Retention policies (Inspector General, Chicago Board Of Education)

Dear Joseph :

Thank you for your interest in Chicago Public Schools. Your FOIA request has been received and is being processed. Your FOIA Center reference number for tracking purposes is: N005237-091118
You have requested the following records: To Whom It May Concern:Pursuant to the New York Freedom of Information Law, I hereby request the following records:### Background ###LinkNYC is a program of internet connected booths around New York. My request relates to records around these devices.### Request ###- All internal emails between agency staff about, related to, or concerning CityBridge, from 1st January 2018 to the present. This could be achieved with a keyword search of "CityBridge"- All internal emails between agency staff about, related to, or concerning LinkNYC, from 1st January 2018 to the present. This could be achieved with a keyword search of "LinkNYC"- All emails between staff and external parties about, related to, or concerning CityBridge, from 1st January 2018 to the present. This could be achieved with a keyword search of "CityBridge"- All emails between staff and external parties about, related to, or concerning LinkNYC, from 1st January 2018 to the present. This could be achieved with a keyword search of "LinkNYC"- All emails between staff and addresses with the "@link.nyc" email address suffix, from 1st January 2018 to the present.In order to help to determine my status to assess fees, you should know that I am a journalist writing for Motherboard, the technology and science section of VICE, and that this request is being made as part of news gathering.The requested documents will be made available to the general public, and this request is not being made for commercial purposes.In the event that there are fees, 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,Joseph Cox
Chicago Public Schools (CPS) responds to all public records requests in accordance with the Illinois Freedom of Information Act (FOIA), 5 ILCS 140/1 et seq.
If further time is needed to assemble and copy all documents responsive to your FOIA request, we will contact you with a time estimate and a request to extend.
Upon the completion of a response, CPS will provide the first 50 pages to you at no charge.  If a response is more than 50 pages, a fee of 15¢ per page will be charged for each additional page. Copies of video recordings have a fee of $48. All applicable fees must be paid prior to the copying. CPS will inform you of any fees due if your paper response exceeds 50 pages. You can monitor the progress of your request at the link below and you’ll receive an email when your request has been completed. Thank you for using the CPS FOIA Center.
Track the issue status and respond at:
https://mycusthelp.info/CPS//_cs/RequestEdit.aspx?rid=5237 (https://mycusthelp.info/CPS//_cs/RequestEdit.aspx?rid=5237)

Dear Joseph :

Thank you for your interest in Chicago Public Schools. Your FOIA request has been received and is being processed. Your FOIA Center reference number for tracking purposes is: N005238-091118
You have requested the following records: To Whom It May Concern:Pursuant to the Illinois Freedom of Information Act., I hereby request the following records:A copy of all records retention schedules. An excel spreadsheet is highly preferred.The requested documents will be made available to the general public, and this request is not being made for commercial purposes.In the event that there are fees, 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,Matt Chapman - Free Our Info, NFP
Chicago Public Schools (CPS) responds to all public records requests in accordance with the Illinois Freedom of Information Act (FOIA), 5 ILCS 140/1 et seq.
If further time is needed to assemble and copy all documents responsive to your FOIA request, we will contact you with a time estimate and a request to extend.
Upon the completion of a response, CPS will provide the first 50 pages to you at no charge.  If a response is more than 50 pages, a fee of 15¢ per page will be charged for each additional page. Copies of video recordings have a fee of $48. All applicable fees must be paid prior to the copying. CPS will inform you of any fees due if your paper response exceeds 50 pages. You can monitor the progress of your request at the link below and you’ll receive an email when your request has been completed. Thank you for using the CPS FOIA Center.
Track the issue status and respond at:
https://mycusthelp.info/CPS//_cs/RequestEdit.aspx?rid=5238 (https://mycusthelp.info/CPS//_cs/RequestEdit.aspx?rid=5238)

September 11, 2018
RE: N005237-091118
Dear Mr. Cox,
On Sept. 11, 2018 you requested: pursuant to the New York Freedom of Information Law, I hereby request the following records: ### Background ### LinkNYC is a program of internet connected booths around New York. My request relates to records around these devices. ### Request ### - All internal emails between agency staff about, related to, or concerning CityBridge, from 1st January 2018 to the present. This could be achieved with a keyword search of "CityBridge" - All internal emails between agency staff about, related to, or concerning LinkNYC, from 1st January 2018 to the present. This could be achieved with a keyword search of "LinkNYC" - All emails between staff and external parties about, related to, or concerning CityBridge, from 1st January 2018 to the present. This could be achieved with a keyword search of "CityBridge" - All emails between staff and external parties about, related to, or concerning LinkNYC, from 1st January 2018 to the present. This could be achieved with a keyword search of "LinkNYC" - All emails between staff and addresses with the "@link.nyc" email address suffix, from 1st January 2018 to the present.
RESPONSE:
The Chicago Public Schools' Freedom of Information Act office reviewed your request and is denying it because it does not seem to be for Chicago Public Schools or even the City of Chicago.
If you wish to make a new query regarding Chicago Public Schools, it would be onerous to conduct a e-discovery search with the keywords you set forth it is onerous to conduct an e-mail search given the parameters set forth in your request. The CPS email search engine has the following requirements for a search: (1) the employee name or the email address of the account you wish searched; (2) key words you wish to search for; and (3) the time frame to be searched. Your request is missing items 1 & 3.
Best,
Elyssa Shull
Freedom of Information Act Officer
Chicago Public Schools