{"data":{"id":"us-dc/d.c.-code-2-1703","jurisdiction":"us-dc","citation":"D.C. Code § 2-1703","heading":"Responsibilities and duties of Public Records Administrator.","body":"(a)\n(1)\nThe Administrator shall act as the chief records manager for the District and shall, except as otherwise provided by law:\n(A)\nOrganize and administer a records center for the District’s semicurrent and inactive records;\n(B)\nImplement rules for effective and economical records management; and\n(C)\nPerform other functions to implement this chapter or the rules issued pursuant to this chapter.\n(2)\nThe Administrator shall establish the standards for the number, selection, qualifications, basic and advance training, certification, and recertification of agency records management officers.\n(3)\nThe Administrator shall, as the historian of the District, establish a program for the identification and preservation of documentation of significance to the history of the District.\n(4)\nThe Administrator may:\n(A)\nPublish or republish any material of historical interest;\n(B)\nCompile, edit, and print any publication of historical interest;\n(C)\nSubject to the approval of the Mayor, enter into agreements with publishers to produce books on District history; or\n(D)\nSell publications, reproductions, or replicas, postcards, and historical souvenirs at any location administered by the Office of Public Records.\n(5)\nThe Administrator, with a goal of economy through disposal of original paper records, shall establish standards for the storage of records by a photographic, microphotographic, or non-erasable optical process. A certified or authenticated reproduction of a photograph, microphotographic non-erasable optical disk, or enlargement of a record made in compliance with this chapter shall be considered equal to the original when admitted as evidence.\n\n(b)\nThe Administrator shall establish and maintain the official archives of the District of Columbia, implement regulations for the preservation and use of archival records, and perform other functions to implement this chapter or the regulations issued pursuant to this chapter.\n\n(c)\nThe Administrator shall establish and maintain a Library of Governmental Information of the District of Columbia which shall serve as an effective source of reference and research information with respect to the business of the District; develop programs and establish standards for the management of services provided under this section; and perform the other functions to implement this chapter or the regulations issued pursuant to this chapter.\n\n(d)\n(1)\nThe Administrator shall collect, compile, and maintain data and information pertaining to the operation of the District as well as other municipalities, governmental bodies, and public authorities, and arrange for the exchange, sale, purchase, and loan of informational materials from and with legislative and research services, libraries, and institutions in other municipalities, governmental bodies, and public authorities.\n(2)\nThe Administrator shall accept, compile, and maintain every public record or document requested to be preserved by:\n(A)\nThe Council of the District of Columbia;\n(B)\nThe Board of Education; and\n(C)\nThe District of Columbia Court of Appeals and the Superior Court of the District of Columbia.\n\n(e)\nNotwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, the Council shall maintain custody of the following District property located at 1300 Naylor Court, N.W., as of June 1, 2016:\n(1)\nEach painted portrait of:\n(A)\nA District of Columbia Recorder of Deeds;\n(B)\nA Commissioner of the District of Columbia;\n(C)\nA Mayor of the District of Columbia;\n(D)\nA United States Senator or United States Representative; or\n(E)\nBenjamin Banneker.\n(2)\nEach sculpture of:\n(A)\nA Commissioner of the District of Columbia; or\n(B)\nA United States Senator or United States Representative.","path":["Title 2. Government Administration.","Chapter 17. Public Records Management."],"source_url":"https://code.dccouncil.gov/us/dc/council/code/sections/2-1703","current_through":"2026-08-20 (D.C. Law 26-175)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-29T05:44:07Z","sha256":"aa90957fd32b3853250c0882d4bd513f516a37927004f673edc0e4c1608e98e5","source_id":"us-dc","stale":false,"prev":"us-dc/d.c.-code-2-1702","next":"us-dc/d.c.-code-2-1704"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}