{"data":{"id":"us-dc/d.c.-code-1-631.05","jurisdiction":"us-dc","citation":"D.C. Code § 1-631.05","heading":"Employee access to official personnel record.","body":"(a)\n(1)\nThe official personnel record of a District employee shall be disclosed to the employee or any representative of his or her choice. All such disclosure shall be made in the presence of a representative of the agency having custody of the records.\n(2)\nThe following information which may be in an official personnel record shall not be disclosed to any employee:\n(A)\nInformation which has been received on a confidential basis from a person under an agreement that the identity of the source of the information will not be disclosed: Provided, however, that such information may be disclosed if all information identifying the source of the information is deleted in such a manner to positively preclude identity of the source;\n(B)\nMedical information, which, in the judgment of the employee’s physician would be injurious to the health of the employee, if disclosed;\n(C)\nCriminal investigative reports;\n(D)\nSuitability inquiries and confidential questionnaires undertaken in accordance with rights afforded under this chapter; and\n(E)\nTest and examination materials which may continue to be used for selection and promotion purposes: Provided, however, that the description of test and general results thereof shall be disclosed.\n\n(b)\nEach employee shall have the right to present information immediately germane to any information contained in his or her official personnel record and seek to have irrelevant, immaterial, or untimely information removed from the record.\n\n(c)\nFor the purpose of this subchapter, information other than a record of official personnel action is untimely if it concerns an event more than 3 years in the past upon which an action adverse to an employee may be based. Immaterial, irrelevant, or untimely information shall be removed from the official record upon the finding by the agency head that the information is of such a nature. Prior to the removal of any information in the file, the employer shall notify the employee and give him or her an opportunity to be heard.","path":["Title 1. Government Organization.","Chapter 6. Merit Personnel System.","Subchapter XXXI. Records Management and Privacy of Records."],"source_url":"https://code.dccouncil.gov/us/dc/council/code/sections/1-631.05","current_through":"2026-08-20 (D.C. Law 26-175)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-29T05:44:07Z","sha256":"53259219b4519d4f1c2672168da6f9359d159502362e7856cb9b6386a68d3f74","source_id":"us-dc","stale":false,"prev":"us-dc/d.c.-code-1-631.04","next":"us-dc/d.c.-code-1-631.06"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}