Chicago FOIA Request Log for Cultural Affairs and Special Events

Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs & Special Events (DCASE) received Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) requests as of January 2023. The dataset is published by the City of Chicago on the Data.gov platform. The data was last updated on March 22, 2026.

Use Cases

• Analyze public interest in cultural events and programs based on FOIA request topics.
• Track government responsiveness to information requests based on request dates and statuses.
• Identify trends in public information demand for specific city departments or initiatives.

Strengths

• Data is provided in multiple machine-readable formats (RDF, JSON, CSV, XML).
• The dataset is published by the authoritative source, the City of Chicago.
• The last update timestamp (2026-03-22) is explicitly provided.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• The description metadata is limited; actual data quality requires manual inspection after download.

Provenance

Source

City of Chicago

Collection Method

Log of FOIA requests received by the Department of Cultural Affairs & Special Events (DCASE).

Time Range

Requests received as of January 2023.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-03-22 04:07:13.357175; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Chicago, Illinois, USA.