Texts - BJ

Thank you for your FOIA request to the City of Chicago Office of the Mayor. Your FOIA request has been submitted and is being processed. Your reference number for tracking purposes is: F067471-021324. Track and view responses at Public Records Center.

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:

All of Mayor Johnson's text messages from February 6, 2024 - February 13, 2024.

Please note: This seeks texts Mayor Johnson sent and any group chat texts including Mayor Johnson related to city business. This also includes any messages sent through WhatsApp, Signal, or any other text messaging apps. If any app is used with a disappearing messages setting, please provide the setting on disappearing messages. Please search city and personal phones.

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,

Alexandra Gelzin

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The City of Chicago Office of the Mayor 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.

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Good afternoon,
On behalf of the Office of the Mayor, I am responding to your Freedom of Information Act ("FOIA") request which was received on February 14, 2024.

At this time, the Office of the Mayor is seeking an extension of five additional working days to respond to the request for one or more of the following reasons identified in 5 ILCS 140/3(e) of FOIA:

(  ) the requested records are stored in whole or in part at other locations than the office having charge of the requested records;

(  ) the request requires the collection of a substantial number of specified records;

( ) the request is couched in categorical terms and requires an extensive search for the records responsive to it;

(  ) the requested records have not been located in the course of routine search and additional efforts are being made to locate them;

(  ) the requested records require examination and evaluation by personnel having the necessary competence and discretion to determine if they are exempt from disclosure under Section 7 of the FOIA or should be revealed only with appropriate deletions;

( x ) the request for records cannot be complied with by the public body within the time limits prescribed by 5 ILCS 140/3(d) without unduly burdening or interfering with the operations of the public body;

(  ) there is need for consultation, which shall be conducted with all practicable speed, with another public body or among two or more components of a public body having a substantial interest in the determination or in the subject matter of the request.

Sincerely,

Hibo Aden
FOIA Officer

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Hi Alexandra,
At this time, I do not have records. Hoping to have a response for you as soon as possible.
Thanks for your patience.