This is the home of the Cranch Project. The Cranch Project is the Council's effort to create the nation's first UELMA-compliant, open-source, state-level Code of Laws.
William Cranch is known to most American lawyers as the reporter for Marbury v. Madison. He was also the Chief Judge of the District of Columbia Circuit Court. But the main reason this project is named after Judge Cranch is that, in 1818, Judge Cranch single-handedly prepared the first code of laws for the District of Columbia. Unlike Judge Cranch, however, the Council plans to use "open-source" tools and practices to prepare the electronic Official Code.
First, the Code needs to be made available in a machine-readable format. For a prototype, see https://github.com/JoshData/dc-code-prototype. Then, we need to make sure that the Code meets UELMA's requirements. Finally, we need to develop a methodology for updating the Code.
No. The Council expects to continue to publish the hard-bound Code under contract. Both, however, could be considered "official" when the Cranch project is complete.