300.1 The District of Columbia Office of Documents and Administrative Issuances was established as part of the Executive Office of the Mayor on March 6, 1979, by §2 of the "District of Columbia Documents Act," D.C. Law 2-153 (D.C. Code §2-611 (2008 Supp.); and by Mayor's Order 88-104, dated April 26, 1988.

300.2 The purpose of this chapter is to set forth the policies and procedures for the implementation of the District of Columbia Documents Act (referred to in this chapter as the Documents Act) and applicable provisions of the District of Columbia Administrative Procedure Act (referred to in this chapter as the Administrative Procedure Act).

300.3 The provisions of this chapter are promulgated pursuant to authority set forth in §3(b) of the Documents Act.

300.4 The Administrator of the Office of Documents and Administrative Issuances (referred to in this chapter as the Administrator) is appointed by the Mayor and supervised by the Secretary of the District of Columbia, and is vested with the authority to administer the provisions of the Documents Act in accordance with §2 of the Documents Act.

300.5 The Office of Documents and Administrative Issuances (also referred to in this chapter as ODAI) is responsible for the preparation and publication of the legal publications of the District of Columbia government. Beginning on January 1, 2009, official copies of the DC Register and DC Municipal Regulations shall be published both in paper print format and electronic print format on the Secretary of the District of Columbia's website, with CD and paper copies available for purchase upon request.

300.6 All publications of ODAI will be considered "published" when posted to the website of the Office of the Secretary, http://os.dc.gov or www.dcregs.org. ODAI will contemporaneously retain a paper copy of each official electronic publication.

300.7 The online copies of the D.C. Register, DCMR, and Mayor's Administrative Issuances shall be considered official copies. One paper original of each shall be printed, date- and time-stamped, and retained at ODAI, and one copy of the paper original shall be provided to the DC Archives for permanent storage. An electronic copy of the original shall also be retained in the DC Archives, and shall be considered a true copy. If there is any discrepancy regarding the accuracy of any publication, the paper original

located in the ODAI office or the DC Archives shall be considered the authoritative copy.

300.8 Because free online access is available to all ODAI publications, all mailed subscriptions shall end on December 31, 2008.

Publications include the following:

(a) The District of Columbia Register (also referred to as the D.C. Register or "Register" and abbreviated "DCR");

(b) The District of Columbia Municipal Regulations (also referred to as the D.C. Municipal Regulations and abbreviated "DCMR");

(c) The District of Columbia Statutes-at-Large (also referred to as the D.C. Statutes-at-Large and abbreviated "D.C." Stat.); and

(d) Mayor's Administrative Issuances.

300.9 The Office of Documents and Administrative Issuances is located in Room 520 S, One Judiciary Square, 441 4th Street, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20001. This is also the mailing address for ODAI.

300.10 The regular office hours of the Office of Documents and Administrative Issuances are from 8:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m., Monday through Friday, exclusive of District of Columbia government holidays.

AUTHORITY: Unless otherwise noted, the authority for this chapter is §2 of the District of Columbia Documents Act, D.C. Law 2-153, D.C. Code §2-611 (2008), as amended.

SOURCE: Final Rulemaking published at 25 DCR 9855 (May 4, 1979); as amended by Final Rulemaking published at 28 DCR 4091 (September 18, 1981); and Final Rulemaking published at 56 DCR 271, 273 (January 9, 2009); as amended by Final Rulemaking published at 57 DCR 126 (January 1, 2010).