Office of the Secretary

E-Filing is the preferred method for filing legislation and other documents with the Office of the Secretary and most of you are now pretty well versed. Electronic filing provides greater transparency and accountability for both filers, as well as the OSEC. Based on our business needs and your feedback, our developers have made a number of enhancements over the past year. New this year • Outside agencies can now file reports directly through LIMS • Greater autonomy for change

Here is a list of websites, categorized by their owners, that you might need to access frequently to complete your work. Main dccouncil.gov Office of the Secretary dccouncilsecretary.com Legislative Information Management System: lims.dccouncil.gov eFiling: lims.dccouncil.gov/eFiling Hearing Management System: lims.dccouncil.gov/hearings/ eForms: dccouncil.seamlessdocs.com/sc/ Office of Racial Equity: dcracialequity.org Office of the Budget Director dccouncilbudget.com

The following deadlines apply to regularly scheduled Legislative Meetings (i.e. the meetings that you find on the annual meeting schedule and usually occur on the first Tuesday of the month). If the Chairman decides to convene an Additional Meeting, the agenda is at his discretion. Once the agenda for an Additional Meeting is circulated, no measure may be added for consideration except an emergency/temporary measure with the written approval of a majority of members. If you w

As you may recall, we recently revamped and relaunch our Legislative Information Management System (LIMS). One major reason for my...