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>> Chief Financial Officer Natwar Gandhi told members of the D.C. Council yesterday that he would begin publishing executive summaries of his office’s internal audits on its website, after a day of questioning about why such reports showing the Office of Tax and Revenue operated with such weak controls. The key witness was William DeVello, who resigned as Gandhi’s inspector general last week after Gandhi’s top staff said it would not publish a particularly bad audit, the Post reports.

>> If Congress whiffs it on a long-term deficit-reduction plan, the automatic budget cuts that would go into effect—sequestration—could turn the area’s roads and bridges from gridlocked nuisances into holy terrors. WAMU reports that although the Highway Trust Fund is exempt from such cuts, the revenues used to replenish the fund would no longer be available. In short: More potholes!

>> Last month, Mayor Vince Gray earmarked nearly half a million dollars to help finance a network of parks throughout NoMa. One big problem, according to Housing Complex: NoMa doesn’t have much space for parks remaining.

Briefly Noted: A neighborhood reels from a week of gun violence. … Five killed in Baltimore house fire. … Pollster says Romney has Virginia in the bag. … The plight of the NPR Music intern who never bought any albums. … Yesterday’s Nationals game was a success, but only if you score by the utilization of transportation infrastructure.

This Day in DCist: Last year, the FBI and DEA busted up a terror plot targeting embassies. In 2010, a stunt car from Transformers: Dark of the Moon crashed into a real-life cop car.