Instead of filing a lawsuit, members of the public can ask the Public Access Bureau in the Illinois Attorney General's Office to review withheld documents or meetings complaints, to make sure government bodies are not violating the Freedom of Information Act or the Open Meetings Act.
The Public Access Bureau dealt with 1,806 such appeals from the public and 159 from the media in 2010.
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