That’s mainly because the city has so many federal government jobs—the industry with the longest interview process at 53.8 days.

The Office of Human Rights will launch enforcement actions against five employers.

After Rep. Darrell Issa (R-CA) angered the D.C. Council by proposing legislation in late October that would require background checks for senior government officials, councilmembers moved today on their own version of the legislation that would prevent many of the hiring scandals that have plagued Mayor Vince Gray this year.

When the District is short on cash, its leaders tend to places freezes on hiring and travel. Mayor Vince Gray just did the same.

Responding to the threat of a proposal from Congress to dictate how the city should vet its hires, the D.C. Council is moving forward quickly on legislation related to D.C. government hiring practices.

Yesterday, Rep. Darrell Issa (R-CA), the chairman of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, announced the proposal of legislation that would dictate D.C. government hiring practices. But it appears as if a little outreach from D.C. Council Chair Kwame Brown has convinced Issa to reverse course.

The last we heard from Rep. Darrell Issa (R-CA), he was talking about expanded budget autonomy. Today, he’s apparently headed in the opposite direction, introducing legislation that would dictate D.C. government hiring practices.

It didn’t take long for government watchdog Dorothy Brizill to strike. Only minutes after Mayor Vincent Gray announced three new nominees to serve on the D.C. Board of Elections and Ethics this morning, Brizill threw one of the nominees’ qualifications into question by noting that he had not lived in the District for the amount of time required by law.

Tomorrow morning, Mayor Vince Gray will be the featured speaker at a summit organized by the D.C. Department of Human Resources, discussing “the pivotal role that HR professionals and practitioners play in the city’s efforts to recruit and hire qualified District residents.”

When the D.C. Council committee investigating the Sulaimon Brown scandal rolled out its final report a few weeks back, D.C. Councilmember Mary Cheh (D-Ward 3) was careful to note that because of an unfulfilled subpoena for documents from Brown, the whole affair could be dragged back into public view at any time.