OCTO
DC · IT governance authority
District of Columbia — OCTO Authority (D.C. Official Code § 1-1401 et seq.)
D.C. Official Code § 1-1401 et seq.
District of Columbia
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Statute · IT / technology governance · Office of the Chief Technology Officer
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Citation
TitleDistrict of Columbia — OCTO Authority (D.C. Official Code § 1-1401 et seq.)
TypeStatute
TopicIT governance · DC government AI use
StatusIn force
Source
Date enactedCodified
Date in forceIn force
Primary sourceD.C. Official Code · pending
URLindexing pending
Jurisdiction & enforcer
JurisdictionDistrict of Columbia
ISOUS-DC
RegionNorth America
EnforcerDC Office of the Chief Technology Officer (OCTO)
Summary · derived from the District of Columbia AI Note (Alaap B. Shah)
Per the District of Columbia AI Note (Alaap B. Shah, Epstein Becker & Green, April 2026), D.C. Official Code § 1-1401 et seq. provides the Office of the Chief Technology Officer (OCTO) with authority over District-government technology governance.
OCTO sits at the centre of DC government AI use, and is one of the implementing agencies under Mayor’s Order 2024-028 (DC government AI framework / AI Values).
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