FOIA Contact Information by Department

City Hall Building

All FOIA requests must be submitted directly to the appropriate City Department. Below is a list of City Departments with their contact information and a link to each Department's FOIA page.

Please remember to include the name, mailing address, and daytime phone number of the requestor, along with a description of the records being requested.

Department Name	FOIA Email Address
Mayor's Office	MOfoia@cityofchicago.org
311	311foia@cityofchicago.org
Administrative Hearings	AHfoia@cityofchicago.org
Animal Care and Control	ACCfoia@cityofchicago.org
Aviation	CDAfoia@cityofchicago.org
Board of Ethics	BOEfoia@cityofchicago.org
Budget & Management	OBMfoia@cityofchicago.org
Buildings	DOBfoia@cityofchicago.org
Business Affairs & Consumer Protection	BACPfoia@cityofchicago.org
Chicago Public Library	CPLfoia@chipublib.org
City Clerk	ClerkFOIA@cityofchicago.org
City Treasurer	CTOFOIA@cityofchicago.org
Cultural Affairs and Special Events	DCASEFOIA@cityofchicago.org
Emergency Management & Communication	OEMCfoia@cityofchicago.org
Family & Support Services	FSSfoia@cityofchicago.org
Finance	DOFfoia@cityofchicago.org
Fire	CFDfoia@cityofchicago.org
Fleet and Facility Management	2fmfoia@cityofchicago.org
Health	CDPHfoia@cityofchicago.org
Housing (DPD processes both DPD’s and DOH’s FOIA requests)	DPDFOIA@cityofchicago.org
Human Relations	CCHRfoia@cityofchicago.org
Human Resources	DHRfoia@cityofchicago.org
Civilian Office of Police Accountability	COPA-FOIA@chicagocopa.org
Innovation & Technology	DOITfoia@cityofchicago.org
Inspector General's Office	OIGFOIA@igchicago.org
Law	LAWfoia@cityofchicago.org
License Appeal Commission	LACfoia@cityofchicago.org
Mayor's Office	MOfoia@cityofchicago.org
Mayor's Office for People with Disabilities	MOPDfoia@cityofchicago.org
Planning and Development	DPDFOIA@cityofchicago.org
Police	CPDfoia@chicagopolice.org
Police Board	CPBfoia@cityofchicago.org
Procurement Services	DPSfoia@cityofchicago.org
Streets & Sanitation	DSSfoia@cityofchicago.org
Transportation	CDOTfoia@cityofchicago.org
Water Management	DWMfoia@cityofchicago.org