Title 1, Government Organization.

(a) There is hereby established the Customer Service Operations Unit within the Executive Office of the Mayor. (b) The Customer Service Operations Unit shall be the District of Columbia’s primary point of entry for citizens and customers attempting to access nonemergency services…

All personnel, property, records, functions, and unexpended balances of funds from the following agencies, offices, or units are transferred to the Customer Service Operations Unit, established pursuant to § 1-327.32: (1) The Citywide Call Center established in § 1-327.01 [repeal…

This part shall apply as of October 1, 2002.

For the purposes of this part, unless otherwise required by the context, the term: (1) “Agencies” means the Metropolitan Police Department, the Fire and Emergency Medical Services Department, and the Customer Service Operations Unit. (2) “Call center” means the telephone-based ca…

(a) There is established, as a subordinate agency under the Mayor in the executive branch of the government of the District of Columbia, an Office of Unified Communications. The Office shall centralize the customer service functions and activities of the District government’s 911…

(a) All of the authority, responsibilities, duties, and functions of the agencies’ call centers and radio technology shall be transferred from the agencies to the Office of Unified Communications within such reasonable period of time as the Mayor may designate. The transfer shall…

The Office shall: (1) Provide centralized customer service for the District government’s 911, 311, 727-1000 call systems, and other emergency, non-emergency, and citizen service calls; (2) Provide centralized, District-wide coordination and management of the District government’s…

(a) The Office shall develop an emergency medical application to aid a trained user in providing cardiopulmonary resuscitation to an individual reported to be exhibiting signs of cardiac arrest while emergency medical service providers are dispatched to the individual's location.…

(a)(1) The Office shall, in coordination with the Deputy Mayor for Public Safety and Justice ("DMPSJ") and the Department of Behavioral Health ("DBH"), establish an Alternative Responses to Calls for Service Pilot Program ("Pilot Program") to dispatch non-law enforcement agency p…

(a) The Office shall provide training in telecommunicator cardiopulmonary resuscitation ("t-CPR") to all Office call takers and dispatchers. (b) The training required pursuant to subsection (a) of this section shall: (1) Use protocols and scripts based on evidence-based and natio…

There are established 5 primary organizational functions in the Office as follows: (1)(A) The Office of the Director, Office of Unified Communications shall include the staff and organizational units needed to develop plans and policies for, and oversee the execution of, the Dist…

(a) The Office shall enter into memoranda of understanding with the agencies, as necessary, to define the Office’s obligations to the agencies, and associated procedures and performance standards, with respect to custody and sharing of data generated in the operations of the Offi…

(a) The District’s 911 call system shall be reserved exclusively for emergency calls. (b) The Mayor shall not use the 911 call system for administrative purposes, for placing outgoing calls, or for receiving non-emergency calls. (c) Upon March 19, 2013, the Mayor shall publicize …

(a) On a monthly basis, the Office shall collect and publicly post on the Office's website the number of calls eligible to be diverted and the number of calls actually diverted to: (1) The Department of Behavioral Health Access Help Line; (2) The District Department of Transporta…

(a) No later than 180 days after June 8, 2024, the Office shall permit persons to submit requests for the following services via the District's 311 system at all times: (1) Maintenance of porous flexible pavement sidewalks by the District Department of Transportation (by selectin…

(a) The Mayor, pursuant to subchapter I of Chapter 5 of Title 2, may issue rules to implement the provisions of this part. (b) Repealed.

For the purposes of this part, the term: (1) “DC One Card” means a credential issued by the District government as a single credential for purposes of accessing multiple District facilities, programs, and benefits, including public libraries, facilities of the Department of Parks…

A nonrefundable fee of $5 for replacement of any DC One Card that contains an electronic chip shall be collected by the agency issuing the replacement card at the point of issuance of the replacement card.

The Mayor, pursuant to subchapter I of Chapter 5 of Title 2 [§ 2-501 et seq.], shall issue rules to implement the provisions of this part.

The Mayor may issue grants to individuals and organizations from local revenue, dedicated tax revenue, special purpose revenue, and capital funds in furtherance of the Mayor’s planning mission under § 1-204.23, subject to available appropriations, and subject to the provisions of…

The Mayor, pursuant to subchapter I of Chapter 5 of Title 2 [§ 2-501 et seq.], may issue rules to implement the provisions of § 1-328.02.

Notwithstanding any other law, the Office of the Secretary of the District of Columbia may issue competitive grants to promote voting rights and statehood in the District of Columbia.

*NOTE: This section includes amendments by temporary legislation that will expire on January 1, 2027. To view the text of this section after the expiration of all emergency and temporary legislation, click this link: Past Permanent Version.* *NOTE: This section includes amendment…

The Mayor may, pursuant to subchapter I of Chapter 5 of Title 2, issue rules to implement § 1-328.04.

(a) The Director of the Department of Employment Services (“DOES”) may issue grants in accordance with applicable federal and District law to individuals and organizations from the funds made available to the DOES pursuant to local appropriations or, in coordination with the Work…

(a) The Mayor may issue grants, in accordance with the requirements set forth in part B of this subchapter, to individuals and organizations that provide services to District residents to support cultural affairs, community relations, and community partnerships. (b) The Mayor sha…

*NOTE: This section includes amendments by emergency legislation that will expire on November 11, 2026. To view the text of this section after the expiration of all emergency and temporary legislation affecting this section, click this link: Permanent Version.* (a) For the purpos…

Notwithstanding any other provision of law, and except where the law establishing authority for the grant exempts or modifies the requirements of this part by specific reference, any grant-making or grant-issuing authority established by District law shall be administered pursuan…

(a) Any grant of $50,000 or more that is made pursuant to an authority described in § 1-328.12 shall be awarded on a competitive basis and solely for the purpose or purposes identified in the statute establishing the grant-making or grant-issuing authority, unless a non-District …

*NOTE: This section includes amendments by emergency legislation that will expire on November 11, 2026. To view the text of this section after the expiration of all emergency and temporary legislation affecting this section, click this link: Permanent Version.* (a) A grantor admi…

(a) In addition to any other eligibility requirements provided under the enabling statute of the grant program, to be eligible to receive funds under a grant program covered by this part, an individual or entity must be current on all taxes and liabilities owed to the District, o…

(a) A grant agreement for a grant awarded on a competitive basis pursuant to § 1-328.13(a) may be terminated, in whole or in part, before the end of the grant agreement, only if: (1) The grantee fails to comply with the terms or conditions of the grant agreement or applicable law…

Beginning in 2014, a grantor managing a grant program covered by this part shall submit a report to the Mayor and the Council by November 1 of each year containing the following information: (1) All funds allocated pursuant to a grant program in the previous fiscal year; (2) The …

To ensure a transparent process for issuing and managing grants, the Office of Partnerships and Grants Development shall establish uniform guidelines for the application for and reporting on grants received from District government entities. The guidelines shall include a descrip…

(a) For grants, the grant agreements for which are received by the Department of Human Services ("DHS") signed by the grantee after October 1, 2026, that are funded exclusively by local operating funds, and for which DHS is the sole grantor ("DHS local grants"), the first payment…

(a)(1) An entity of the District of Columbia government may accept and use a gift or donation during fiscal year 2003 and any subsequent fiscal year if— (A) the Mayor approves the acceptance and use of the gift or donation (except as provided in paragraph (2) of this subsection);…

The Council of the District of Columbia finds that: (1) The District of Columbia is the nation’s capital and an international showcase. (2) The Mayor of the District of Columbia serves as the highest elected official at both the state and local levels. (3) Each of the 50 states i…

For the purposes of this subchapter, the term: (1) “Commission” means the Mayor’s Official Residence Commission established pursuant to this subchapter. (2) “Official residence” means the land and improvements where the Mayor has the exclusive right to live during the Mayor’s ter…

(a) There is established a Mayor’s Official Residence Commission with the purpose of preparing recommendations to the Council and the Mayor on the most appropriate site in the District to establish the Mayor’s official residence and on the most cost-effective methods of financing…

(a) The Commission shall be composed of 9 voting members. Four public citizen members including the chairperson of the Commission shall be appointed by the Chairman of the Council, 3 public citizen members shall be appointed by the Mayor, and 2 ex officio members shall be the Dis…

Within 60 days of the submission of the Commission’s report to the Council and the Mayor, the Mayor shall propose the selection of a property to be used as the official residence and submit the proposed selection to the Council with a proposed resolution of approval. The proposed…

(a) On June 5, 2001, the Council of the District of Columbia adopted the Mayor’s May 3, 2001 recommendation (PR 14-179) to accept and approve the proposal of the Eugene B. Casey Foundation, as set forth in a February 26, 2001 letter to the Mayor from Mrs. Eugene B. Casey, to desi…

Whenever any contagious, infectious, or communicable disease affecting domestic animals or live poultry, and especially the disease known as pleuropneumonia, shall be brought into or shall break out in the District of Columbia, it shall be the duty of the Council of said District…

The Inspector of Asphalts and Cements shall not receive or accept compensation of any kind from or perform any work or render any services of a character required of him officially by the District of Columbia to any person, firm, corporation, or municipality other than the Distri…

No part of any appropriation for the District of Columbia, except for public schools, shall be expended for printing or binding a schedule or list of supplies and materials for the furnishing of which contracts have been or may be awarded.

Authority is hereby granted to the Secretary of the Interior and the President of the United States, in their discretion, to grant additional compensation at rates not to exceed those prevailing without regard to the provisions of §§ 1341, 1342 and 1349 to 1351 and subchapter II …