https://illinoisfoia.org/exemptions/7-1-i/ 2025-02-10T00:00:00Z https://illinoisfoia.org/opinions/letter-83854/ 2025-02-10T00:00:00Z

A citizen requested records from the Illinois Department of Natural Resources about waterfowl banding activities, including band numbers and locations, citing concerns about the handling of the program. The Department redacted the band numbers and locations under FOIA. The citizen challenged the redactions, but the Attorney General's Public Access Bureau concluded that the Department properly withheld the information because it qualifies as 'research data' under section 7(1)(i) of FOIA, and disc

https://illinoisfoia.org/opinions/letter-52452/ 2018-12-04T00:00:00Z

A facility requested oversight records from the Illinois Department of Public Health, but the Department redacted scoring information from a Staff Intensity Scale, claiming it was a valuable formula under FOIA. The Illinois Attorney General's Public Access Bureau concluded that the Department improperly redacted the information because the scores do not meet the definition of 'valuable formulae' under section 7(1)(i) of FOIA. The Department failed to meet its burden of proof to justify the redac