by Brian Costin As part of the Illinois Policy Institute’s many transparency initiatives we often file Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) requests of state, county, and local government agencies all across the state. To do so we often need to know who the FOIA officer is. Many of our Liberty Leader transparency partners often ask [...]
Tag Archives: FOIA
Public Employee Evaluations Access
Gov. Quinn has made an amendatory veto to HB5141, which called for the exemption of all public employee performance evaluations under the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA). The Institute argued against this bill, saying it would threaten transparency in government by prohibiting the release of public employee performance reviews under FOIA. The idea started with [...]
School Districts: A Friendly Reminder
A friendly reminder to all school districts in Illinois: HB2235 passed in August last year, giving all school districts in Illinois until July 1, 2010 to “report the base salary and benefits of the school superintendent, all administrators and teachers by July 1, starting in 2010. The information, including vacation and sick days, bonuses and [...]
Chicago to FOIA: Drop Dead
The Beachwood Reporter discusses the City of Chicago’s less than stellar response to FOIA requests from the Illinois Campaign for Political Reform, which recently released its annual lobbying survey. The survey reported counties and public agencies paid lobbyists nearly $6.4 million to influence their own state government last year. The report also reveals Chicago’s sweeping [...]
Chicago to FOIA: Drop Dead.
The Beachwood Reporter discusses the City of Chicago’s less than stellar response to FOIA requests from the Illinois Campaign for Political Reform, which recently released its annual lobbying survey. The survey reported counties and public agencies paid lobbyists nearly $6.4 million to influence their own state government last year. The report also reveals Chicago’s sweeping [...]
Chicago Transparency
Yesterday Mayor Daley announced updates and “improvements” to the City of Chicago’s website, saying these changes would make his administration more transparent. The site includes more data about Freedom of Information (FOIA) requests, vendors, contracts, and city employees. The site is getting mixed reviews from some media and members of the public, reacting to one [...]
School Districts: Transparency Required.
The public may start seeing more transparency from school districts soon, according to the Sun-Times. One new piece of legislation (SB2270), introduced by Senators Dan Cronin, Kirk W. Dillard, Chris Lauzen and John J. Millner states “every school district must post on its Internet site a compensation report for every employee who holds an administrative [...]