DuPage Co. - (ECWd) - During our past investigation into DuPage County local government, we exposed clear Open Meetings and Freedom of Information Act violations and reported on them in this article. Since that exposure, we have had numerous on-going responses to the original FOIA request...
DuPage Co. (ECWd) - During the October 2014 Board of Trustees meeting, the entire finance department at COD stood behind their leadership, Lynn Sypata and Thomas Glaser, both were later terminated from COD (click here),  in what appeared to be a very well prepared full frontal...
DuPage Co. (ECWd) - What does over $1.5 Million dollars in salary to one person in 9 years get you at the College of DuPage? (7 of those years here) Dr. Chuck Currier, Vice President of Information Technology is center stage of record destruction practices...
DuPage Co. (ECWd) - "The Hiring Game" Barbara R. Jones-Kavalier was named as one of the three finalists for the position of College of DuPage during last night's meeting. Turns out she is also an author who has written a book that deals with how to "Improve...
DuPage Co. (ECWd) - Congratulations Jodi S. Cohen and Stacy St. Clair, investigative journalists with the Chicago Tribune. "Chicago Tribune reporters Jodi S. Cohen and Stacy St. Clair were honored Friday as winners of a National Headliner Award for their investigation of improprieties at the College...
DuPage Co. (ECWd) - The three finalists for the position of College of DuPage President have been selected by the Committee in charge of narrowing the selection down from 300 applicants to just three. As we understand it, they will be interviewed by the Full Board...
DuPage Co. (ECWd) - We now have Bruce Schmiedl's own emails that appear to prove he outright lied to the Board of Trustees. Schmiedl claim to the board: “I was contacted by a gentleman with the Illinois Department of Professional Regulations, asked whether or not I...
DuPage Co. (ECWd)- In what appears to be an unprecedented move in the State of Illinois, the Chief Deputy Director of Office of the Secretary of State, Illinois State Archives Records Management Section, has now taken pro-active steps against the College of DuPage. All record disposal...
DuPage Co. (ECWd) - We first raised the flag of the College of DuPage destroying records in violation of the Local Records Act in this article. We have confirmed that the college has destroyed all e-mails older than 4-30-2014 as well as other documents. Mission Accomplished!...
DuPage Co. (ECWd) - DuPage County Chairman Dan Cronin has promoted the ACT Initiative, which stands for Accountability, Consolidation, Transparency. "At the County, we have embarked upon a comprehensive local government reform initiative to revitalize our County appointed agencies that deliver vital public services. With your...
