there was a bit of a scheduling mishap (blame 1/16/2026 vs 11/16/2026...) on my end, so friday, saturday and sunday's emails are all rolled up into a neat little weekend digest. it'll be good reading over some coffee during tomorrow's federal holiday!

and, finally, request 12, which was for complaints and feedback filed with the National Park Service about Un-American signage. (Department of the Interior)

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Request 011 is for records relating to official board business expenses from one of the best municipal corporations around. (McPier, or the Metropolitan Pier and Exposition Authority, as well as the LA Tourism and Convention Board)

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Request 010 was for bear-related records (bear down!) and financial records, including conflict of interest and disclosure forms. (Illinois Department of Natural Resources)

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Request 009 is for records relating to Slack and GovSlack, the client used by many government contractors and federal agencies to comply with security protocols while still having custom emoji. (VA, DoD, MBTA)

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Request 008 is for all things Chicagwa, the hyped-up-then-gone-in-a-flash PR campaign about Chicago's tap water. (Chicago Office of the Mayor and Chicago Department of Water Management)

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Request double-oh-seven is for code enforcement records from the city of Naperville, including codes violated and reports called in on one's neighbor or business. (City of Naperville)

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Request 006 was for records about my dog (selfish, I know), who was surrendered to Chicago's dog pound and ergo has public records generated about him. (Chicago Animal Care and Control!)

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Request 005 was part of our first weekly roundup! I requested for police and public safety budgets and expenditures for every public university in Illinois (nine-ish of them).

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Request 004 was for blocked users on accounts operated by mayoral offices across the country (Chicago, NYC, LA, Boston, DC, and technically I did put the White House in there, though we'll get to that on 1/20/2026 for a super special reason I'll expand on later.)

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Request 003 was for AI chatbot police use in three different Illinois policing agencies (Chicago Police, Illinois State Police and the Cook County Sheriff's Office)

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Request 001 and 002 were for:
- all digital media on the International Space Station (NASA)
- all rejected custom vanity plates in the past five years (Illinois Secretary of State's Office)

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