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Agency Performance Dashboard

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Tertius (Find a Third-Party Inspector)

Tertius (Find a Third-Party Inspector)

Welcome to the Department of Consumer and Regulatory Affairs

Agency Performance Dashboard

Agency Performance Dashboard

Contractor Rating System

Contractor Rating System

DC Business Center

DC Business Center

DCRA Permit Wizard

DCRA Permit Wizard

>Scout (Online Consolidated Database)

Scout (Online Consolidated Database)

Tertius (Find a Third-Party Inspector)

Tertius (Find a Third-Party Inspector)

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Deadline Alert for Subdivision or Condominium Submissions

Date Released:

Sat, 03/01/2014

Deadline Alert for Subdivision or Condominium Submissions

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03/18/2021 FY20 Agency Performance Public Oversight Hearing Testimony

05/27/2020 Testimony on FY21 Budget

03/05/2020 FY19 Agency Performance Public Oversight Hearing Testimony

04/30/2021 Application for Occupational and Professional License Renewals Begins July 1

03/23/2021 DEADLINE ALERT: Subdivision and Condominium Submissions

01/21/2021 Temporary Construction Restrictions Within the Security Perimeter To Be Lifted On Friday, January 22

01/15/2021 Notice of Suspension of Construction (59th Presidential Inauguration)

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07/19/2019 USGBC National Capital Region’s A Midsummer Night’s Green award winner

12/31/2018 2018 Energy Institution of the Year Award

06/09/2017 Mayor Bowser Signs Executive Order Binding the District to the Paris Climate Accord

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Tertius

DCRA Introduces Tertius

Tertius, an online marketplace for construction inspections, easily connects residential and commercial property owners and managers with certified and approved inspectors at their convenience and within their budget.

NEW DCRA Services

Dispatch, DCRA’s Inspections-On-Demand System, Launches

Dispatch, DCRA’s inspections-on-demand system, was designed with customers in mind, to give up-to-the-minute updates on inspection requests. Now, when a customer submits a request for an inspection using the inspection request forms available on dcra.dc.gov, an inspection is automatically scheduled, and Dispatch will push notifications to a customer until the service is complete.

On-Demand Customer Relationship Management

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