Section 6-B1808. GOVERNMENT PROPERTY

 

1808.1 An employee has a duty to protect and conserve government property and shall not use such property, or allow its use, for other than authorized purposes.

 

1808.2 For purposes of this section the following definitions apply:

 

(a) “Government property” includes any form of real or personal property in which  a federal, District, state, or local government agency or entity has an ownership, leasehold, or other property interest as well as any right or other intangible interest that is purchased with government funds, including the services of contractor personnel. The term includes office supplies, telephone and other telecommunications equipment and services, the government mails, automated data processing capabilities, printing and reproduction facilities, government records, and government vehicles.

 

(b) “Authorized purposes” are those purposes for which government property is made available to members of the public or those purposes authorized by an agency head in accordance with law or regulation.

 

 

authority

Chapter XVIII of the District of Columbia Government Comprehensive Merit Personnel Act of 1978, effective March 3, 1979 (D.C. Law 2-139; D.C. Official Code § 1-618.01 et seq.) (2012 Repl. & 2013 Supp.), and Mayor’s Order 2008-92, dated June 26, 2008.

source

Final Rulemaking published at 28DCR 3611 (August 14, 1981); as amended by Final Rulemaking published at 30 DCR 5542 (October 28, 1983); as amended by Final Rulemaking published at 33 DCR 6794 (October 31, 1986); as amended by Final Rulemaking published at 61 DCR 3799 (April 11, 2014).