IL FOIA
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IL FOIA is a state law that guarantees public access to government records and promotes transparency in Illinois government operations.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| IL FOIA canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10801148 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: IL FOIA Context triple: [Illinois Freedom of Information Act, shortName, IL FOIA]
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A.
FOI
FOI is the abbreviation for the Fruit of Islam, the male-only paramilitary and security wing of the Nation of Islam.
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B.
FOIA Improvement Act of 2016
The FOIA Improvement Act of 2016 is a U.S. law that strengthened public access to federal government records by adding a presumption of openness, limiting certain exemptions, and improving transparency and oversight of the Freedom of Information Act process.
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C.
Freedom of Information Act
The Freedom of Information Act is a U.S. law that grants the public the right to access records from federal government agencies, promoting transparency and accountability.
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D.
Freedom of Information Act Advisory Committee
The Freedom of Information Act Advisory Committee is a federal advisory body that brings together government and non-government experts to recommend improvements to the administration and implementation of the U.S. Freedom of Information Act.
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E.
Electronic Freedom of Information Act Amendments of 1996
The Electronic Freedom of Information Act Amendments of 1996 is a U.S. law that modernized the Freedom of Information Act by extending public access rights to electronic records and setting clearer deadlines and procedures for federal agencies’ responses.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: IL FOIA Target entity description: IL FOIA is a state law that guarantees public access to government records and promotes transparency in Illinois government operations.
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A.
FOI
FOI is the abbreviation for the Fruit of Islam, the male-only paramilitary and security wing of the Nation of Islam.
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B.
FOIA Improvement Act of 2016
The FOIA Improvement Act of 2016 is a U.S. law that strengthened public access to federal government records by adding a presumption of openness, limiting certain exemptions, and improving transparency and oversight of the Freedom of Information Act process.
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C.
Freedom of Information Act
The Freedom of Information Act is a U.S. law that grants the public the right to access records from federal government agencies, promoting transparency and accountability.
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D.
Freedom of Information Act Advisory Committee
The Freedom of Information Act Advisory Committee is a federal advisory body that brings together government and non-government experts to recommend improvements to the administration and implementation of the U.S. Freedom of Information Act.
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E.
Electronic Freedom of Information Act Amendments of 1996
The Electronic Freedom of Information Act Amendments of 1996 is a U.S. law that modernized the Freedom of Information Act by extending public access rights to electronic records and setting clearer deadlines and procedures for federal agencies’ responses.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Illinois state statute
ⓘ
freedom of information law ⓘ |
| allows |
civil penalties against public bodies for willful and intentional violations
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recovery of attorney’s fees for prevailing requesters in court ⓘ |
| appliesTo |
Illinois boards
ⓘ
Illinois commissions ⓘ Illinois counties ⓘ Illinois departments ⓘ
linked to:
Illinois state agencies
Illinois municipalities ⓘ Illinois public bodies ⓘ Illinois public universities ⓘ Illinois school districts ⓘ Illinois state agencies ⓘ audio records ⓘ electronic records ⓘ emails held by public bodies ⓘ paper records ⓘ video records ⓘ |
| country |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| enforcedBy |
Illinois Attorney General
ⓘ
Illinois courts ⓘ
linked to:
Illinois state court system
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| establishes |
categories of records exempt from disclosure
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deadlines for responding to FOIA requests ⓘ procedures for appealing denied requests ⓘ |
| exempts |
certain law enforcement records
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personal privacy information ⓘ preliminary drafts and notes in some circumstances ⓘ records prohibited from disclosure by other laws ⓘ trade secrets and confidential commercial information ⓘ |
| governs | access to public records in Illinois ⓘ |
| hasAbbreviation | IL FOIA ⓘ |
| hasLanguage | English ⓘ |
| jurisdiction |
State of Illinois
ⓘ
linked to:
Illinois
|
| legalCitation | 5 ILCS 140 ⓘ |
| provides |
for judicial review of denied FOIA requests
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for review by the Public Access Counselor in the Illinois Attorney General’s Office ⓘ |
| purpose |
facilitate public oversight of government
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guarantee public access to government records ⓘ promote accountability of public officials ⓘ promote transparency in Illinois government operations ⓘ |
| relatedTo | Illinois Open Meetings Act ⓘ |
| requires |
designation of Freedom of Information officers by public bodies
ⓘ
public bodies to maintain a list of records immediately available to the public ⓘ public bodies to post certain information online ⓘ public bodies to provide records in a timely manner ⓘ public bodies to respond to records requests ⓘ |
| subjectOf | public records requests in Illinois ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: IL FOIA Description of subject: IL FOIA is a state law that guarantees public access to government records and promotes transparency in Illinois government operations.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject linked to:
IL FOIA