Title 2, Government Administration.

(a) The Open Government Office shall be headed by a Director appointed by the Board of Ethics and Government Accountability to serve a 5-year term. (b) The Director may be reappointed and, if not reappointed, the Director shall serve until his successor has been confirmed. (c) Th…

For the purpose of this subchapter: (1) The term “act” shall have the same meaning as is ascribed to it in § 1-201.03(7). (2) The term “agency” means any officer, employee, office, department, division, board, commission, or other agency of the government of the District of Colum…

No act or resolution shall be effective until the act or resolution has been published in the District of Columbia Register, the District of Columbia Statutes-at-Large, or the District of Columbia Municipal Regulations, except that any emergency act or resolution approved pursuan…

(a) Beginning in 2013, within 45 days of the end of each Council year, the Council shall compile and publish online the District of Columbia Statutes-at-Large which shall include in separate chronological order: (1) Council acts, including emergency acts adopted after December 31…

After enactment by the Council, but before any presentation to the Mayor, each act and resolution of the Council shall be set forth on parchment or other such suitable paper.

All courts within the District of Columbia shall take judicial notice of the acts and resolutions published in the District of Columbia Statutes-at-Large.

(a) Part IV D of Organization Order No. 2, Commissioner’s Order No. 67-23, December 13, 1967, creating the Secretariat within the executive office of the Mayor, is amended: (1) By striking subsection 1. k.; and (2) By transferring, as provided in this subchapter, to the District …

The Administrator of the District of Columbia Office of Documents shall: (1) Supervise, manage, and direct the preparation, editing, printing and public distribution of all legal publications of the District of Columbia government including the District of Columbia Register and t…

Notwithstanding any other provisions of law, any other requirement that the District of Columbia publish notices in 2 daily newspapers shall be satisfied by publication in at least 2 general circulation newspapers, published in the District of Columbia, once every 2 weeks or more…

For purposes of this subchapter, the term: (1) “Disability” means, with respect to an individual: (A) A physical or mental impairment that substantially limits one or more of the major life activities of that individual; (B) A record of such an impairment; or (C) Being regarded a…

(a) On or after September 29, 2006, all new and revised sections of the District of Columbia Official Code, all new, revised, or republished District regulations, rules, policies, or publications and all internet publications shall, when referring to persons with disabilities: (1…

For the purpose of this chapter, the term: (1) “Agency” includes all departments, entities, agencies, offices, or other subdivisions of the executive and legislative branches of the government of the District of Columbia as well as all independent boards, commissions, agencies, o…

Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, a government employee may not mail, as official mail, any matter, article, material, or document for any reasons other than the following: (1) A request for the matter, article, material, or document has been previously received by th…

Envelopes or other materials which are used to enclose official mail shall bear upon its facing, in addition to the name and address of the agency mailing the official mail, the words “official business.”

(a) Funds administered by District agencies, whether appropriated funds, or grant funds, may not be used to pay for the use of telegrams, night letters, mailgrams, or similar types of mail, except in emergency circumstances and as provided by regulations promulgated pursuant to s…

In addition to government employees and elected officials as defined in § 2-701, the following officials may mail materials as official mail: (1) The Mayor-elect; (2) The Chairman-elect and members-elect of the Council.

(a) An elected official may not mail, as official mail, any mass mailing within the 90-day period that immediately precedes a primary, special, or general election in which such official is a candidate for office. (b) An elected official may mail, as official mail, news releases …

The provisions of § 2-706 do not prohibit an elected official or his or her staff from mailing, as official mail, any of the following: (1) The whole or part of any record, speech, debate, or report of the Council or any committee thereof; (2) The tabulation of an official’s vote…

(a) Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, a person who, at the time of the mailing, is not a government employee and who mails or attempts to mail materials, documents, or other items as official mail shall be fined an amount not exceeding $100 or confined for a term not …

(a) Any person who by reason of ignorance, forgetfulness, or misunderstanding improperly or unlawfully uses official mail shall be liable to the District for double the cost of the postage. (b) Any person who willfully violates provisions of this chapter shall be subject to a fin…

Money inuring to the District as a result of the fines imposed under § 2-708 shall be deposited in the Treasury of the United States to the credit of the District of Columbia or in any other depository designated by the Council.

For purposes of this chapter: (1) “Inaugural Committee” means the committee appointed by the President-elect to be in charge of the Presidential inaugural ceremony and functions and activities connected with the ceremony; and (2) “inaugural period” means the period that includes …

For each inaugural period, the Council of the District of Columbia shall: (1) Prescribe reasonable regulations necessary to preserve public order and protect life, health, and property; (2) Prescribe special regulations related to the standing, movement, and operation of vehicles…

With the approval of the officer having jurisdiction over any of the Federal reservations or grounds in the District of Columbia, the Secretary of the Interior may grant to the Inaugural Committee a permit to use the reservations or grounds during the inaugural period, including …

The Mayor of the District of Columbia may allow the Inaugural Committee to install suitable overhead conductors and electrical facilities, with adequate supports. The official in charge of a park or reservation in the District of Columbia in which it is necessary to place wires s…

The Mayor of the District of Columbia, the Secretary of the Interior, and the Inaugural Committee may allow communications companies to extend overhead wires to places along a parade route that are considered convenient for use in connection with the parade and other inaugural pu…

Regulations prescribed and licenses authorized under this chapter are effective only during the inaugural period. The regulations shall be published in at least one daily newspaper published in the District of Columbia. A penalty prescribed for violating such a regulation may not…

This chapter does not apply to the United States Capitol Buildings or Grounds or other property under the jurisdiction of Congress or a committee, commission, or officer of Congress. A service or facility authorized by or under this chapter is available for the property on reques…

The Mayor of the District of Columbia, or other official having jurisdiction in the premises, shall enforce this chapter, take necessary precautions to protect the public, and ensure that the pavement of any street, sidewalk, avenue, or alley disturbed or damaged is restored to i…

A person violating a regulation prescribed under this chapter shall be fined under Title 18 [of the U.S. Code] or imprisoned for not more than 30 days. A separate violation occurs under this section for each day the violation continues.

Necessary amounts are authorized to be appropriated— (1) To enable the Mayor of the District of Columbia to provide additional municipal services in the District of Columbia during the inaugural period, including: (A) Employment of personal services without regard to Chapters 33 …

For the purposes of this chapter: (1) The term “inaugural period” means the period which includes the day on which the ceremony of inaugurating the President is held, the 5 calendar days immediately preceding such day, and the 4 calendar days immediately subsequent to such day. (…

(a) For each inaugural period the Council of the District of Columbia is authorized and directed to make all reasonable regulations necessary to secure the preservation of public order and protection of life, health, and property; to make special regulations respecting the standi…

There are hereby authorized to be appropriated such sums as may be necessary, payable in like manner as other appropriations for the expenses of the District of Columbia, to enable the Mayor to provide additional municipal services in said District during the inaugural period, in…

The Secretary of the Interior, with the approval of such officer as may exercise jurisdiction over any of the federal reservations or grounds in the District of Columbia, is authorized to grant to the Inaugural Committee permits for the use of such reservations or grounds during …

The Mayor is authorized to permit the Inaugural Committee to install suitable overhead conductors and install suitable lighting or other electrical facilities, with adequate supports, for illumination or other purposes. If it should be necessary to place wires for illuminating or…

The Mayor, the Secretary of the Interior, and the Inaugural Committee are authorized to permit telegraph, telephone, radio-broadcasting, and television companies to extend overhead wires to such points along the line of any parade as shall be deemed convenient for use in connecti…

The regulations and licenses authorized by this chapter shall be in full force and effect only during the inaugural period. Such regulations shall be published in 1 or more of the daily newspapers published in the District of Columbia and no penalty prescribed for the violation o…

Nothing contained in this chapter shall be applicable to the United States Capitol buildings or grounds or other properties under the jurisdiction of the Congress or any committee, commission, or officer thereof: Provided, however, that any of the services or facilities authorize…

Whenever the term “Mayor” is used in this chapter, such term will be deemed to refer to the Mayor of the District of Columbia.

(a) It is the purpose of this chapter to secure comprehensive planning for the physical development of the National Capital and its environs; to provide for the participation of the appropriate planning agencies of the environs in such planning; and to establish the agency and pr…

(a)(1) The National Capital Planning Commission (hereinafter referred to as the “Commission”) is created as the central federal planning agency for the federal government in the National Capital, and to preserve the important historical and natural features thereof, except with r…

(a) The Commission is hereby charged with the duty of preparing and adopting a comprehensive, consistent, and coordinated plan for the National Capital, which plan shall include the Commission’s recommendations or proposals for federal developments or projects in the environs, an…

(a) In order to insure the comprehensive planning and orderly development of the National Capital, each federal and District of Columbia agency, prior to the preparation of construction plans originated by such agency for proposed developments and projects or to commitments for t…

(a) The Commission shall recommend a 6-year program of public works projects for the federal government which it shall review annually with the agencies concerned. To this end, each federal agency shall submit to the Commission in the 1st quarter of each fiscal year a copy of its…

(a) The Commission may make a report and recommendation to the Zoning Commission of the District of Columbia, as provided in § 6-641.05, on proposed amendments of the zoning regulations and maps as to the relation, conformity, or consistency of such amendments with the comprehens…