Kimberly Swader has worked for the DC Parking Services Administration for five years, starting as a parking ticket writer and now working in the Vehicle Immobilization Branch attaching wheel clamps ("boots") to vehicles of citizens with unpaid parking tickets. She enjoys her job and working outside. In her spare time, she enjoys reading, traveling, and sports, and hopes to become a booting supervisor one day.

1. VEHICLE IMMOBILIZATION’S KIMBERLY SWADER
Robert Bryant, Parking Services Administration
Five years ago Parking Services Administration had the good fortune of recruiting
Kimberly Swader to write tickets in our nation’s capital. After issuing tickets for two
years, Ms. Swader transferred to the Vehicle Immobilization Branch where she has
spent the last three years attaching those orange-colored clamps on tires. The
purpose of that clamp, better known as a “boot” is to prevent citizens, who have
failed to pay outstanding parking tickets, from driving.
How does Ms. Swader feel about driving around the city “getting” people? “I like
my job. I like what I do. I like hands on experience. I like working outside” she
said. Displaying initiative, Ms. Swader acquired a Commercial Drivers License
three years ago to help advance her career. Moreover, the 31-year-old native
Washingtonian who graduated from Spingarn High School would like to be a
booting supervisor one day.
Ms. Swader offers the following advice to the new booter: “Don’t feed into the
negativity. Keep a positive attitude. Rise above the bad times. And, most important--be true to yourself.
Finally, in her spare time Ms. Swader, the mother of a 14-year-old daughter enjoys: reading, traveling, and sports.
DC Department of Public Works Vol. 6, Number 8 February 2007
Ms. Kimberly Swader
SWEEP’s Recycling Office Provides Recycling Facts
Russell Klein, Recycling Educator in the SWEEP Recycling office, provides recycling
“food for thought.”
Did you know that:
Half of all polyester carpet made in the US is made
from recycled plastic (PET)?
Recycling one ton of old paper saves 7,000 gallons
of water?
Recycling the steel from six cars can provide
enough steel framing for an entire new house?
Americans represent only 5% of the world’s
population but generate 30% of the world’s
garbage?
If not recycled, one quart of motor oil could pollute
250,000 gallons of drinking water (half an Olympic
pool)?
In This Issue:
Employee Profile
Recycling: Did you Know?
Director’s Corner
News from Human Capital
Administration
Fort Totten Gets a Face Lift
Thought Provoking
Mr. Russ Klein

2. Director’s Corner
It’s One Fund Time of the Year! (Earn Administrative Leave with
Your Contribution)
Theme: “52 Years of Giving From One District: Diverse & United”
During this time of year, each year for the past 51 years, District
Government employees are given the opportunity to make a
tremendous difference in the life of someone less fortunate than
they are. There are people all around us (in stores, at gas stations,
on streets corners, just about anywhere you look even in those
unexpected places, who are in need of your consideration to give
back some of what has been given to you. Yes, we could leave it up
to someone else to do but if we all wait on the other person, it just
might end up that no one gives. No matter how small your gift, it
will all help, it all adds up. As we enter this time of giving, consider this: the smallest amount that you can give for the One
Fund is $52 a year, $1 a week. Your $52 will provide 20 weeks of lunches for a homeless person; three hours of relief care
for a cancer patient; or flu shots for three uninsured senior citizens. I am asking that you search your hearts and join our
effort to combine our funds to improve the lives of others as some of us do every year.
This year, DPW will kick-off our efforts with a rally to be held on Tuesday, February 13, 2007 from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m.,
Reeves Center, 2nd Floor conference room. Please make plans to attend this event as we will highlight just a few of the
organizations to which you may contribute when giving to the One Fund. Refreshments will also be served.
I encourage you to be counted among those who care enough about others to give. As an agency, let’s unite and lead by
example. To further demonstrate my commitment to this effort and to show my appreciation for your participation, I am
offering the following incentives:
Your Contribution Administrative Leave
$52 2 hours
.5% of gross salary 4 hours
1% of gross salary 8 hours
The deadline for submitting your contribution is Wednesday, February 28. All contributions received after the deadline will
not be eligible for the administrative leave. So, you see, it is crucial that you make your contribution as soon as possible.
Please fill out your pledge card and get it to the key person in your administration. If you need information about who the
representative is in your organization, please contact your Administrator or call my office to speak to Ms. Viola McIver, 673-
6812.
Thank you, in advance, for your cooperation and support. DPW’s goal is $66,872 and as always, we are striving for full
participation.

3. NEWS FROM HUMAN CAPITAL ADMINISTRATION
Venola L. Johnson, HCA
The Public Works Academy (PWA) has kicked off its 2007 Training Year. Check out the 2007 Course Catalog on the DPW
Intranet under Human Capital Administration, in the Training and Development section. Copies of the catalog may also be
picked up in the Academy located on the 3rd floor, Suite 332 of the Reeves Center.
Each DPW employee is required to have at least one training experience each fiscal year. To sign up for a class employees
must complete a training form, have it signed by their supervisor and submit it to the Public Works Academy office.
Employees must possess a confirmation letter from the Academy in order to be admitted into a scheduled class.
The Academy offers six mandatory courses for all new employees in addition to its employee development; supervisory
development; workplace enhancement; computer skills; equipment and field operations and safety training courses.
Management and Leadership development courses are offered to DPW managers by the Center for Workplace
Development.
New classes offered by the Academy in 2007 include Communicating & Listening Skills courses for both supervisors and
employees; Customer Service for Supervisors; Change Management for supervisors; Adapting to Change for employees;
and Managing and Working With Women In A Male-Dominated Workplace for all employees.
In addition to the courses offered by the Academy, all DPW employees may also register for classes offered by the Center
for Workforce Development. All training attended by a DPW employee must be reported to the Public Works Academy staff
in order that it may be captured in DPW monthly measurements report.
For additional information, please contact a member of the Academy at (202) 671.2220.
FT. TOTTEN GETS A FACE LIFT
Jeff Dickerson, SWMA
Construction is finally underway at SWMA’s Ft. Totten Waste Transfer Facility, located at 4900 Bates Road, NE, after a
lengthy process involving multi-year budget issues, construction planning, permitting, and a host of other challenges.
BE READY, DC!
Wanda L. Ellis. Emergency Preparedness Officer
Emergency preparedness is just as important at home as it is at work. It is vital that every citizen has a preparedness plan
in the event of a man-made or natural disaster. In support of Mayor Fenty’s plan to “build a culture of homeland security
and emergency preparedness within communities of the District of Columbia”, the Homeland Security and Emergency
Management Agency (HSEMA), formerly the Emergency Management Agency, is sponsoring a series of community
tabletop exercises. The tabletop exercises presents simulated emergency situations which is intended to help communities
to assess their plans and give vital information on preparedness.
I urge each and every one of you to participate in one of these exercises to help prepare your families for an emergency.
Listed below are the currently scheduled exercise locations and times, the exercises are planned throughout the year:
February 17, 2007 (Cluster 23) February 24, 2007 (Cluster 21)
Ivy City, Arboretum, Trinidad, Edgewood, Bloomingdale, Truxton Circle
Carver Langston Location: Mt. Sinai Church
Location: Pilgrim Baptist Church 1646 3rd Street N.W.
7th and I Streets N.E. Time: 11 a.m. – 2 p.m.
Time: 12 – 3 p.m.
To register or to get more information about the exercises or to request to have an exercise in your community, you may
contact Oscar Rider at orider@BeReadyDC.org or call (202) 448-9672. Preparedness is your duty and responsibility, so Be
Ready DC!

4. Ft. Totten, like its sister site at Benning Road, serves as a trash drop-off
point for DPW, private contractors, and District residents. DPW trash trucks,
for example, dump loads collected on their residential routes at Ft. Totten.
Shortly afterwards, these loads are then “transferred” on site to waste haulers
with semi tractor trailers who then haul them to landfills in Virginia.
Included in the retrofit at Ft. Totten is a reconfiguration of the entire facility
that, when completed, will expedite vehicle movement, improve safety, and
provide more reliable and accurate support systems like new truck scales
and computer-supported devices that manage vehicle transactions and billing
more efficiently.
Major work on the main building includes removing and replacing the old
exterior, increasing roof height, adding an attached “tunnel” to facilitate the
loading of outbound haulers, extending the “tipping floor” to provide more
working area for work crews and their vehicles, and adding three “grapplers,”
which are large, “Star Wars-like” machines that are operated by employees to
pack down and level trash that is loaded into semi trucks.
Once operational, Ft. Totten will provide more “public-friendly” service by
offering a dedicated area, away from commercial traffic, to sort the trash
residents drop off. In the future, Ft. Totten will also expand into the recycling
domain, much as the Benning Road site has done.
Ft. Totten manager Ron Marshall indicated that employees were excited about
the future facility which should be completed by mid-summer, 2007. He said,
“We’re really looking forward to completing the project and better serving
District residents.”
Because of severe space constraints, beginning on Thursday, February 1,
2007, C & D materials, such as dirt, masonry, and concrete will temporarily
not be accepted at the facility.
Residents may continue to bring their household trash and bulk items to
the facility. Those with dirt and C & D materials should contact other trash
transfer stations that may accept such materials.
Listed below are names, addresses and phone numbers of trash transfer
stations located in the District:
Rogers Brothers Waste Management of MD, Inc.
2225 Lawrence Avenue, NE 2160 Queens Chapel Road, NE
Washington, DC 20018 Washington, DC 20018
(202)-526-0030 (202)-526-1965
Consolidated IPC
1220 W Street, NE
Washington, DC 20018
(202) 832-7006
The DPW Exchange
is a bi-monthly publication.
Director
William O. Howland, Jr.
Editor
Vera A. Jackson, Customer Service
Manager
Contributing Writers
Lawana Buckmon, Safety & Risk
Management
Robert Bryant, Parking Services
Administration
Wanda Garnett, Fleet Management
Administration
Bertha Guerra, Labor Management
Adeline Isaacs, Office of
Administrative Services
Venola Johnson, Human Capital
Administration
Debora Stewart, Office of Information
Technology Services
Your input is important. All
employees are encouraged
to submit ideas/comments to
vera.jackson@dc.gov.
The newsletter committee reserves
the right to edit all materials
submitted. Deadline for submitting
information for the April issue is
March 15.
Thought Provoking
“Talk is the art of making a point
without making an enemy.” Unknown
“Failure isn’t falling down, its staying
down.” Unknown
ONE FUND KICK-OFF
TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 13, 2007 - 11:00 A.M. - 1 P. M.
REEVES CENTER - 2ND FLOOR - COMMUNITY ROOM