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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 …

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 …

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 …

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…

Today, the Chicago Tribune filed suit against the University of Illinois for student records that may have had a role in questionable admissions standards. It started out as a simple Freedom of Information Act request, which are intended to be …

In a unanimous vote yesterday, the Illinois House approved a new revision of the Freedom of Information ACT (FOIA). The bill passed yesterday was not the watered down draft that lawmakers released last week after a large outcry from open …

The Illinois Legislature recently released new provisions and changes to the Freedom of Information Act, or FOIA as it is commonly referred.

The article referenced lists the following changes as:

*Elimination of criminal penalties to punish public officials who refuse …

In some disappointing news, LaGrange-based School District 105 has decided not to post its expenditures online. In a letter dated January 22, 2009 to Liberty Leader Victoria Franzese, the district’s director of business services Cathy Johnson writes:

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Transparency took center stage in Obama’s first days as President of the United States. His initial actions reveal promising signs that his administration will shine more light into government spending and decision-making.

As noted in the Washington Post, Obama …

Last week I began a process of acquiring voter records in the City of Chicago in order to examine irregularities. Although my project continues, I wanted to let you know about something that I found highly disturbing.

First of all, …