Illinois updates Freedom of Information Act

It's quite lovely. The updated Illinois Freedom of Information Act went into law this month. Here are some significant differences:

• Public bodies or officials must respond within 5 business days (instead of seven)


• Time limits on their responses can be extended by no more than 5 business days (instead of seven)


• Section on redaction (the blocking out of information) was repealed

Those aren't all the updates. I just happened to notice them when I was reading through it while working on a project for friend. Go see it for yourself.