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INTRODUCTION AND EXECUTIVE SUMMARY.................................................................... 1SCOPE OF THE INVESTIGATION........................................................................................... 16A. How It Began........................................................................................................ 16B. The Authorizing Resolution.................................................................................. 17C. The Special Counsel Resolution........................................................................... 20D. Methodology......................................................................................................... 211. Document collection and review .............................................................. 222. Skinner’s testimony before the Council.................................................... 243. Depositions and interviews....................................................................... 25E. Limitations of the Investigation............................................................................ 28LEGAL BACKGROUND............................................................................................................ 30A. The Council Approval Requirement..................................................................... 30B. Laws Governing District Procurements................................................................ 32C. Local, Small and Disadvantaged Businesses........................................................ 34D. Memoranda of Understanding.............................................................................. 35CHRONOLOGY OF KEY EVENTS........................................................................................... 37FACTS AND ANALYSIS............................................................................................................ 41I. BACKGROUND: DPR, WALKER JONES, DEANWOOD, ANDTHE BANNEKER-REGAN TEAM............................................................................ 41A. DPR’s Inability to Move Capital Projects Forward.............................................. 41B. DPR Looked to Other Agencies for Help with Construction............................... 45C. Walker Jones......................................................................................................... 471. The Banneker/Regan Associates team...................................................... 50