OOG-2024-0010 OMA Advisory Opinion on Criminal Justice Coordinating Council (CJCC)

On February 6, 2025, Director Allen issued provisional Advisory Opinion #OOG-2024-0010 opining that the District of Columbia's Criminal Justice Coordinating Council ("CJCC") is a public body subject to the Open Meetings Act ("OMA"). Pursuant to DCMR § 10405.2, the Director provided CJCC with the opportunity to provide a formal response to the Complaint and/or to the points contained therein. CJCC provided a formal response on April 2, 2025. The response from CJCC did not provide a substantive response to the legal arguments raised in the Advisory Opinion, so that opinion is final, as of May 2, 2025. 

The CJCC is currently excluded from the OMA, until July 6, 2025, due to emergency legislation, the Open Meetings Clarification Emergency Amendment Act of 2025, Act A26-0041. Therefore, the Director concluded that meetings of the CJCC are subject to the OMA, upon the expiration of the emergency. The provisional Advisory Opinion is OOG's final decision on the matter and sets forth the rationale.