Good morning, Washington. So Mayor Fenty formally went before the D.C. Council yesterday to introduce his proposed budget cuts that would help make up for the expected $131 million revenue shortfall. The Post wrote it up, even though the proposals had pretty much all been reported by the paper on Friday. City agency budgets hardest hit would include the police department (could lose $4 million), employment services ($3.5 million), the health department ($2.9 million) and transportation ($2.6 million). Notably, Fenty left the D.C. Schools budget untouched. And naturally the Examiner reports that the original $131 million estimate for the shortfall could easily end up being more like $200 million. Expect to hear a lot more about the city’s budget and these cuts over the next couple of weeks.

Child and Family Services Agrees to Plan: The District’s troubled Child and Family Services Agency agreed to a list of orders from a judge that are designed to prevent the agency from going back into federal receivership. The Post outlines what the agency has to do: reduce its case backlog, move more children toward adoption, and hire new social workers — all by Dec. 31. The agency has also agreed to hire the Public Catalyst Group, the consultants credited with reforming the New Jersey child welfare system.

ABRA Stored Sensitive Documents in Hallway: Another day, another audit dug up by the Examiner. This one shows that the city’s Alcoholic Beverage Regulation Administration had been storing boxes and boxes of documents containing confidential information about ABRA licensees out in an unsecured hallway. The agency says it is now taking steps to store its documents more securely.

Briefly Noted: Final person charged in tax scam is expected to plead guilty today … Barry to introduce emergency legislation calling for a downtown homeless shelter … Virginia voter registration numbers look to be way up.

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