Illinois (ECWd) –
How many in Illinois knew of a state agency named “Illinois Office of Broadband“? Based on our research, they fall under the Illinois Department of Commerce and Economic Development. That is the same agency that has denied all requests for expenses of the Illinois offices overseas to include bank statements, along with failing to provide the most basic information for the boards under its direction, to include Open Meetings Act training certificates.
The Illinois Office of Broadband has ignored our FOIA request for Open Meetings Act Training Certificates, Freedom of Information Act Training Certificates, and meeting minutes where the board appointed a FOIA Officer. The actual request can be downloaded at this link or viewed below.
This appears to be yet another example of a failed government entity in terms of transparency. We have plenty of questions related to millions being spent on contracts by this agency, but as it stands, this agency has not answered the most basic FOIA request.
We provided them one last chance to comply by the end of business yesterday, and that too went unanswered. That being the case, we forwarded this FOIA denial to our attorney for potential legal action.
Broad Band FOIA
