Chicago Public Library Police Requests
| Submitted | Jan. 30, 2015 |
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From: Brian K
To Whom It May Concern:
Pursuant to the Illinois Freedom of Information Act (5 ILCS 140/1 to 11), I hereby request the following records:
Documents (including memoranda, correspondence, emails, invoices and purchase orders, guidelines, presentations, policy statements, legal opinions, briefs, training manuals, records and any other documents including communications and procurements) regarding requests made by the Chicago Police Department, Cook County Sheriffs Department, and/or the Illinois State Police, in regards to library resources (including books, magazines, films, computers, newspapers, or any other media, or device) used by members of the public with Chicago Public Library membership or without.
I also request that, if appropriate, fees be waived as I believe this request is in the public interest. The requested documents will be made available to the general public free of charge as part of the public information service at MuckRock.com, processed by a representative of the news media/press and is made in the process of news gathering and not for commercial usage.
In the event that fees cannot be waived, I would be grateful if you would inform me of the total charges in advance of fulfilling my request. I would prefer the request filled electronically, by e-mail attachment if available or CD-ROM if not.
Thank you in advance for your anticipated cooperation in this matter. I look forward to receiving your response to this request within 5 business days, as the statute requires.
Sincerely,
Brian K
From: MuckRock.com
To Whom It May Concern:
I wanted to follow up on the following Freedom of Information request, copied below, and originally submitted on Jan. 30, 2015. Please let me know when I can expect to receive a response, or if further clarification is needed.
Thank you for your help.
From: MuckRock.com
To Whom It May Concern:
I wanted to follow up on the following Freedom of Information request, copied below, and originally submitted on Jan. 30, 2015. Please let me know when I can expect to receive a response, or if further clarification is needed.
Thank you for your help.
From: MuckRock.com
To Whom It May Concern:
I wanted to follow up on the following Freedom of Information request, copied below, and originally submitted on Jan. 30, 2015. Please let me know when I can expect to receive a response, or if further clarification is needed.
Thank you for your help.
From: MuckRock.com
To Whom It May Concern:
I wanted to follow up on the following Freedom of Information request, copied below, and originally submitted on Jan. 30, 2015. Please let me know when I can expect to receive a response, or if further clarification is needed.
Thank you for your help.
From: Patrick Molloy
Brian,
I apologize for not responding sooner. We were not aware of your previous emails, as they had been going to our junk folders.
To the extent we understand what you are asking, it would be nearly impossible to conduct a thorough search without more specific parameters. Chicago Public Library has 80 locations and over 1400 email addresses, making this request unduly burdensome. In order to conduct a search of electronic communication on the City’s system, we would need you to narrow your request to include all of the following information:
1. Specific person(s) employed by the City whose e-mail you wish to have searched.
2. Unique keyword(s) or phrase(s) that the message must contain.
3. Specific date range for the search.
4. Email address(es) of any external companies or persons, if you are seeking correspondence specifically to/or from an external party.
Without all the required information, the City’s Department of Innovation and Technology would need to attempt to recreate each and every mailbox for every Chicago Public Library employee with an unlimited date range.
Based on the current request, they would have to guess which search terms to use. For instance, they might choose to search Chicago Police Department, Cook County Sheriffs Department, and the Illinois State Police. Those terms would likely produce several system-wide emails that do not fit the criteria that you are seeking. A Library FOIA officer would have to download and review each email to determine whether it is responsive to your request and, if so, whether it is exempt from disclosure and make the appropriate redactions.
As you can imagine, this process would be both unduly burdensome and extremely expensive. Therefore, it is necessary for your request to be narrowed. If you would like assistance in narrowing your request, please give me a call or send your number and I will assist you. Otherwise, as explained above, we will be unable to respond to your current request.
If you agree to narrow your request, you must submit a revised written request to my attention. Chicago Public Library will take no further action or send you any further correspondence unless and until your current request is narrowed in writing. If we do not receive your narrowed request within fourteen (14) calendar days of the date of this letter, your current request will be denied.
In the event that we do not receive a narrowed request and your current FOIA request is therefore denied, you will have a right of review by the Illinois Attorney General’s Public Access Counselor, who can be contacted at 500 S. Second St., Springfield, IL 62706 or by telephone at (217)558-0486. You may also seek judicial review of a denial under 5 ILCS 140/11 of FOIA.
Sincerely,
Patrick Molloy
FOIA Officer
Chicago Public Library
312-747-4051
pmolloy@chipublib.org<mailto:pmolloy@chipublib.org>
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