Grade B+ — Fair terms (score 80/100)
The District of Columbia's terms are standard for a government entity, lacking aggressive commercial clauses like forced arbitration or data sale, though they allow for unilateral modifications.
Standard government terms. No data sale or arbitration. Unilateral changes.
The District maintains the right to modify these Terms and Conditions of Use and may do so by posting notice of such modifications on this page. Any modification is effective immediately upon posting.
The District can change the terms at any time without notifying you directly; you are expected to check the page periodically.
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Any content you submit to the site is licensed to the public forever, and you cannot take that license back.
The content and function of the Site are provided to you as is, without warranties of any kind
The District provides the website without any guarantee that it will work correctly or be free of errors.
Except for third party content that is copyright protected or for content otherwise noted, content on this site is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.
The District makes most of its content available for public reuse under a standard open-source license.
Last reviewed 2026-10-06 under rubric v3.5.