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Tag: FOIA

New Ilinois law impedes access to information

September 16, 2011 Mike Davis Government, Illinois/Midwest Leave a comment

Illinois Governor Pat Quinn recently signed into law HB1716. which allows public agencies to charge people for the cost of record retrieval if the records are

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White House lets some sunshine in, but still not enough

April 8, 2010 Gloria Shur Bilchik Congress, Government, Obama Leave a comment

The White House has made some good moves toward increasing government transparency, but there’s still a lot more to be done.  Recent reports by

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