Bill Rice, longtime local government spokesperson and political junkie, has left the District's employ.
Rice, most recently spokesperson for the Office of Property Management, has spent many years at the city transportation department under director Dan Tangherlini. Rice's ousting comes weeks after Tangherlini's departure to federal government.
Rice was informed that his OPM position had been eliminated. [...]

If you pick one federal building in which to have you inaugural fete, make it the brand-new U.S. Department of Transportation. The D.C. Democratic State Committee's bash, the D.C. Presidential Inaugural Gala, is drawing a lot of gravitas from its surroundings alone. Trouble is, there's not a whole hell of a lot to keep the [...]