he Anacostia neighborhood in Washington, D.C., as seen on Dec.7. While some communities are benefiting from a federal contracting program that tries to level the playing field by giving under-served communities a chance to procure federal work contracts, other communities are not seeing the benefits.
THE PUBLIC has been aware for months that a federal program created to steer government business to small companies in disadvantaged areas has actually subsidized companies in the District’s most affluent areas, to the tune of $540 million.
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