This binding opinion was issued by the Illinois Attorney General Public Access Counselor (PAC) on April 14th, 2017. The PAC issued the determination in regards to the treatment of the McHenry County Blog website, created and maintained by Cal Skinner, as a recurrent requester for the purposes of the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA). Assistant Attorney General Neil Olson determined that the McHenry Counted Blog qualified as news media, and therefore could not be classified as a recurrent requester. Classification as news media also prevents a public body from classifying a FOIA request as “voluminous”.
IAG PAC Binding Opinion McHenry County Blog News Media Recurrent Requester (2017 PAC 46249)