FOIA section 2(f)
FOIA5 ILCS 140/2(f). Section 2 overview: Defines the Act's key terms: what counts as a “public body” (state agencies, counties, cities, school districts, and their subcommittees), who counts as a “requester,” what a “public record” is, what makes a request a “commercial purpose” or “recurrent” request (which get different response rules), and other terms used throughout the Act.
2 issues across 2 determination letters:2 no violation.
Counts are per issue, not per letter, and come from automated extraction checked against sampled letters. Determination letters are not binding precedent.
Authorities the Bureau cites most on this issue
- Ill. Att'y Gen. PAC Req. Rev. Ltr. 33323 cited 2 times
- Cellular phone bills and credit card expenditures (PAC Req. Rev. Ltr. 44649) cited 1 times
- A data-aggregation website's classification for daily crime data requests (PAC Req. Rev. Ltr. 34653) cited 1 times
Drafting brief for an AI assistant
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No violation (2)
News media exception to recurrent requester status
Rule: Self-published social media pages that lack journalistic standards do not qualify as news media under FOIA.
No violation A police department's designation of a recurrent requester · July 31, 2023
Whether requester qualifies as news media under FOIA
Rule: Self-published websites without editorial oversight or original content do not qualify as news media under section 2(f).
No violation Cellular phone bills and credit card expenditures · December 2, 2016