Lobbyist data lists each City of Chicago agency lobbied, the type of action involved, and a brief description of the action promoted or opposed. The data is reported by registered lobbyists and regulated by the Chicago Board of Ethics. The dataset was last updated on March 15, 2026.
Use Cases
- Analyzing lobbying focus across city agencies based on listed agency names.
- Studying the balance between legislative and administrative lobbying actions.
- Tracking the nature of lobbying efforts based on descriptions of actions promoted or opposed.
- Monitoring lobbying activity trends over time for transparency reporting.
- Identifying potential regulatory gaps based on reported lobbying descriptions.
Strengths
- Data is sourced from registered lobbyists, providing a direct record of activity.
- Includes a distinction between legislative and administrative actions.
- Managed by the Chicago Board of Ethics, an official regulatory body.
- Available in multiple structured formats including CSV, JSON, XML, and RDF.
Limitations
- Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
- Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
- Description metadata is limited; actual data quality requires manual inspection after download.
Provenance
- Source
- City of Chicago
- Collection Method
- Reported by registered lobbyists.
- Freshness
- Last updated 2026-03-15 03:02:26.333691; freshness should be verified.
- Geography
- Chicago, Illinois, USA