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[quote=Anonymous]I'm pretty amazed by the Daily Caller stories.  Despite any criticism of the journalists, they certainly highlight a significant and ongoing problem of residency fraud.

If you read the [url=http://dcclims1.dccouncil.us/images/00001/20120206123603.pdf]2011 DC Council report[/url] that is linked in today's article, you can see that it's important for us DC residents to help out if we want any improvement.  You can see in that report that having an email trail with OSSE and others was very useful in tracking down those out-of-state families that are given special favors in DCPS.  Also, you can see in that report that one big reason DCPS wasn't crackign down on fraud is that it couldn't afford to pay a staff to investigate and prosecute residency fraud.  Also, while DCPS has some weak process in place to address residency fraud, the DC charter schools

FWIW, here are a couple clear and concrete steps people frustrated by residency fraud should take ...

1. Whenever you suspect residency fraud, report it.  Email not only OSSE, but also copy your Councilmember, your ANC rep, and anyone else in DC government that might get involved.  Creating a paper trail and copying lots of people will (1) help ensure your report doesn't simply get deleted, and (2) maybe create an opportunity for someone at the Council level to combine multiple reports and see some patterns.
http://osse.dc.gov/service/investigation-and-residency-fraud
http://osse.dc.gov/service/appeals
http://dcforms.dc.gov/webform/osse-residency-fraud-prevention-form
osse.residency@dc.gov

2. Email your Councilmember and/or ANC rep to let them know you're reading this series and you're frustrated by it.  They won't know people care if no one contacts them.  All it takes is a short email saying, "This concerns me. Please look into it."  If enough people ask for change, the Council and OSSE is more likely to do something about it.  If no one contacts them, they'll assume no one cares.
http://dccouncil.us/council
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