Cluster Agencies Agency Description Department of Consumer and Regulatory Affairs 941 North Capitol Street, NE Washington, DC 20002 Phone: (202) 442-4400 Fax: (202) 442-9445 Licenses professionals and businesses, inspects and regulates building, housing, and land, and enforces business laws for the District’s residents, companies, and entrepreneurs. Department of Employment Services 500 C Street, NW, Room 600 Washington, DC 20001 Phone: (202) 724-7000 Fax: (202) 724-5683 Trains and recruits potential employees, provides unemployment and workers’ injury compensation, and promotes safe working conditions. Department of Housing and Community Development 801 North Capitol Street, NE 8th Floor Washington, DC 20002 Phone: (202) 442-7200 Fax: (202) 442-8391 Acquires and coordinates public and private funding to improve housing, community, and economic development in the District. Department of Insurance, Securities and Banking 810 First Street, NE, Suite 701 Washington, DC 20002 Phone: (202) 727-8000 Fax: (202) 535-1196 Regulates all financial service businesses in the District of Columbia by administering District of Columbia insurance, securities and banking laws, rules and regulations. The government agency’s goal is to protect the interests of District of Columbia consumers from unfair and abusive practices, while providing an equitable business arena for the regulated entities operating in Washington, DC. Department of Small and Local Business Development 441 4th Street, NW, Suite 970N Washington, DC 20001 Phone: (202) 727-3900 Fax: (202) 724-3786 Fosters economic growth and development of Local, Small and Disadvantaged Business Enterprises (LSDBE) through supportive legislation, business development programs, agency, and public/private contract compliance. Office of Motion Picture and TV Development 441 4th Street, NW, Suite 760 Washington, DC 20001 Phone: (202) 727-6608 Fax: (202) 727-3246 Initiates and implements programs aimed at generating revenue and stimulating employment opportunities in the District through the production of film and video projects. Office of Planning 801 North Capitol Street, NE Suite 4000 Washington, DC 20002 Phone: (202) 442-7600 Fax: (202) 442-7637 Plans all land use in the District of Columbia, including economic revitalization and neighborhood planning, and reviews zoning and historic preservation cases. The office also analyses and disseminates Census 2000 data.