Announcing the 2023 FOIA Fest Boot Camp Cohort
The Chicago Headline Club is proud to announce its 2023 FOIA Fest Boot Camp Fellows.
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Viewpoint: When all is said and done, FOIAs are just part of doing business
Statistics, an old editor once said, can be squirrely things. His favorite example was this – if you have 10 women in a room and one woman is pregnant and the other nine are virgins, statistically, all 10 are 10 percent pregnant and 90 percent virgins. To this day, I […]
Use of FOIA prompts action by Quinn
The following article, which was published in July 3 The Daily Herald, chronicles an action taken by Gov. Pat Quinn based on information received through the Freedom of Information Act by For the Good of Illinois. Email prompts Quinn to withhold $20 million in funding for COD By Robert Sanchez The College of […]
Proposed restrictions to FOIA opposed by transparency advocates
Advocates for public access and transparent government are voicing opposition to a bill that would place restrictions on FOIA requests regarding public facilities’ finances when they rent out space. Rep. Robert Rita (D-28) is the sponsor of HB 3621 which calls for further restrictions to the Illinois’ Freedom of Information […]
Court ruling lifts injunction blocking police records
The Better Government Association (bettergov.org) scored a major victory when The Illinois Appellate Court lifted an injunction blocking the release of alleged police misconduct records. In a release, the BGA said “…The BGA is pleased with the outcome and hails the ruling by the Illinois Appellate Court as a victory […]