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| Submitted | Aug. 22, 2023 |
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From: Todd Feathers
To Whom It May Concern:
Pursuant to the New Jersey Open Public Records Act, I hereby request the following records:
1) All active contracts, statements of work, data sharing agreements, or other agreements between the university and Anthology regarding the Anthology Reach, Intelligent Experiences, Beacon, and/or Occupation Insight products.
2) All policies, manuals, and other instructional material provided to university staff regarding the proper use of Anthology Reach, Intelligent Experiences, Beacon, and/or Occupation Insight predictive models.
3) The data dictionary (sometimes called a data library) for the university's Reach, Intelligent Experiences, Beacon, and/or Occupation Insight systems. A data dictionary lists and defines the fields in a database, it does not contain the actual data.
4) Records documenting the following information about each Anthology Reach, Intelligent Experiences, Beacon, and/or Occupation Insight predictive model the university uses:
a) The purpose of the model (e.g., the audience is built for and the prediction it is making)
b) The input variables, thresholds, and weights.
c) The accuracy (including measures such as AUC, true vs. false positives, specificity, etc.)
d) The results of any validation or disparate impact tests.
Please note that I am not requesting any student data, but rather records describing the district's predictive models.
I ask that all fees be waived as I am a journalist and intend to use the requested records to publish articles in the public interest about the operations of a government agency. If you choose to impose fees, I ask that you provide an explanation of the fees.
If you choose to reject this request or redact portions of responsive documents, I ask that you cite the statutory exemptions and associated case law underlying your decision to withhold each portion from public review.
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 7 business days, as the statute requires.
Sincerely,
Todd Feathers
From: Passaic County Community College
Dear Mr. Feathers,
With our summer business hours and shortened workweek, the seventh business day to deliver our response would fall on September 5th. I'm respectfully requesting an extension to submit our response to Wednesday September 6th. Your consideration of this request is greatly appreciated.
Regards,
José A. Fernández
Vice President of Human Resources
Passaic County Community College
One College Boulevard
Paterson, NJ 07505
From: Todd Feathers
Hi Jose,
Thank you very much for your help with this request. I totally understand — Wednesday or any time this week is just fine!
Best,
Todd
From: Passaic County Community College
Dear Mr. Feathers,
Thank you for the extension, it has been greatly appreciated.
Please note the following responses to your request:
1) All active contracts, statements of work, data sharing agreements, or other agreements between the university and Anthology regarding the Anthology Reach, Intelligent Experiences, Beacon, and/or Occupation Insight products.
Attached please find documents responsive to your OPRA request. Please note that redactions have been applied for the following reasons:
* Statement of Work No. SOWPSENCE02460020 - Section 5 – Scope of Anthology Services – Pursuant to N.J.S.A. 47:1A-1.1, GRC Exemption Nos. 6 and 11, Phases and Descriptions is fully redacted: Anthology asserts this information is proprietary and confidential as it describes step by step their implementation methodology and process. If disclosed, this information could be used by other SaaS providers reducing Anthology’s competitive edge on the market as specialists in Professional Service Delivery.
* Statement of Work No. SOW02460020 - Section 5 – Implementation – Pursuant to N.J.S.A. 47:1A-1.1, GRC Exemption Nos. 6 and 11, Implementation Phases and Descriptions is fully redacted: see reason in the first bullet point.
* Statement of Work No. SOW02460020 - Section 7 – Billing Method: Time and Material and Fixed Fee – Pursuant to N.J.S.A. 47:1A-1.1, GRC Exemption Nos. 6 and 11, Financial information was redacted for the same reason stated in the first bullet point. Also, if this information were to be disclosed, it would provide an unfair advantage to competitors and bidders. Only the detail amounts were redacted, total amounts were left unobstructed.
2) All policies, manuals, and other instructional material provided to university staff regarding the proper use of Anthology Reach, Intelligent Experiences, Beacon, and/or Occupation Insight predictive models.
* There are no documents responsive to this request.
3) The data dictionary (sometimes called a data library) for the university's Reach, Intelligent Experiences, Beacon, and/or Occupation Insight systems. A data dictionary lists and defines the fields in a database, it does not contain the actual data.
* There are no documents responsive to this request.
4) Records documenting the following information about each Anthology Reach, Intelligent Experiences, Beacon, and/or Occupation Insight predictive model the university uses:
a) The purpose of the model (e.g., the audience is built for and the prediction it is making)
* There are no documents responsive to this request.
b) The input variables, thresholds, and weights.
* There are no documents responsive to this request.
c) The accuracy (including measures such as AUC, true vs. false positives, specificity, etc.)
* There are no documents responsive to this request.
d) The results of any validation or disparate impact tests.
There are no documents responsive to this request
Sincerely,
José
José A. Fernández
Vice President of Human Resources
Passaic County Community College
One College Boulevard
Paterson, NJ 07505
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