The Unemployment Insurance Benefits System will undergo system updates and will be unavailable from 8 pm on Friday, October 31, 2025, through 12 pm on Sunday, November 2, 2025. We appreciate your patience while these nationwide updates are made to improve user experience.
All federal government employees who were affected by the federal shutdown may file their initial claim online at www.dcnetworks.org. For further information please see FAQs.
This list includes frequently requested contact information throughout the Office of Unemployment Compensation:
| Division
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Telephone Number
|
Web site/Email Address
|
|---|---|---|
| General Tax Information | 202-698-7550 | www.does.dc.gov |
| UI Tax Division – Registration | 202-698-7550 | [email protected] |
| UI Tax Division – Accounting | 202-698-7550 | [email protected] |
| Tax Division – Electronic Filing Instructions | does.dc.gov/node/200672 | |
| UI Benefits Division – General Information | 202-724-7000 | www.dcnetworks.org |
| UI Benefits Division – Claims Information | 202-724-7000 | www.dcnetworks.org |
| UI Benefits Division – Charge Protests | 202-724-7000 | [email protected] |
| Wage and Hour Division | 202-671-1880 | www.does.dc.gov |
| Worker Compensation Division | 202-671-1000 | www.does.dc.gov |
| E verify (Worker Authorization) | 800-791-1427 | www.Everify.com |
| District of Columbia New Hire Reporting | 202-671-1880 | https://dc-newhire.com |
| Office of Tax and Revenue Business Registration | 202-727-4829 | www.ocfo.dc.gov |
| American Job Center – Headquarters | 202-724-2337 | www.dcnetworks.org |
| American Job Center – Northeast | 202-576-3092 | www.dcnetworks.org |
| American Job Center – Northwest | 202-442-4577 | www.dcnetworks.org |
| American Job Center – Southeast | 202-741-7747 | www.dcnetworks.org |
| Summer Youth Employment Program | 202-698-3492 | www.summerjobs.dc.gov |
| DOES Equal Employment Opportunity Program | 202-671-0891 | [email protected] |
| Office of Administrative Hearings | 202-442-9094 | www.oah.dc.gov |
| DC Chamber of Commerce | 202-347.7201 | www.dcchamber.org |
| SIDES | 202-698-7522 | https://app.does.dc.gov/ [email protected] |