OpenRecords FOIL Requests is a dataset from the City of New York published on Data.gov. It contains information about Freedom of Information Law requests, including agency name, dates, and status. The dataset was last updated on March 15, 2026.
Use Cases
- Analyze FOIL request processing timelines based on the date created, date closed, and due date fields mentioned in the description
- Track request status trends across different government agencies based on the agency name and status fields
- Model agency workload or responsiveness based on the volume and closure dates of requests
Strengths
- Published by the authoritative source, the City of New York
- Last updated on 2026-03-15, indicating recent maintenance
- Available in multiple machine-readable formats including CSV, JSON, and XML
Limitations
- Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download
- Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment
Provenance
- Source
- City of New York
- Collection Method
- Likely collected via the OpenRecords portal for tracking FOIL requests.
- Time Range
- null
- Freshness
- Last updated 2026-03-15 02:52:58.103805
- Geography
- Likely New York City, based on the source organization and portal URL.