DC Fiscal Policy Institute to Hold Press Conference on 'The Untold Story of the DC Budget: Spending Trends Since 1990'

3/12/2004

From: Ann Pierre of the DC Fiscal Policy Institute, 202-408-1080, pierre@dcfpi.org

News Advisory:

WHAT: Press Conference on "The Untold Story of the DC Budget: Spending Trends Since 1990"

WHEN: Tuesday, March 16, 10 a.m. to 12 noon

Where: 1200 U Street, NW (True Reformer Building), Washington, D.C.

Panelists:

-- Ed Lazere, director, DC Fiscal Policy Institute

-- Alice Rivlin, director, Brookings Greater Washington Research Program

-- Robert Pohlman, director, Coalition for Non-Profit Housing and Economic Development

-- Oramenta Newsome, director, Washington, D.C., office of the Local Initiatives Support Corporation (LISC)

Moderator:

-- Jerome Paige, economic consultant and chair of the DC Fiscal Policy Institute Steering Committee

DETAILS:

The DC Fiscal Policy Institute will hold a policy forum on Tuesday, March 16, to release a new report on budget trends in the District of Columbia since 1990. The forum will be held from 10 a.m. until 12 noon at 1200 U Street, NW (True Reformer Building).

The new report entitled "The Untold Story of the DC Budget: Spending Trends Since 1990," finds that the District's budget has grown only modestly since 1990 while support for many services to low-income residents has fallen sharply.

The panelists will discuss the key findings and answer questions.

The new analysis will be available at http://www.dcfpi.org on Tuesday, March 16.

The DC Fiscal Policy Institute is a project of the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities.