D.C. Mun. Regs. tit. 1, § 305
305.1 The Office of Documents and Administrative Issuances shall publish electronically a weekly serial publication called the District of Columbia Register, which shall contain the following:- (a) Each resolution adopted by the Council and each act adopted by the Council and approved by the Mayor, enacted without mayoral approval, or enacted by the override of a mayoral veto;
- (b) Each final or emergency rule, regulation, or other document required by law to be codified in the D.C. Municipal Regulations;
- (c) Each notice of proposed rulemaking or intent to adopt the contents of any other document required to be codified in the D.C. Municipal Regulations.
- (d) Each notice of public hearing issued by the Council or an agency; and
- (e) Other documents accepted for publications pursuant to §§305.6, 305.7, or 305.8.305.2 Documents required or authorized to be published in the D.C. Register shall be published as promptly after submission as possible within limitations imposed by considerations of accuracy, and substantial compliance with the publication standards set forth in this chapter.305.3 In prescribing rules governing headings, notice format, effective dates, authority citations, and other matters of form, the Office of Documents and Administrative Issuances shall not affect the validity of any document that is filed and published under the law.305.4 The D.C. Register serves as the ongoing supplement to the D. C. Municipal Regulations. Each document that is subject to codification in the DCMR and published in the D.C. Register shall be cross-referenced to the DCMR.305.5 Each rulemaking document submitted to the Office of Documents and Administrative Issuances for publication in the D.C. Register must comply fully with the format, style, and other requirements established for the D.C. Municipal Regulations.305.6 The following documents are required to be submitted to the Office of Documents and Administrative Issuances for publication in the D.C. Register:- (a) Each act and resolution of the Council of the District of Columbia;
- (b) Each notice of public hearing;
- (c) Each notice of proposed, final, or emergency rulemaking;
(d) All administrative issuances of the Mayor, including orders and memoranda;
(e) Each document having general applicability and legal effect; and
(f) Other documents required by law to be published in the Register.
305.7 The Administrator of Documents is authorized to publish the following documents in the D.C. Register:
(a) Documents requested to be published by the Chairperson of the Council or the Chairperson's designee;
(b) Documents requested to be published by the Joint Committee on Judicial Administration in the District of Columbia;
(c) Information on changes in the organization of the government of the District of Columbia;
(d) Notices of public hearings not required by law or regulation to be published in the D.C. Register; and
(e) Documents requested to be published by the Mayor of the District of Columbia.
305.8 Whenever the Administrator determines that the publication of a document not required by §305.6 or authorized by §305.7 would be of general public interest, the Administrator may permit the document to be published in the D.C. Register.
305.9 The following documents are generally not authorized to be published in the Register, except as provided by §305.8:
(a) Proclamations or other ceremonial documents;
(b) Notices of meetings or other activities;
(c) Correspondence, memoranda, or internal agency documents;
(d) Press releases, news items, commentary, or editorials;
(e) Adjudicatory notices, opinions, or orders;
(f) Judicial Declaratory Orders
(g) Resolutions, petitions, or recommendations submitted for consideration by the
Council, Mayor, or an agency; and
(h) Employment information, job announcements, or position descriptions.
305.10 Without prejudice to any other form of citation, the D.C. Register shall be cited by volume and page number, and the short form “DCR” shall be used in the citation. The date of publication of the weekly edition should also generally be included in the citation. For example, material which begins on page 8264 of volume 54 of the D.C. Register (published on August 24, 2007) should be cited “54 DCR 8264 (August 24, 2007).”
305.11 Each document published in the D.C. Register shall be placed under one of the following table of contents categories, as indicated:
305.12 The Office of Documents and Administrative Issuances will publish annually a cumulative index of all matters published in the D.C. Register during the year. The complete index for each volume will also be published on a calendar year basis.
305.13 Beginning with Volume 27, in January 1980, complete volumes of the D.C. Register shall be published on a calendar year basis.¹
305.14 The certification and publication of a document in the D.C. Register or D.C. Municipal Regulations (DCMR) creates a rebuttable legal presumption that the document was duly issued, adopted, prescribed, or enacted, and that all requirements of the Documents Act and the Administrative Procedure Act have been met.
SOURCE: Final Rulemaking published at 25 DCR 9855, 9860 (May 4, 1979); as amended by Final Rulemaking published at 28 DCR 4091, 4096-4098 (September 18, 1981); and Final Rulemaking published at 56 DCR 271, 276 (January 9, 2009).
1 Volume 26 of the D.C. Register is a short volume; beginning July 1, 1979, and ending December 31, 1979.