Illinois Process FOIA LOG
January 16, 2026 8: 20 am First FOIA filed
January 23, 2026 1:38 PM Executive oversight responds to complaint and refers responsibility for remediation to the regulating agency, while acknowledging protected complainant status and prohibiting retaliation.
January 26, 2026 2:39 pm extension letter received.
February 2, 2026 12:14 pm FOIA response indicating over 3k plus records pending release of an answer since 2018.
February 2, 2026 12:59 pm FOIA request asking for what was requested that the state delayed indefinitely instead of releasing.
February 3, 2026 7:47 am FOI request to the Governor’s office for internal policies on delaying responses indefinitely to avoid giving a response
February 3, 2026 7:55 am FOI request to the Attorney General’s office for internal policies on delaying responses indefinitely to avoid giving a response
February 05, 2026 05:22 am ARDC filing submitted seeking clarification of inconsistent State representations regarding CRTA statutory purpose (executive communications vs. Attorney General judicial pleading).
February 6, 2026, 2:12 pm The Attorney Registration and Disciplinary Commission formally closed the submission without addressing the procedural inconsistency raised, stating only that it did not warrant a disciplinary investigation.
February 9, 2026 2:36 pm AG FOIA response requesting an extension
February 10, 2026 4:40 pm the Governor’s office requests a five day extension
February 10, 2026 2:39 pm the Governor’s office stated no policies or files exist
February 11, 2026 4:51 pm AG office requests a narrowing of the open pac files requested
February 11, 2026 5:21 pm I offer the office of the AG a narrowing as requested and ask what their capacity is so I can break down the full list and submit it all in portions if that narrowing doesn’t work.
February 18, 2026 3:28 pm AG Kwame closes the FOIA giving us less than 20 files of the 3000 plus files his office has been deferring a response to since 2018.
February 18, 2026 3:43 pm FOIA response sent to AG Kwame asking if he wants us to batch down the 3000 plus files in batches of 20 since his office didn’t send more than 20 because we want all the files.
February 18, 2026 3:49 pm FOIA filed with AG office to see if they’ll send me the first 100 files on their list they gave me.
February 19, 2026 4:38 pm the AG office sent a follow up claiming misinterpretation to the previous FOIA and that the complete list I sent they thought they only had to send what their agency received but they understand now what I requested.
February 19, 2026 5:20 I reply to their misinterpretation email with complete understanding but for clarity I asked them how small they want me to batch the full list because if they misinterpreted it and they claimed burdensome on 16 files how small should my batches for the FOIA be. I also asked where I should direct FOIA about the pac office because their interpretation informed me pac is no longer considered their agency and I want to ask the right agency where to get the files.
February 25, 2026 4:23 pm extension letter from the office of the Attorney General and a request to clarify what I want again. Also asked if they could reduce the scope to only 30 files at a time of the requested due to burdensome reasonings. They asked me to email them directly to discuss the scope.
February 25, 2026 4:26 pm I replied to the office of the attorney general in the portal and via email as they requested. I clarified what I wanted again and agreed to them sending only 30 files. I asked how they would like to go through the full list of 3000 plus so I don’t file over 100 FOIA filings in one day requesting them all.
February 26, 2026 10:07 am auto email from the portal of the attorney general letting me know they created a new FOIA request for me from the email they directed me to email and it wasn’t for refinement. According to PAC/ag office in may/june 2025 that doesn’t align with what they said to excuse violations.
March 4, 2026 1:09 pm Scope Reduction Reclassified. The Office of the Illinois Attorney General responded to FOIA request 2026 FOIA 078042, stating the requested records had not been located in routine searches and previously asserting the request appeared “unduly burdensome.” After I agreed to narrow the scope from 100 files to 30, the office characterized the email response as a “modified request” and opened a new FOIA file (2026 FOIA 078089) rather than treating it as a narrowing of the original request. Looks like they reset the timeline for only 30 files of the 3000 plus.
March 4, 2026 2:06 pm the office of the attorney general responded to the “modified” FOIA request they created with an extension.