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 and Securities Regulation 810 First Street, NE, Suite 701 Washington, DC 20002 Phone: (202) 727-8000 Fax: (202) 535-1196	Supervises District insurance and securities firms while fostering relationships with and attracting national and international financial and insurance businesses to the area.
Department of Banking and Financial Institutions 717 14th Street, NW, 11th Floor Washington, DC 20005 Phone: (202) 727-1563 Fax: (202) 727-1290	Charters and regulates state banks, trust companies, building associations, safe deposit businesses, title insurance companies, loan companies, and mortgage businesses. Also handles complaints of violations of banking laws.
Office of Local Business Development 441 4th Street, NW, Suite 970N Washington, DC 20001 Phone: (202) 727-3900 Fax: (202) 724-3786	The Mission of the District of Columbia, Office of Local Business Development is to 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 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.