Dean David Thomas, who took the helm of Georgetown University’s school of business in August, has been making the rounds lately pitching prospective donors on a plan to raise $50,000 for what he describes as a university “seed fund.”

A short list of office owners and developers in the District continues to vie for a lease from Arnold & Porter, the law firm currently located on 12th Street NW, but in the meantime another heavy hitter law firm is scouting the market.

As the local economy cools and investors remain mired in uncertainty, some commercial real estate loans in Washington are again beginning to give lenders and ratings agencies reason for concern — a dour sign for more than $1 trillion worth of debt that will be coming due in the area over the next four years.

McLean-based Booz Allen Hamilton reduced its total head count by about 516 employees in January as part of an effort to reshape its workforce, company officials said last week.

Ralph W. Shrader, chief executive, president and chairman of the contracting giant, said during a call with investors that the company trimmed its workforce by about 2 percent total, which included a larger slice of about 10 percent in its senior and middle management and internal operations ranks.

Presidential campaigns are known for many things, but unpaid legal bills may not be the first that comes to mind.

Yet it’s an open secret among the elite community of Washington lawyers who represent presidential hopefuls: campaigns can be slow to pay.