Office of the Secretary

It is important that you include instructions regarding reasonable accommodation requests in your notices. Below is our suggested...

Initiative 83 was transmitted to the Council on December 6, 2024. It has since been enrolled and assigned DC Act 25-652. The measure has...

Effect of the End of a Council Period According to Council Rule 418: 1. Any permanent bill that has not received final reading by the...

Below you will find some guidance on using Zoom for your hearings/meetings. In 2020 when we first transitioned to virtual hearings, I...

The Office of the Secretary submitted this framework for Council consideration on September 13, 2022. Here's the intro statement and plan...

Here are a few steps we can take immediately to ensure that our hearings are more accessible online. As discussed in the Technology...

On October 5th, the Council approved its COVID-19 Vaccination Policy for all employees. Read the policy by clicking here. You can access...

Now that we are pretty much settled into remote operations as an institution, it's imperative to share guidelines on how our Legislative...

The following deadlines apply to regularly scheduled Legislative Meetings ( i.e. the meetings that you find on the annual meeting...

E-Filing is the preferred method for filing legislation and other documents with the Office of the Secretary and most of you are now...