Insider Intelligence

The Freedom of Information Act is a powerful tool for citizens and businesses that want to know more about their government.

In January, legislation was introduced exempting certain records related to procurement from the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA).  In our first blog post on the bill, MLC’s procurement expert, Tony Des Chenes, provided an overview of the legislation as introduced and why it’s important to our clients during the procurement process.  In addition to certain […]

This week, Senator Tonya Schuitmaker (R-Lawton) and Senator Rick Jones (R-Grand Ledge) introduced legislation expanding the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) to include the governor’s office and the Legislature.  The bills remove the current FOIA exemptions for the governor, lieutenant governor, and executive office employees and create a new part to the act, the Legislative […]

This week, the House Michigan Competitiveness Committee reported a bipartisan bill package expanding the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) to the executive branch and creating the Legislative Open Records Act (LORA) for the legislature.  LORA is modeled after FOIA and much of the same language found in FOIA, is in LORA.  The package does provide […]

This week, the House passed a ten-bill package creating the Legislative Open Records Act (LORA) which would include certain records from the offices of the governor, lieutenant governor, and the legislature under the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA).  The package would mirror existing FOIA rules and processes, however it prevents the judiciary from getting involved […]