https://illinoisfoia.org/exemptions/7-1-kk/ 2024-08-02T00:00:00Z https://illinoisfoia.org/opinions/letter-81969/ 2024-08-02T00:00:00Z

This determination addresses whether the City of the requester Office of the Mayor properly withheld portions of e-mails under section 7(1)(f) of FOIA (5 ILCS 140/7(1)(f)) as predecisional, deliberative material. The Public Access Bureau held that the Mayor's Office did not improperly deny the request, because its confidential review confirmed the withheld draft presentation and meeting notes concerning a redevelopment project were predecisional and deliberative when created. The Bureau explaine

https://illinoisfoia.org/opinions/letter-77227/ 2023-09-19T00:00:00Z

A requester asked the East Aurora School District 131 for credit card statements and a list of bills. The requester complained that the district did not use black ink for redactions as requested and that some redactions were improper. The Illinois Attorney General's Public Access Bureau found that FOIA does not require a specific color of ink, so the complaint about the ink color was unfounded. The bureau also concluded that the district improperly redacted employee names and airline ticket deta

https://illinoisfoia.org/opinions/letter-62833/ 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

A citizen requested information from the Village of Orland Park about which employees were allowed to work from home during the COVID-19 pandemic. The Attorney General's office found that the Village followed the law for most of the request but wrongly refused to provide the records for the fifth part of the request. The Village improperly withheld those specific records.