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Office of Documents and Administrative Issuances
The Office of Documents and Administrative Issuances (ODAI) prepares, edits, prints, and publicly distributes the District of Columbia Statutes-at-Large, the District of Columbia Register (DCR), the District of Columbia Municipal Regulations (DCMR), and other legal publications of the District of Columbia, in accordance with the requirements of the District of Columbia Documents Act of 1978, DC Law 2-319, codified at DC Code §§ 1611 et seq.
The Office of Documents and Administrative Issuances also distributes, tracks, maintains, and preserves all executive orders, directives, and administrative issuances.
Documents We Publish
- The District of Columbia Municipal Regulations (DCMR) is a compilation of the rules and regulations issued by District agencies and the Council of the District of Columbia. The DCMR is composed of 31 titles which are posted online here.
- The District of Columbia Register (DCR) is a weekly publication of the operations of the District's government. The Register publishes:
- Council of the District of Columbia laws, acts, and resolutions
- Notices of the Council of the District of Columbia
- Notices of emergency, proposed, and final regulations (rulemakings)
- Notices of public hearings
- Documents of general public interest


Deadlines for Submission of Documents for Publication
All documents, except those from the Council of the District of Columbia, must be submitted to the Office of Documents and Administrative issuances by 12 noon on Thursday of the week preceding publication. All Council documents must be submitted by 12 noon on the Friday of the week preceding publication. Documents filed for publication in an issue of the Register that is scheduled to be published on the Friday of a week that contains an official District government holiday must be submitted one day earlier than the regular deadline.
For more information on deadlines click here* .

Contact Information
Office of Documents and Administrative Issuances 441 4th Street, NW, Suite 520S Washington, DC 20001 Phone: (202) 727-5090 Fax: (202) 727-6042
Email: DCDocuments@dc.gov

Hours of Operation
- Publication Sales Hours
Monday through Friday from 9 am to 4 pm
- Public Office Hours
Monday through Friday from 9 am to 5 pm

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