University of Illinois Men's Basketball Summer Tour to Italy
| Submitted | May 14, 2019 |
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From: Brian Ratzliff
To Whom It May Concern:
Pursuant to the Illinois Freedom of Information Act., I hereby request the following records:
I am requesting a copy of the contract signed between the University of Illinois Men’s Basketball Athletic program and the vendor who will provide services for the 2019 University of Illinois Men’s Basketball tour to Italy from August 4 to August 14. If available, I am also requesting a copy of the final itinerary for the trip.
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,
Brian Ratzliff
From: Muckrock Staff
To Whom It May Concern:
I wanted to follow up on the following Illinois Freedom of Information Act. request, copied below, and originally submitted on May 14, 2019. Please let me know when I can expect to receive a response.
Thanks for your help, and let me know if further clarification is needed.
From: University of Illinois
May 22, 2019
Via electronic mail
Mr. Brian Ratzliff
MuckRock
requests@muckrock.com
Re: FOIA Request 19-450
Dear Mr. Ratzliff:
I write to respond to your Freedom of Information request dated May 15, 2019, in which you requested "a copy of the contract signed between the University of Illinois Men's Basketball Athletic program and the vendor who will provide services for the 2019 University of Illinois Men's Basketball tour to Italy from August 4 to August 14." You also requested a copy of the trip's final itinerary.
Information responsive to your request is available and attached. These are public documents numbering 12 pages. Please be advised that there is no final itinerary available.
Portions of these documents have been redacted pursuant to the following section(s) of the Act:
* 140/7(1)(b) that exempts from disclosure "Private information, unless disclosure is required by another provision of this Act, a State or federal law or a court order."
Please call my office if you wish to inspect or receive a physical copy of these documents.
You have a right, under the law, to seek a review of this response by the Public Access Counselor (PAC) in the Office of the Attorney General. The PAC may be reached by phone at 877-299-3642, by email to publicaccess@atg.state.il.us, or by postal mail at the Public Access Bureau, 500 S. 2nd Street, Springfield, Illinois 62706. You also have the right to seek judicial review under section 11 of this Act.
If you have questions for our office, please contact 217-333-6400.
Sincerely,
Thomas P. Hardy
Executive Director
and Chief Records Officer
