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Local Labs (Vince Espi)
| To whom it may concern: I am writing to you on behalf of LocalLabs which is an online publication that reports on and informs the public about local government activities. If you are not the FOIA officer please forward it to the FOIA officer or reply to this email with the correct FOIA contact. Pursuant to the Illinois Freedom of Information Act| I am requesting electronic records of the following: – All data of any faculty or student with (a) COVID-19 positive test results| (b) COVID-19 like symptoms or (c) close contacts to a confirmed COVID-19 case that were reported to the local health department over the previous seven days. – Please provide all details that were provided to the local health department. The purpose of the request is to access and disseminate information as a matter of public interest and is not for the principal purpose of personal or commercial benefit. I qualify as media under the definition in Section 2 (c-10) (“Commercial purpose”)| Section 2 (f) (“News media”)| Section 2 (g) (“Recurrent requester”)| and Section 2 (h) (“Voluminous request”) of the Freedom of Information Act| for the purposes of being exempt to the provisions of Section 3.1 (Requests for commercial purposes)| Section 3.2 (Recurrent requesters)| Section 3.6 (Voluminous requests)| and Section 6 (Authority to charge fees). Therefore| I request you furnish any responsive documents and items without charge. |
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