Illinois

Public records software that already knows Illinois's law.

Brandeis ships with a statute profile for the Illinois Freedom of Information Act — the response clock, extension rules, exemption citations, and appeal language your AI agents and your staff work from on day one. The law is configuration, not a professional-services project.

5
business days to respond
Computed from receipt — weekends, holidays, and day type handled by the deadline math, not a spreadsheet.
+5
business days of extension
Notice required — the drafting agent writes it with the permitted reason cited.
4
seeded exemption citations
The exemption agent flags passages with Illinois's own sections.
1
nightly deadline sweep
An agent watches every open request's clock, every night.
Exemptions, cited not vibed

The agents quote Illinois, chapter and verse.

When an AI agent flags a passage for exemption, the flag carries the citation — and a named staffer confirms or dismisses every one. The starter profile seeds the most-cited sections:

5 ILCS 140/7(1)(b)

Private information

5 ILCS 140/7(1)(c)

Personal privacy

5 ILCS 140/7(1)(f)

Preliminary / deliberative

5 ILCS 140/7(1)(d)

Law enforcement

If a denial is appealed: Request review by the Public Access Counselor (Attorney General) or sue. (60-day appeal window — on the clock too.) Appeal packets are assembled straight from the audit log.

Reviewed, then live

Starter profile, finished with your counsel.

Public-records statutes are nuanced. The Illinois profile ships as a reviewed starting point — day counts, sections, and appeal language your counsel confirms and tunes per agency before go-live. It is configuration to verify, never legal advice.

For Illinois agencies

Your clock starts on receipt. Ours starts now.

We open your records office with the Illinois profile already loaded — your first 1,000 requests are free.

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