Terms of Use

By using data made available through this site the user agrees to all the conditions stated in the following paragraphs as well as the terms and conditions described under the District portal, DC.Gov.

A) RSS Feeds
RSS (Really Simple Syndication) service is a means by which the District of Columbia offers feeds of the District government agencies' data in XML format ("RSS Content") to visitors of DC.Gov. These Terms of Use govern any use of the RSS service and may be changed at any time, without notice by the District of Columbia.

Any intermediate page, splash page or other content between the RSS link and the applicable DC.Gov web page is prohibited.

Neither the District of Columbia Government nor the Office of the Chief Technology Officer (OCTO) makes any claims as to the completeness, accuracy or content of any data contained in this application; makes any representation of any kind, including, but not limited to, warranty of the accuracy or fitness for a particular use; nor are any such warranties to be implied or inferred with respect to the information or data furnished herein. The data is subject to change as modifications and updates are complete. It is understood that the information contained in the RSS feed is being used at one's own risk.

B) Source Data
Applications using data supplied by this site must perform the following:

1. Notify the District of Columbia via email;
2. Include the following disclaimers on their sites:

"The data made available here has been modified for use from its original source, which is the Government of the District of Columbia. Neither the District of Columbia Government nor the Office of the Chief Technology Officer (OCTO) makes any claims as to the completeness, accuracy or content of any data contained in this application; makes any representation of any kind, including, but not limited to, warranty of the accuracy or fitness for a particular use; nor are any such warranties to be implied or inferred with respect to the information or data furnished herein. The data is subject to change as modifications and updates are complete. It is understood that the information contained in the web feed is being used at one's own risk."

Right to Discontinue Feeds
The District of Columbia Government reserves the right to discontinue providing any or all of the RSS feeds at any time and to require the termination of any and all displaying, distributing or otherwise using any or all of the RSS feeds for any reason including, without limitation, your violation of any provision of these Terms of Use.