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D.C. 911 Transparency Bill Enacted Without Mayor Bowser

The District of Columbia enacted a 911 transparency bill Wednesday without the signature of Mayor Muriel Bowser (D). The D.C. Council voted 13-0 Sept. 19 to pass B25-0375 to temporarily amend the law establishing the Office of Unified Communications. Bowser had until Wednesday to respond. The unsigned act requires the office “to collect and post publicly on the Office's website the number of calls eligible to be diverted to alternative responses, the number of those calls diverted, and data on daily call-taking and dispatching operations.” The D.C. Council Judiciary and Public Safety Committee mulled a permanent OUC transparency bill last week (see 2310050062). Some at the hearing claimed Bowser isn't taking seriously District 911 problems identified in an audit. The mayor didn’t comment by our deadline.