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The Open Meetings Act establishes an Open Government Office, D.C. Code Ann. § 2-592, that may bring a lawsuit in D.C. Superior Court for injunctive or declaratory relief for any violation of the Act before or after the meeting in question takes place. D.C. Code Ann. § 2-578(a). The Act explicitly states that nothing in it shall be construed to create or imply a private cause of action for a violation. Id.
