Government and community in Virginia Beach, VA

Established in 1985, Virginia Beach Community Development Corp. provides affordable housing opportunities for low and moderate income families across Virginia Beach, Va. The organization offers various programs and services, such as permanent financing/down payment and closing cost assistance to first time home buyers. It also specializes in new construction and rehabilitation for sale in the first time home buyers program as well as rental housing for low-income families and disabled persons. The organization has received the Virginia Housing Award for 2010 Best Affordable Housing Conservation Effort for Beach Park West.

The U.S. Government Accountability Office is an independent, nonpartisan agency that works to improve performance and ensure the accountability of the federal government for the benefit of residents. It oversees the expenditure of federal funds in the operations of auditing agency. The office also investigates allegations of illegal and improper activities and performs policy analyses and outlining options. The U.S. Government Accountability Office issues legal decisions and opinions, such as bid protest rulings and reports on agency rules. The office is headed by a comptroller general who reports to various committees regarding federal vacancies and major rules proposed by agencies.