About Us

COG is the one place in metropolitan Washington that regularly brings leaders together to develop solutions to the region's major challenges. COG prepares plans enabling the region to receive federal funding, provides members with research and data to inform decision-making, and offers a wide range of programs, including commuter services, cooperative purchasing, technical assistance and grants, and public outreach campaigns.

Transportation

Through the National Capital Region Transportation Planning Board (TPB), area officials, planners, and engineers ensure a well-managed and maintained transportation system. The TPB, which is staffed by COG, conducts the federally mandated transportation planning process for the region and ensures the uninterrupted flow of federal transportation funds that area jurisdictions receive.

Environment

COG's work engages leaders in various environmental fields from water quality experts to climate scientists. Together, they are advancing regional efforts to restore local waterways, improve air quality, reduce greenhouse gas emissions and address climate change, promote recycling, and enhance and preserve green space and agriculture.

Community

Area officials and experts, including planning and housing directors and child welfare and health officials, work together with their counterparts at COG to help shape stronger communities throughout the region.

Homeland Security & Public Safety

COG brings police chiefs, fire chiefs, emergency managers, and other leaders together as part of its work to strengthen regional public safety coordination, homeland security planning, and emergency communication.

Anacostia Watershed Steering Committee

The Anacostia Watershed Steering Committee was created in 2006. Its principal purpose is to provide policy, program and financial oversight: for the ecological restoration and protection of the Anacostia watershed, including: 1) approval of the annual work program and budget for the Anacostia Restoration Executive Director 2) the Anacostia restoration support activities of the Metropolitan Washington Council of Governments (COG). Importantly, the Steering Committee sets the overall direction of the Partnership and establishes the overall goals and objectives. Members are senior level individuals responsible for policy decisions. Major tasks include:

Recommending for adoption by the Leadership Council a watershed-wide Anacostia Watershed Comprehensive Restoration and Protection Plan. This includes recommended policies, programs, priorities and budgets to effect implementation of the Comprehensive Plan.
Defining the organizational structure of the Partnership, including expansion of the Steering Committee and Management Committee membership, creation and modification of technical, policy and advisory committees as required.
Adopting a Funding Strategy to effect implementation of the Comprehensive Plan.
Adopting an Outreach Strategy to promote stakeholder involvement in the development and implementation of the Comprehensive Plan.
Adopting, and pursuing funding for, an annual Work Program and Budget.
Reviewing implementation progress and providing updates to the Leadership Council at least annually.

Anacostia Watershed Steering Committee

Committee Members

Staff