nav=rss_metro/dc/government</guid><pubDate>Sun, 24 Apr 2005 8:05:04 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[The new dean of Washington National Cathedral says his vision is not one where moderate voices of faith are overtaken by fundamentalism.]]></description><author> Henri E. Cauvin</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Advice, Fear at D.C. Stadium Session]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A12602-2005Apr23.html?nav=rss_metro/dc/government</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A12602-2005Apr23.html?nav=rss_metro/dc/government</guid><pubDate>Sun, 24 Apr 2005 8:05:04 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ In one corner of the room, citizens made suggestions about how the District's new baseball stadium should look. On the opposite side, residents of Southwest and Southeast Washington expressed fears about parking and traffic.]]></description><author> Theola S. Labbe</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Williams Pulls Possible Rival's Posting]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A10717-2005Apr22.html?nav=rss_metro/dc/government</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A10717-2005Apr22.html?nav=rss_metro/dc/government</guid><pubDate>Sun, 24 Apr 2005 8:05:04 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[  D.C. Mayor Anthony A. Williams has decided not to reappoint Michael A. Brown to the Boxing and Wrestling Commission, a move that came shortly after Brown announced that a major heavyweight fight will take place in June at MCI Center.]]></description><author> Yolanda Woodlee</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[District Man Admits Killing Mayor's Aide]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A7219-2005Apr21.html?nav=rss_metro/dc/government</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A7219-2005Apr21.html?nav=rss_metro/dc/government</guid><pubDate>Sun, 24 Apr 2005 8:05:04 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[A neighbor charged with killing longtime civil rights activist Wanda R. Alston plead guilty to second-degree murder Thursday, admitting to an addiction to crack cocaine.]]></description><author> Henri E. Cauvin</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[U.S. Census Bureau Foresees A Diminished District in 2030]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A8013-2005Apr21.html?nav=rss_metro/dc/government</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A8013-2005Apr21.html?nav=rss_metro/dc/government</guid><pubDate>Sun, 24 Apr 2005 8:05:04 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ Buyers fight over houses for sale, and new condominiums are sprouting like weeds. Nevertheless, the U.S. Census Bureau predicted yesterday that the population of the District will wither over the next 25 years, plummeting from 572,000 residents to just over 433,000 by 2030.]]></description><author> Lori Montgomery</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ruling Saves Part of D.C. Gun Liability Law]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A7981-2005Apr21.html?nav=rss_metro/dc/government</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A7981-2005Apr21.html?nav=rss_metro/dc/government</guid><pubDate>Sun, 24 Apr 2005 8:05:04 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ The D.C. Court of Appeals ruled yesterday that gunmakers can be sued for shootings in the District that are carried out with a broad range of automatic weapons.]]></description><author> Henri E. Cauvin</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ex-Official Faults Hazmat Rail Safety]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A8005-2005Apr21.html?nav=rss_metro/dc/government</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A8005-2005Apr21.html?nav=rss_metro/dc/government</guid><pubDate>Sun, 24 Apr 2005 8:05:04 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ The former deputy administrator of the U.S. Transportation Security Administration said yesterday that the government lacked adequate plans to secure rail shipments of hazardous cargo in Washington and across the country during his tenure.]]></description><author> Spencer S. Hsu</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[15-Year-Old Charged in Charter School Arson]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A7958-2005Apr21.html?nav=rss_metro/dc/government</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A7958-2005Apr21.html?nav=rss_metro/dc/government</guid><pubDate>Sun, 24 Apr 2005 8:05:04 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ A 15-year-old student was arrested yesterday and charged as a juvenile in the first of two arsons that badly damaged a Northeast Washington charter school in December, officials said.]]></description><author> Del Quentin Wilber</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Janey Lists 16 Sites for Lease Plan]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A6013-2005Apr20.html?nav=rss_metro/dc/government</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A6013-2005Apr20.html?nav=rss_metro/dc/government</guid><pubDate>Sun, 24 Apr 2005 8:05:04 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[  School Superintendent Clifford B. Janey issued a report to the D.C. Board of Education yesterday listing 16 underused schools that are candidates for sharing space with charter schools.]]></description><author> V. Dion Haynes</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[A D.C. Teacher's Day in the Rose Garden]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A6009-2005Apr20.html?nav=rss_metro/dc/government</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A6009-2005Apr20.html?nav=rss_metro/dc/government</guid><pubDate>Sun, 24 Apr 2005 8:05:04 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[The sixth-graders were hunched over their desks behind the metal-screened windows of the middle school  --  still digesting the difference between similes and metaphors  --  as the limousine carrying their school's best teacher pulled up to the northwest gate of the White House yesterday.]]></description><author> Manny Fernandez  and V. Dion Haynes</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Washington Offers a Feast of Athletic Events]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A5230-2005Apr20.html?nav=rss_metro/dc/government</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A5230-2005Apr20.html?nav=rss_metro/dc/government</guid><pubDate>Sun, 24 Apr 2005 8:05:04 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ For the first time in 34  years, D.C. sports fans will have the opportunity this summer to root, root, root for the home team.]]></description><author> Rich Campbell</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[A World of Variety]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A5589-2005Apr20.html?nav=rss_metro/dc/government</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A5589-2005Apr20.html?nav=rss_metro/dc/government</guid><pubDate>Sun, 24 Apr 2005 8:05:04 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[What is the ultimate Washington dining experience?]]></description><author></author></item><item><title><![CDATA[A New Appreciation for Living in the City]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A5323-2005Apr20.html?nav=rss_metro/dc/government</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A5323-2005Apr20.html?nav=rss_metro/dc/government</guid><pubDate>Sun, 24 Apr 2005 8:05:04 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ Buyers who are eager to become part of a resurgence in downtown living  --  or at least profit from it  --  are snapping up condos in the area around the new convention center, sometimes before the first bulldozer rolls onto a vacant lot.]]></description><author> Barbara Ruben</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Recreation Helps Define Neighborhoods]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A5194-2005Apr20.html?nav=rss_metro/dc/government</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A5194-2005Apr20.html?nav=rss_metro/dc/government</guid><pubDate>Sun, 24 Apr 2005 8:05:04 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ So often, Washington seems a place divided  --  federal against local, suburbs against city, east vs. west, black vs. white, rich and poor, public and private. We even have one river for the haves and one for the have-nots.]]></description><author> Marc Fisher</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[D.C. Plans Repairs To Public Housing]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A6017-2005Apr20.html?nav=rss_metro/dc/government</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A6017-2005Apr20.html?nav=rss_metro/dc/government</guid><pubDate>Sun, 24 Apr 2005 8:05:04 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ The District's public housing authority will borrow nearly $78 million on the private bond market to shore up and improve aging public housing complexes in the next three years, federal and local officials said yesterday.]]></description><author> Debbi Wilgoren</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[District Warned on Gay Marriage]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A6007-2005Apr20.html?nav=rss_metro/dc/government</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A6007-2005Apr20.html?nav=rss_metro/dc/government</guid><pubDate>Sun, 24 Apr 2005 8:05:04 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[The mayor acknowledges that the city could jeopardize its budget agenda and domestic partner benefits if it mishandles the issue.]]></description><author> Spencer S. Hsu and Lori Montgomery</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Williams  Questions  'Energy' for 3rd Term]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A6004-2005Apr20.html?nav=rss_metro/dc/government</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A6004-2005Apr20.html?nav=rss_metro/dc/government</guid><pubDate>Sun, 24 Apr 2005 8:05:04 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ Politically battered after nearly 10 years in District government, D.C. Mayor Anthony A. Williams said yesterday that he might not have "the energy, the tenacity, the discipline, the focus" to serve as mayor of the nation's capital for a third term.]]></description><author> Lori Montgomery</author></item></channel></rss>