D.C. Code § 7-2281.02: Ongoing confidentiality.

(a)

Persons other than District of Columbia Homeland Security Commission ("Commission") members who attended any Commission meeting that, pursuant to § 7-2271.04, was not open to the public, shall not disclose what occurred at the meeting to anyone who was not in attendance.

(b)

Commission members who attended meetings not open to the public shall not disclose what occurred with anyone who was not in attendance, except other Commission members.

(c)

Members of the Commission, persons who attended a Commission meeting, and persons who presented information to the Commission may not be required to disclose, in any administrative, civil, or criminal proceeding, information presented at or opinions formed as a result of a Commission meeting.

(d)

All information and records generated by the Commission, including statistical compilations and reports, and all information and records acquired by the Commission, are confidential and all such information and records in possession of the Homeland Security and Emergency Management Agency ("HSEMA") pursuant to section 3013 are confidential. Notwithstanding the foregoing, Commission information and records may be disclosed by HSEMA as necessary to carry out its duties and purposes. The information and records may be disclosed by HSEMA to another homeland security agency or a homeland security commission if the other agency or commission is governed by confidentiality provisions that afford the same or greater protections as those that were provided in subchapter II of this chapter.

(e)

Except as permitted by this section, information and records of the Commission shall not be disclosed voluntarily, pursuant to a subpoena, in response to a request for discovery in any adjudicative proceeding, or in response to a request made under made under subchapter II of Chapter 5 of Title 2, nor shall they be introduced into evidence in any administrative, civil, or criminal proceeding.

(f)

Information and records that were presented to the Commission shall not be immune from subpoena or discovery, or prohibited from being introduced into evidence, solely because the information and records were made available to the Commission, if the information and records could have been obtained through other sources.