City of Chicago

FOIA Request Log, Chicago Treasurer

Name: FOIA Request Log, Chicago Treasurer
Creator: City of Chicago

Freedom of Information Act requests received by the Chicago Treasurer's Office since May 2010. Each record identifies the requester by name, organization, and address.

Example records

Namebrand	Full Nameperson	Full Addressadditional data	Date Receivedtemporal	Due Datetemporal
Chicago Sun Times	Chris Fusco	Seeking all records for travel and expenses for Ci	05/12/2010	05/25/2010
Person	Nathan Ben Myers	Requesting any statements or bills currently or pa
Person	David Donahue	Requesting copy of annual treasurer's report for 2

Use cases

Mapping Media and Legal Scrutiny of a Public Official

A fintech compliance team onboarding a municipal finance counterparty checks whether that entity or its officers have been the subject of repeated public records requests, which may signal ongoing legal, journalistic, or regulatory scrutiny before finalizing a contract.

NameFull NameFull AddressDate Received

Identifying Investigative Patterns Around Financial Records

A fraud investigator at an insurance carrier reviews the subjects and timing of FOIA requests directed at a city treasurer to determine whether a pattern of requests around travel, expenses, or contracts preceded any known enforcement actions or civil litigation involving a claimant.

Full AddressDate ReceivedDue DateName

Building a Contact Graph of Civic Information Brokers

A sales intelligence team at a legal data or public records platform identifies law firms, news organizations, and research groups that regularly file government records requests, using requester names and organizations to prioritize outreach to high-frequency FOIA filers as prospective customers.

NameFull NameStreet AddressCityState