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The Secretary of State of the District of Columbia's Office is composed of six divisions: The Ceremonial Services Unit processes requests for various ceremonial items such as proclamations. The Office of Documents and Administrative Issuances prepares and publishes the official government documents of the District, including the District of ...
The District of Columbia Organic Act of 1801 is an organic act enacted by Congress under Article 1, Section 8 of the United States Constitution that formally placed the District of Columbia under the control of Congress and organized the unincorporated territory within the District into two counties: Washington County to the north and east of ...
Pages in category "Secretaries of the District of Columbia" The following 5 pages are in this category, out of 5 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
On September 15, 1789, before Jefferson could return to take the post, Washington signed into law another act which changed the name of the office from Secretary of Foreign Affairs to Secretary of State, changed the name of the department to the Department of State, and added several domestic powers and responsibilities to both the office of secretary and the department.
The office of delegate from the District of Columbia was initially established by Radical Republicans during the Reconstruction era. From 1871 to 1875, it was held by Norton P. Chipman, a Republican who had been appointed the first secretary of the District of Columbia by President Ulysses S. Grant. The position was abolished in 1875 and ...
Cynthia Brock-Smith is an American government official who served as the Secretary of the District of Columbia under Mayor Vincent C. Gray from 2011 to 2014. [1] During her tenure, she was a member of the National Association of Secretaries of State. [2]
The Council of the District of Columbia (or simply D.C. Council) is the legislative branch of the government of the District of Columbia.As permitted in the United States Constitution, the district is not part of any U.S. state and is overseen directly by the federal government.
Kimberly Ann Bassett [1] is an American civil servant serving as secretary of the District of Columbia. Bassett was appointed by Washington, D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser in December 2018, succeeding Lauren Vaughan. [2] [3] [4] [5]