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Wisconsin Freedom of Information Council A representative government is dependent on an informed electorate March Opee Awards highlight highs and lows For the 19th consecutive year the Wisconsin Freedom of Information Council is bestowing its annual Openness in Government Awards or Opees meant to recognize outstanding efforts to protect the states tradition of open government as well as highlight impediments. The awards are being announced in advance of national Sunshine Week sunshineweek. org March 1622 and will February How cost is used to deny access to records Theres good news and bad news in a recent Wisconsin Court of Appeals decision upholding an open records judgment related to the ridiculous and hamhanded investigation into alleged 2020 election fraud headed by former Supreme Court justice Michael Gableman. On the good news side the appellate court upheld a lower court ruling that the state Wisconsin FOIC Seeking Opee Award Nominations through Jan.