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| 6 | + | ____________________________ 1 |
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| 7 | + | Councilmember Anita Bonds 2 |
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| 10 | + | A PROPOSED RESOLUTION 5 |
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| 14 | + | IN THE COUNCIL OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA 9 |
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| 16 | + | ____________________ 11 |
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| 19 | + | To declare the existence of an emergency with respect to the District of Columbia Public 14 |
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| 20 | + | Records Management Act of 1985 to clarify that communications created or received 15 |
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| 21 | + | electronically in the course of official business are subject to existing record- retention 16 |
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| 22 | + | obligations. 17 |
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| 24 | + | RESOLVED, BY THE COUNCIL OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, That this 19 |
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| 25 | + | resolution may be cited as the “Fidelity in Access to Government Communications Clarification 20 |
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| 26 | + | Emergency Declaration Resolution of 2024”. 21 |
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| 27 | + | Sec. 2. (a) This measure closes a gap in the law. The District does not currently have a 22 |
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| 28 | + | consistent, government-wide policy regarding electronic communications. 23 |
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| 29 | + | (b) The Council unanimously passed the Fidelity in Access to Government 24 |
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| 30 | + | Communications Clarification Second Temporary Amendment Act of 2024, effective March 1 , 25 |
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| 31 | + | 2024. The temporary act will expire on O ctober 12, 2024. 26 |
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| 32 | + | (c) The temporary act was passed after a concerning report regarding the Executive’s use 27 |
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| 33 | + | of WhatsApp Messenger was published online. Among many features available within the 28 |
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| 34 | + | application is the ability to auto-delete messages after a set period of time. 29 |
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| 35 | + | (d) Emergency legislation is therefore necessary to ensure that existing record retention 30 |
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| 8 | | - | A RESOLUTION |
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| 10 | | - | 25-672 |
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| 12 | | - | IN THE COUNCIL OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA |
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| 14 | | - | October 1, 2024 |
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| 17 | | - | To declare the existence of an emergency with respect to the need to amend the District of |
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| 18 | | - | Columbia Public Records Management Act of 1985 to clarify that communications |
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| 19 | | - | created or received electronically in the course of official business are subject to existing |
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| 20 | | - | record-retention obligations. |
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| 21 | | - | |
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| 22 | | - | RESOLVED, BY THE COUNCIL OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, That this |
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| 23 | | - | resolution may be cited as the “Fidelity in Access to Government Communications Clarification |
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| 24 | | - | Emergency Declaration Resolution of 2024”. |
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| 25 | | - | |
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| 26 | | - | Sec. 2. (a) This measure closes a gap in the law. The District does not currently have a |
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| 27 | | - | consistent, government-wide policy regarding electronic communications. |
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| 28 | | - | (b) On March 1, 2024, the Council unanimously passed the Fidelity in Access to |
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| 29 | | - | Government Communications Clarification Second Temporary Amendment Act of 2023, |
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| 30 | | - | effective March 1, 2024 (D.C. Law 25-130; 71 DCR 859) (“temporary act”). The temporary act |
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| 31 | | - | will expire on October 12, 2024. |
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| 32 | | - | (c) The temporary act was passed after a concerning report regarding the Executive’s use |
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| 33 | | - | of WhatsApp Messenger was published online. Among many features available within the |
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| 34 | | - | application is the ability to auto-delete messages after a set period of time. |
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| 35 | | - | (d) Emergency legislation is therefore necessary to ensure that existing record retention |
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| 36 | | - | guidelines continue to apply to a wide variety of electronic communications and to ensure public |
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| 37 | | - | access to information is not diminished or compromised. |
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| 39 | | - | Sec. 3. The Council determines that the circumstances enumerated in section 2 constitute |
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| 40 | | - | emergency circumstances making it necessary that the Fidelity in Access to Government |
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| 41 | | - | Communications Clarification Emergency Amendment Act of 2024 be adopted after a single |
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| 42 | | - | reading. |
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| 44 | | - | Sec. 4. This resolution shall take effect immediately. |
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| 40 | + | guidelines continue to apply to a wide variety of electronic communications and to ensure public 31 |
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| 41 | + | access to information is not diminished or compromised. 32 |
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| 42 | + | Sec. 3. The Council of the District of Columbia determines that the circumstances 33 |
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| 43 | + | enumerated in section 2 constitute emergency circumstances making it necessary that the Fidelity 34 |
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| 44 | + | in Access to Government Communications Clarification Emergency Amendment Act of 2024 be 35 |
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| 45 | + | adopted after a single reading. 36 |
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| 46 | + | Sec. 4. This resolution shall take effect immediately. 37 |
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