Should an individual limit their Freedom Of Information Requests to a government agency?

 

Can a Freedom of information Request be denied because the requester is a recurrent requestor?

 

The apparent answers are  “yes” and “yes” based upon the Illinois Attorney General’s 2012 opinion.  SEE:  http://foia.ilattorneygeneral.net/pdf/opinions/2012/12-001.pdf                                                   

If you are a recurrent requestor you can be denied or receive less than normal response time. The  apparent statutory threshold  is quite large--thresholds of 50 requests within a year, 15 requests within 30 days, or 7 requests within 7 days.